The party with the most star-studded list, however, is Trinamool Congress. The Mamta Banerjee-led party has Suchitra Sen's daughter Moon Moon fighting from Bankura, Sandhya Sen from Midnapore, Biswajit from New Delhi, superstar Dev from Ghatal and singers Soumitra Roy and Indranil Sen among others.
A celebrity face ensures eyeballs and in turn, the stars get a ready space in political parties but they have their own detractors within the system as many feel they get an easy ride while genuine people are marginalised.
Ravi Kishan agrees that stars face more scrutiny. “Movie stars are human beings. We do movies about social problems and you want to contribute to society but still we face tougher scrutiny in politics.
This is why many stars quit because artistes are sensitive people. Why treat them like outsiders,” Kishan told PTI.
He disagrees that films stars don't do well in politics. “In south we have great actor-leaders in N T Rama Rao, M G Ramachandran, who have left a legacy in politics.
Similarly, we had Sunil Duttji and then there is Shatrughan Sinhaji who is doing great politically,” he added.
