When 'Ramayan' and 'Mahabharat' became POLITICAL!
These actors from the epics have the most unanticipated similarities..
Published: Thursday,May 12, 2016 18:40 PM GMT-06:00
Actors turning politicians is not a novel thing which may get one excited as there have been numerous actors from Bollywood who have gone ahead and tried their hand at politics. From the likes of
Shatrughan Sinha to
Govinda, several have been a part of politics.
But, when was the last time you heard about a TV actor becoming a politician? Ahm, I am guessing, none. Of course, we are not even thinking about Rakhi Sawant; she is an anomaly. TV actors becoming politicians is rarer than being rare. But, let me take you through one of the rarest of co-incidences that might surprise you.
The following actors who played the lead characters in two of India's biggest epics,
Ramayan' and
Mahabharat' actually went on to became politicians. Yes! That is right..
Yes, Indian television's first ever Lord Ram, actor
Arun Govil tried his hand at politics, where he contested for the Lok Sabha elections in late 1980s, however lost it later. Guess, the niceties of Lord Rama didn't go down too well in the political world.
I mean, it's way too obvious, isn't it? Where goes Ram, Raavan follows to win and conquer. Ironically, Raavan may be defeated by Ram in
Ramayan, but actor
Arvind Trivedi who played Raavan won the Lok Sabha elections for Member of Parliament (MP) from Sabarkatha district in 1991 as a Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate. We love these ironies, don't we?
Deepika Chikalia (Sita in Ramayan) won the Lok Sabha elections 
Goddess Sita, of course, literally followed' Lord Rama everywhere. So why not politics, too? Actress Deepika Chikalia, who played Sita won the Lok Sabha elections for MP from Baroda constituency in 1991 as a BJP candidate. Women power, indeed..!
Dara Singh (Lord Hanuman in Ramayan) was a nominated member of Rajya Sabha and elected member of Jat Mahasabha 
Completing the amazing trio, Lord Hanuman too joined the world of politics following the footsteps of Lord Ram (
Arun Govil) and Sita (Deepika Chikalia). Hanuman was devoted to Ram and had blind faith in him and political world wasn't much different, we are sure. India's super man, Dara Singh who played Hanuman joined politics and was a nominated member of the Rajya Sabha and also an elected member of jat Mahasabha. Jai Shri Ram!
After a unanimous domination by
Ramayan' characters in this list, here comes a
Mahabharat' character. And who can be better than Lord Krishna, who was the most important link in one of the biggest epic sagas of India, to give competition to others. Actor
Nitish Bharadwaj who played Lord Krishna in B R Chopra's saga,
Mahabharat' was elected to Lok Sabha as an MP as a BJP candidate.
It seems, these actors took their characters and the genre too seriously. However, this amazing coincidence was certainly an eye-opening surprise. Politics and epic sagas always go hand-in-hand.
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