Film stars have been shining on the electoral horizon. One such yesteryear Bollywood star, who had won a local Lok Sabha election twenty years ago, could again go to the people to seek votes in the ensuing polls. Speculation on Friday was that CM Eknath Shinde could have possibly convinced former MP Govinda Ahuja to be Shiv Sena’s candidate from Mumbai North West against the Thackeray Sena’s Amol Kirtikar. 

In the neighbouring Mumbai North Central constituency, a staunch critic of the Modi government Swara Bhaskar`s name was being taken, among others such as senior actor and former MP Raj Babbar, as candidates where BJP`s Poonam Mahajan is reigning since 2014. Veteran actor-politician the late Sunil Dutt and his younger daughter Priya had together won several terms here as Congress nominees. Priya hasn’t staked her claim to the nomination. Her recent social media post suggested that she was on a vacation with her family. She also denied rumours that she had made up her mind to quit the Congress to join the Shinde Sena.