What Bollywood Stars Are Saying About The Indian Election

What Bollywood Stars Are Saying About The Indian Election
Indian Bollywood actor Vivek Oberoi (C) gestures to supporters during an election campaign event for unseen Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate for Amritsar's parliamentary seat Arun Jaitley in Amritsar on April 17, 2014. India is hosting its biggest day of voting in its marathon election, with the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty battling to save the ruling Congress party from defeat to opposition Hindu nationalist leader Narendra Modi. Voters lined up at 7:00 am (0130 GMT) in 121 constituencies across a dozen states where more than 195 million voters are eligible to cast ballots in the largest single day of polling in the five-week election which ends May 12.AFP PHOTO/NARINDER NANU (Photo credit should read NARINDER NANU/AFP/Getty Images)
Indian Bollywood actor Vivek Oberoi (C) gestures to supporters during an election campaign event for unseen Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate for Amritsar's parliamentary seat Arun Jaitley in Amritsar on April 17, 2014. India is hosting its biggest day of voting in its marathon election, with the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty battling to save the ruling Congress party from defeat to opposition Hindu nationalist leader Narendra Modi. Voters lined up at 7:00 am (0130 GMT) in 121 constituencies across a dozen states where more than 195 million voters are eligible to cast ballots in the largest single day of polling in the five-week election which ends May 12.AFP PHOTO/NARINDER NANU (Photo credit should read NARINDER NANU/AFP/Getty Images)

NEW DELHI — When the hashtag #BollywoodSplit started trending recently on Twitter, people might have assumed it referred to the romantic woes of India’s glamorous movie stars.

But it was a split of a different kind that had electrified the Hindi movie industry — one involving politics.

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