A political system is a framework which defines acceptable political methods within a given society. History of political thought can be traced back to early antiquity, with seminal works such as Plato's Republic, Aristotle's Politics and the works of Confucius. A celebrity is a person, who has a prominent profile and commands some degree of public fascination and influence in day-to-day media.

3. A political system is a framework which
defines acceptable political methods
within a given society. History of political
thought can be traced back to early
antiquity, with seminal works such as
Plato's Republic, Aristotle's Politics and
the works of Confucius.
A celebrity is a person, who has a
prominent profile and commands some
degree of public fascination and influence
in day-to-day media.

4. Stage I :- The political party and politicians gain
symbolic value from the image of celebrity-actors. The
celebrity-actors’ image in fictional films is transferred
and used in the real world by the politicians.
Stage II :- The politicians use Celebrity actors’
endorsement to attract constituents’ interest, celebrity
actors use their long term association and network with
political parties/leaders to launch their political career
(Towards the end of their acting career).
Stage III :- The value is not created. At the end of the
functional level, politicians and actors either win or
loose the election.

7. Interactions between film and politics in India
• a celebrity using their celebrity status achieved in
one sphere to develop activities in another.
• In India, we can observe this cross fertilisation
between the realms of film and politics.
• Popular film stars play a very important role in
attracting crowds to support specific political
parties or politicians.
• In order to attract voters’ interest and eventually
their votes, politicians in India tend to use film stars
or celebrities from the film industry in their election
campaigns.
• Hema Malini, once known as the 'dream girl‘ of
Bollywood has campaigned for BJP and Bollywood
actor Sanjay Dutt has campaigned for the
Samajwadi Party in the 15th (2009) Lok Sabha
elections, in India

8. What is the MOTO of celebrities
• film stars who are celebrities are well known due to
media driven recognisability.
• this media driven social capital, which helps actors to
attract not just crowds but association with politicians, is
very interesting because celebrity film actors often play
the roles in films that brings changes in the society in a
positive way.

9. What are the politician moto for include celebrities in politics?
• politicians and political parties are aware that
their profession is portrayed negatively in Indian
films but they associate themselves with those
actors to attract voters.
• celebrities actors are well aware that their
characters in the films that denounce politicians’
are lovced by the voters, yet they are attracted to
the same profession which is denounced by the
public, in other words, their fans..

10. Celebrities add colour to Indian politics
From actors to sportsmen and
even ex-generals, political
parties are roping in the
famous to shore up their
fortunes. But the question
arises will they really work for
common people or will they
earn a ransom by contesting
elections for political parties.

11. The sudden influx of celebrities in
the political parties reflects the
sorry state of politics. This has also
reduced politics to a mockery. Do
these celebrities realise that politics
is an entirely different kettle of
fish? The politicians may need
stars, but the common man, who is
going to decide the fate of the
nation, needs little of their service.
Are common people suffering from
these celebrity show-offs?

12. From study it appears that as
celebrities are good at getting the
attention of public, and are
useful in commercial advertising,
their endorsements of political
candidates affects the first-time
voters. The first time voters are
always the young ones. They
idolize them, which results in
fetching more votes for the
political parties.

13. This legendary actor who became an
epitome of success joined politics for a
short period of time. He entered politics
to support his family friend Rajiv
Gandhi. He stood from Allahabad seat in
the 8th Lok Sabha elections against
former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh H.
N. Bahuguna. He won by a large margin,
but he soon realized that politics was not
his cup of tea and resigned after 3 years.
His wife also joined politics and later
became a Rajya Sabha member.

14. Chiranjeevi
The Telegu cinema actor
had a huge fan-following
which guaranteed him
success in politics. His fan-
following as an actor was
easily convertible into
votebanks. He formed the
Praja Rajyam Party which
later became the largest
party in Andhra's State
Assembly elections. He
became one of the favorite
politicians among the
Andhraites.

15. Not just Bollywood, he been
successful in politics too. After
defeating actor Shekhar Suman
from Bihar he entered politics.
Later, he became the Health and
Family Welfare minister in
government of Vajpayee and
also headed the Ministry of
Shipping. He also heads the
Culture and Art wing of BJP.

16. He was one of the most flourishing
actors in comedy genre in India in
the 1990s. He then entered politics
as a member of Indian National
Congress. He was an MP from the
Mumbai North Constituency from
2004 to 2009. He was known to have
won the seat by a whooping majority
but his work has been tagged as
abysmal when compared to the
promises and announcements he
had made during his tenure.
Govinda was criticized for his
inaccessibility to the people of his
electorate especially during the 2005
floods in Mumbai.

17. He entered politics in 1997 and
joined Bharatiya Janata Party.
Having been elected from the
Gurdaspur constituency in Punjab in
1999, he was the Union Minister for
culture and tourism and later
ministry of external affairs (MEA) as
minister of state too. He won in 2004
re-election as well from the same
constituency but lost out in the year
2009. It is a rare case of success
among Indian celebrities who
became politicians.

18. She is the Chief Minister of
Tamil Nadu and the General
Secretary of AIADMK. She was
a superstar actress in South
Indian films before entering
politics. Touted as among one of
the most prolific and powerful
ladies in Indian politics, J.
Jayalalithaa remains a favourite
of the masses in Tamil Nadu and
the most powerful of all Indian
celebrities who became
politicians.

19. • Are celebrities only for winning votes
for politicians or working for public?
• Do they really need a ransom for
contesting election for a party or they
could do it without ransom as they
earn much more from movies?
• Does the celebrity candidates have
enough knowledge on politics?
• Are they really qualified enough for
ruling the whole nation?
• Celebrities always maintain distance
from common people because of their
popularity, but can they relate the
problems faced by people and justify?

20. Celebs’ balance their both career
A long line of actors, singers, reality TV
stars and athletes have sought second
careers in politics. But fame is no
guarantee of success at the stardom.

21. Misuse of power
• Celebrities Turn Star Power Toward
Political Stage
• Celebrities add colour to Indian politics
• Misuse the press power
• They misuse their money in politicis