Bollywood votes, fans disappoint

Mumbai : Several Bollywood celebrities, including Aamir Khan, Salman Khan, Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone and Madhuri Dixit Nene, stepped out of their residences in Mumbai on Monday to cast vote in the Maharashtra Assembly elections.

Shah Rukh, along with wife Gauri, voted at a polling booth in Mount Mary area later in the day, which also saw other Bollywood biggies turned up, including Salman Khan.

Other celebrities who got their finger inked are veteran writer-poet Gulzar, actors Paresh Rawal, Preity Zinta, Richa Chadha, John Abraham, Renuka Shahne, Govinda, Urmila Matondkar, Anushka Sharma, Javed Akhtar, Shabana Azmi, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan and Varun Dhawan. Actor Riteish Deshmukh along with actor-wife Genelia D'Souza voted in Latur district.

On the other hand, Mumbai once again fared poorly on the voter turnout front with the Mumbai city and suburban areas recording estimated 44.74% polling.

Ironically, Bandra which is the home to many Bollywood personalities recorded the lowest voter turnout in the Bandra West segment along with Colaba in south Mumbai, which is also counted among the most tony areas in the metropolis.