Bollywood screen stars turn up to cast their ballots

Several leading film stars and theatre personalities today exercised their franchise.

Sunil Dutt, Congress candidate from north-west Mumbai and theatre artist Rahul Bose were among the early birds who cast their vote in Bandra polling booth.

The mother-daughter duo of Hema Malini and Esha Deol also turned up to cast their vote at Juhu polling booth.

Director Mahesh Bhatt along with his actress-turned producer daughter Pooja Bhatt exercised their franchise at Bandra.

Speaking to reporters, Bhatt said "voting is important if we have to make the country truly democratic".

Poonam Sinha, wife of actor-turned politician Shatrughan Sinha, and her son, were also spotted at a polling station in Juhu.