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Vote for BJP, ye Basanti ki izzat ki sawal hai: Hema

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Agencies Posted: Apr 20, 2009 at 1206 hrs IST
Hema maliniHema Malini is using her yesteryear charm to woo voters in Orissa.
Star BJP campaigner and Bollywood actress Hema Malini is using her yesteryear charm and popular movie dialogues to woo voters in Orissa, where the party is going solo after its seat arrangement fiasco with the ruling BJD.

Shouting dialogues like "Chal Dhanno, ye Basanti ki izzat ki sawal hai," from Bollywood blockbuster 'Sholay', Hema, who held rallies and road shows in Talcher, Dhenkanal, Choudwar and two places in the state capital, asked people to make senior BJP leader L K Advani the Prime Minister of India.

"You all have enjoyed my films. In return, I want your support in fulfilling my desire of making Advani the PM. We all need peace and progress. This can only be achieved if BJP comes to power," the former superstar said.

Claiming that Advani was secular to the core, she said the Congress is deliberately describing BJP as communal in order to divert people's attention from its series of failures.

Reiterating her links with Orissa as a student of late Odissi dance guru Kelu Charan Mohapatra, Hema cheered the crowd with slogans of "Jai Jagannath" and "Jai Lingaraj".

The dreamgirl, however, did not say anything against Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and his party BJD.

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Distasteful - may not be for ou Mr. Romesh Sharma by Naim Naqvi on 2009-04-22 20:38:39.836771+05:30 That Dharmendra and Hema didn't change their religion - is a blatant lie and show how far the defenders of lost causes can go; how far they are willing to accept anything scurrilous and far-fetched it may me if it suits to their partisan ideology. Marrying 4 times is always considered a prerogative of Muslims and sarcastic remarks are often made against them for this liberty. Nargis - Sunil Dutt, Kishore - Madhubala and now latest Fiza's heart rendering episode have accorded undeniable proof of manipulation religion by turn-coats. They convert to Islam to achieve what they want when the tenets of Hinduism make it impossible for them. I am not criticizing either of the religion to bring home the point and I am also not trying to drag the subject of what emotionally excruciating experience the first wife of Dharmedra had to undergo. However, the emptiness of argument of well-meaning person like Mr. Romesh Sharma is pathetic indeed !

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1 Distasteful Romesh
by Jas on 2009-04-23 17:57:50.070729+05:30Romesh, a well meaning person? Either you have not got your facts right or you are an extremely polite person, Mr Naqvi

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Vote for BJP, ye Basanti ki izzat ki sawal hai: Hema by Peter Blanchard on 2009-04-20 23:11:32.48242+05:30 It is better to be a filmy type like Basanti of BJP rather than being Muslim Communal Party like the Congress (called by a sophisticated term :vote Bank politics)and a caste bank politics like BSP and SP.

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Manmohan is a weak leader !!. by skg on 2009-04-20 21:36:39.051493+05:30 Congress has done nothing to solve the following problems.a) Rampant corruption in congress government . They are helping the real estate mafia across the country.b) Manmohan singh can't claim to have improved the economy as they are hiding lot of facts and the truth about the Indian economy.c) On security front, they have miserabley failed in last 5 years. Atleast 3,600 people were killed by terrorists in last 5 years.d) The congress government has allowed hundreds and hundreds of illegal immigrants from Bangladesh to expand their vote bank politics.e) Manmohan singh has become a mere spectator in G-20 summit and not even raised the issue of black money in foreign banks.f) Congress government has turned a blind eye on the fate of Srilankan Tamils.g) Congress government has allowed 50,000 madrassas all across the country which are potential places of breeding terrorism.

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The revelries of Basanti by Naim Naqvi on 2009-04-20 18:50:47.274513+05:30 It was on the sets of "Razia Sultan" and the world famous classical Director Kamal Amrohi was explaining the dialog to Hema Malini."Kya Razia ne woh haseen khwab, woh haseen wadah poora nahin kiya." There were several takes but Basanti of Sholay, who was a low brow in learning Urdu, unlike Rekha, was not able to justify the mood of the dialog. Frustrated perfectionist Kamal Amrohi decided to chop of the situation and remove the dialog from the film. I was on the sets that day and standing very near the microphone. That was the time when Hema had tasted the success of films but not yet licked the chops of Indian politics. As Dharmendra and Hema both could never do justice to the grand concept of is historic movie, the film flopped and the shock pushed Kamal Amrohi into his grave.He did realize that he had bedt upon wrong horses. I think BJP is putting too much store upon worn out and aged Basanti. Her appeal is more relevant for Kabari Bazar of Bombay. The promise of Razia remained unfulfilled and dream and appeal of Basanti would go unfulfilled. Prime Ministership is not in the horoscope of Mr. Advani.

