How can Bollywood be missing from the poll fever in Uttar Pradesh? While both the Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party have taken a conscious decision to stay away from stars from another sky, but nothing is stopping the Congress and its allies from going the whole hog.

The Congress has brought actresses Amisha Patel, Nagma, Celina Jaitly and Mahima Chaudhry to dazzle the campaign. Its ally, the Rashtriya Lok Dal, has in its filmi arsenal, Vivek Oberoi. Oberoi made more news for his tiff with local journalists while traveling with Union minister Ajit Singh's son RLD MP Jayant Chaudhary in Mathura than for his crowd pulling abilities.

The BJP is relying on the in-house talent of Hema Malini, Shatrughan Sinha and Smriti Irani. What Box Office results these stars will pull out in UP, no prizes for guessing this one! Please click Next to read about the googly that bowled out Rahul...

Image: Actress Amisha Patel, above, along with Nagma, Celina Jaitly, Mahim Chaudhry are campaigning in the UP polls
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