<p>India has seen actors enter politics, in several instances, leveraging their fame for votes, and <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/kangana-ranaut">Kangana Ranaut</a> is no exception. After a rollercoaster career of hits, flops, and controversies, 37-year-old Kangana <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/elections/india/lok-sabha-elections-2024-bjps-kangana-ranaut-files-nomination-from-himachal-pradeshs-mandi-3021633">jumped into</a> politics this March. </p><p>She is running for <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/lok-sabha-elections-2024">Lok Sabha</a> on a BJP ticket from Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. Even as Kangana made waves with her political debut, her NDA colleague <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/chirag-paswan">Chirag Paswan</a>, leader of the Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas), caused quite a stir 1,400 kilometres away in Bihar with his high-voltage campaign.</p><p>Beyond the fact that they have star candidates in the NDA block, Bihar’s Hajipur and Himachal’s’ Mandi also have something in common: Chirag and Kangana have co-starred in a Bollywood flick.</p><p>Chirag debuted in the 2011 movie <em>Miley Naa Miley Hum</em> before he became a major political figure in Bihar politics. Kangana paired with Chirag in the movie that bombed at the box office. </p><p>It also marked the worst opening among Kangana’s films, failing to cross even the Rs 1-crore mark, and had to be quickly yanked from the screens.</p>.Lok Sabha Elections 2024: BJP gains ground as TMC battles to retain foothold in Suvendu Adhikari's backyard.<p>Following the disastrous debut, Chirag contested the Lok Sabha elections from Bihar’s Jamui constituency and won by a landslide. Kangana, however, continued her Bollywood career.</p><p>Recalling his debut movie with Kangana in a 2023 <a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cv9qRTMhCeb/?igsh=bWwzMHpocDliY2Vk" rel="nofollow">interview</a> with Brut India, Chirag said he was glad to have done the movie with her. </p><p>"Bhagavan ka shukr hai ye film maine Kangana ke saath us waqt ki. Aaj kar raha hota, tho nepotism me jis tarike se … the way she highlights this issue, tho roz meri hi class lagti (Thank god I did this movie with Kangana back then. She would have taken my class every day had I done the film now,” he quipped, referring to Kangana’s outspoken stance on nepotism in Bollywood.</p><p>It would be interesting to see if Chirag and Kangana could deliver a political hit this elections, unlike the bombed movie.</p>
<p>India has seen actors enter politics, in several instances, leveraging their fame for votes, and <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/kangana-ranaut">Kangana Ranaut</a> is no exception. After a rollercoaster career of hits, flops, and controversies, 37-year-old Kangana <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/elections/india/lok-sabha-elections-2024-bjps-kangana-ranaut-files-nomination-from-himachal-pradeshs-mandi-3021633">jumped into</a> politics this March. </p><p>She is running for <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/lok-sabha-elections-2024">Lok Sabha</a> on a BJP ticket from Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. Even as Kangana made waves with her political debut, her NDA colleague <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/chirag-paswan">Chirag Paswan</a>, leader of the Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas), caused quite a stir 1,400 kilometres away in Bihar with his high-voltage campaign.</p><p>Beyond the fact that they have star candidates in the NDA block, Bihar’s Hajipur and Himachal’s’ Mandi also have something in common: Chirag and Kangana have co-starred in a Bollywood flick.</p><p>Chirag debuted in the 2011 movie <em>Miley Naa Miley Hum</em> before he became a major political figure in Bihar politics. Kangana paired with Chirag in the movie that bombed at the box office. </p><p>It also marked the worst opening among Kangana’s films, failing to cross even the Rs 1-crore mark, and had to be quickly yanked from the screens.</p>.Lok Sabha Elections 2024: BJP gains ground as TMC battles to retain foothold in Suvendu Adhikari's backyard.<p>Following the disastrous debut, Chirag contested the Lok Sabha elections from Bihar’s Jamui constituency and won by a landslide. Kangana, however, continued her Bollywood career.</p><p>Recalling his debut movie with Kangana in a 2023 <a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cv9qRTMhCeb/?igsh=bWwzMHpocDliY2Vk" rel="nofollow">interview</a> with Brut India, Chirag said he was glad to have done the movie with her. </p><p>"Bhagavan ka shukr hai ye film maine Kangana ke saath us waqt ki. Aaj kar raha hota, tho nepotism me jis tarike se … the way she highlights this issue, tho roz meri hi class lagti (Thank god I did this movie with Kangana back then. She would have taken my class every day had I done the film now,” he quipped, referring to Kangana’s outspoken stance on nepotism in Bollywood.</p><p>It would be interesting to see if Chirag and Kangana could deliver a political hit this elections, unlike the bombed movie.</p>