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RSS is equated with Al-Qaida by Veenu Katyal on 2009-04-20 18:01:19.382618+05:30 Sir, the RSS is a photocopy of LeT, Hizbollah etc. and it has been equated with Al- Qaida by Terrorism Research Centre and Rand Study Clubs.This is a militant organisation which has many wings. Bajrang Dal is also their militant wing, VHP is their religious wing. Their political wing is BJP. Beside these facts, the RSS runs many more organisations. Some of their outfits have been attacking different members of our minorities and their sacred places in India. They have facist and Nazi tendencies, and some of the are called 'bhagwa goonde'. These outfits are also known to have deployed religious police which attacked non-vegetariens and women who were not wearing dupatta. Because of them India and specially us Hindu's have suffered all around the world. Our Hindu Dharma is well appretiated and loved all around the world, but because of these outfits we Hindu's are also seen as if we are taliban or Al-Qaida likes. These sorts of outfits usually mix religion and dirty politics to achieve their dirty goals. In this modern age, we need a well functioning law system and not facist or Nazi like outfits, because they will paint black our Hindu names all around the world. Jai Hind

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These kind of organisations are very dangerous as democracy is their worst enemy. by Anil Kumar Rathore on 2009-04-20 17:59:03.366483+05:30 RSS makes its cadres believe, that they are working for the cause of Hinduism. Some of them are made to believe, that they are advisers like 'Chanakya'. With these manouevres the inner circle of RSS which burped most of the petrol pumps etc. make a fool of true and devoted person who mean well for the nation India. RSS tries to capture business persons, who like anyone else look for a post to impress their social circles. By naming peoples as General Secretaries, International leaders,Working Presidents, International Trustee's etc. they make a fool out of them.In this way they not only collect huge sums of funds which goes into the pocket of a few. This organisation is like the Pakistani LeT, or the Afghanistani Al-Qaida or the Beirut based Hizbollah. The aim is to run the nation as Hitler did for Germany. Anyone do so ever does not obey is either shot or punished. These kind of organisations are very dangerous as democracy is their worst enemy.

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Dream Girl is Having a Bad Dream by Jas on 2009-04-20 16:47:36.080429+05:30 Beauty and brain seldom go together and Hema Malini is no exception. I wish she had a brain like Shabana Azmi and Nafeesa Ali to replace fastly fading physical beauty to stay beautiful in the eyes of non-BJP people too. Advani is as secular as Hema is real tangewali. By the way how well the the actions of Hema, with regards to especially being the second muslim wife of Dildar Mohammed aka Dharmendra, fits into the Hindutva Culture of rath-rider Advani. I think Advani is real pseudosecular and loves Muslims only when they are not real like Hema Malini

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1 No surprise.
by Hemant. on 2009-04-20 23:50:53.193901+05:30we all know where u come from.Brain like Shabana Azmi???? U must be sickular like the congress party!

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2 Confused Jas
by Martin on 2009-04-20 22:29:09.902689+05:30Jas you need to check your memory. India has always been secular but by the postures of Congress and all parties to appease voters based on caste and religion has divided the country. If this goes on, then one day you will find Taliban at your doorstep forcing sharia law on you. Earlier you understand, better it would be.

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3 Distasteful
by romesh.sharma on 2009-04-20 21:35:32.016684+05:30Its very often that people write comments without adequate knowledge and at times they are so exaggerated that one feels disgusted.Dharminder never changed his religion as mostly propagated.He married Hema with full consent of his first wife wich is very much legal and allowed in Hindu society.Advani,Modi and majority Hindus do love muslims who feel true-heartedly Indian and believe in equality.Only those who are fanatics and yammer for extra rights are seen othrwise.Advani is criticized for he said "MAJinnah was a secular person".This fact one can know from Jinnah's last speech in Pakistani Parliament.He,himself was secular but he had to care for the interests of millions who are/were of different opinion.What is the wrong if he speaks the truth.

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BJP will win! by Chandra SG on 2009-04-20 16:43:57.253514+05:30 I will vote for BJP and urge everyone to Vote for BJP!Advani is by far the best leader than anyone else.. in the country today and is more than eleigible to be our PM!MMS is a weak man and is responsible for 65 serial blasts and Mumbai attacks... and also... appeasement politics.. and is soft on terror... Also his policy concerning internal security interms of dealing with Naxals... is pathetic..!!

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1 BJP will win
by deepak Dhawan on 2009-04-21 05:25:22.856165+05:30No he is not. I urge everyone not to vote for L K Advani. He is the devil incarnate and a sure shot way of destroying the country. He is not the answer to our problems, he is the cause. The man who is responsible for Babri Masjid is no better then the Taliban who blew up Buddhist statues in Afghanistan. Please red history. People who have confused religion with politics have only brought misery and so will he. We do not need frustrated old men to run this country. We need enthusiasm.

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2 remember khandahar,gujrat roits,parliment,attack ect..
by asgar on 2009-04-21 00:29:27.714466+05:30dear chandra pls,dont forget kandahar,gujrat roits,attack on parliment ect,is not BJP the bharat jalav parti...!

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vote for BJP by jan on 2009-04-20 16:08:30.983589+05:30 The congress and other parties have killed the unborn childs of future by repeatedly going thro the constitutional amendments on reservation. Which had resulted in irresponsibility and unaccountability in all walks of life. People are afraid of talking even. This is anothor talibanisation by the congress and its irresponsible allies. Hence I and my next generation decided not vote for such antinationals.

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I will not give my vote to Advani or BJP by Vijay Kumar Sharma on 2009-04-20 15:11:01.91083+05:30 I am really ashamed to have voted for the BJP during the last elections. I should have never spoilt my vote, because BJP is not a party with a difference, but a party full of people with vested interests. This is a party which divides. Manmohan Singh has on the other end done well for India, he has not created a divide. People are happy with him.

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Advani has put me of. by Singular on 2009-04-20 15:04:07.884471+05:30 Sir, I wore the khaki nicker all my life, but Advani had put me of. I am going to exchange my khakhi nicker with pink shorts.

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1 Sree Ram sene is Congress game
by Muslman Singh on 2009-04-20 19:21:29.933817+05:30Your comment was good. But did you ever realize how come whole media was there when some goondas did that in banglore? Why it happens only in BJOP ruled states ? how come this can happen in an unknown bar in bangalore ?Did you know who was Teesta Setalvad ?? if not do google...this very media created hype of gujrat riots. And ahsamed hindus. Gujrat riots even happened ? Before that Who did godhra ? Why they went unpunished ?Teesta setalvad with the help of Shabana Azmi and her patee went on to blame every hindu and called every gujarati a terrorist. Yuo are a hindu, can you ever imagine we can do such acts ? Dude, think...why it happens only in state when BJP comes to power. DANG...Nandi Gram...gujrat....Its all conspiracy.

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Pseudosecularism and pseudo patriotism under the garb of Family dynastic attitude/ by M.Prabhakarrao on 2009-04-20 14:44:23.444977+05:30 Zamindari""Raj of Attrrocities,Corruption" Raj has long been eliminated by the Great Patriot and Nationalist late Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel but those who had all aristocratic upbringing and those newly sprungup have indiscriminately encashed the Surname "Gandhi' reqlly do not know what Poverty really means. Going to Poor people and living and eating with them for a day or so and get Photographed and earn a wide publicity is quite different than having a genuine sense of sympathy and a craving for the upliftment of the poor.In fact under this garb of professed upliftment of the POOR, only one family had derived a political mileage,leaving the Mahatma"GANDHIASN" pattern of life far behind. Its really most fortunate for the nation one who had not renounced her Italian citizenship for long even after living for 25 years in India, is the "crown" of a celebrated oldest party of India.Its a real piity that "Natinalistic" issues are lost and petty partisan issues are being highlighted instead by the elite of this GREAT nation.National security is in jeopardy and God opnly knows where this "appeasementy" policy wud lead us to!

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How about Jinnah Secular, this would have been the best slogan of BJP by Jinnah on 2009-04-20 14:26:30.869893+05:30 Sir, Hema should have highlighted Advani's speech in which he repeatedly addressed the President of the United States of America as Obama-bin-Laden. She could also have highlighted the Kandahar terrorist exchange and the ransom worth 200 crores or lies told by Advani in his book.

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1 Jinnah
by Harry on 2009-04-20 16:09:09.941937+05:30Jinnah indeed was secular. It is just that he was in the way of Nehru becoming Prime minister. The whole parition is tregedy created by Nehru dynasty's lust for power. Gujaratis, Gandhi, Pated and jinnah were in the way, so he engineered a conflict among them.

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Uneducated... by Dr. Petrol Pump Chor on 2009-04-20 14:22:04.512478+05:30 Uneducated and perhaps baseless BJP advertisement.

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insaf ka saval by jasbir singh on 2009-04-20 14:00:33.328539+05:30 Vote for BJP and you vote for justice. It is izzat ka saval and insaf ka saval for the country.

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Hemamalini and Eelction capmaign by SVS Subrahmaniam on 2009-04-20 12:55:43.933236+05:30 Has BJP become so bankrupt to stage a great actress Hemamalini in the election campaign as Basanthi of Sholey picture? I definitely think Hemamalini is far far greater than Basanthi, a character she played in a poplar movie. Her identity need not be given by a character she played in the movie. The people who talk big big things, ideals, principles etc have to stoop to this level to canvas for the election. In this I am not saying any bad of Hema ji; I have great respect for her who is a one of the legendry personalities of Indian cinema.

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Vote for BJP !!! by Kunal on 2009-04-20 12:53:29.975205+05:30 Vote for BJP and only vote for BJP!!!

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Not sure of basanti but it is izzat ka sawal for this country by Sameer on 2009-04-20 11:58:37.71797+05:30 Iam not sure of Basanti but this is really izzat ka sawal for this country.For more than 60 years we have been mired in corruption, infighting, indecision and extremely bad infrastructure. Leave alone apathy for farmers and poor even when the slogan of Garibi Hatao has existed for so long.This really is izzat ka sawal for the country.

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1 and what is the jawaab for this country??
by Suresh on 2009-04-20 14:50:58.933211+05:30Well I agree with the problems that you have listed out.. but who is the solution you mean.. BJP??? either you are kidding or you were born after 2004.. to remind you, bjp did NOTHING to improve India's situation.. all the problems u listed will multiply if they come to power

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2 Izzat kaa Savaal
by RM on 2009-04-20 13:57:39.138507+05:30Really well said! I fully endorse what you have said, Sameer.

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