Call of duty and a touch of humour in star parade

If Mumbaikars turning out in large numbers was the story of election day, B-town wasn’t going to be left behind.
Early risers who headed to the polling stations included actors Priyanka Chopra, Rekha and Madhuri Dixit. “This is the moment that matters... Every vote is a voice that counts,” tweeted Chopra.
Deepika Padukone, who was born in Denmark, flashed her inked finger on social media and alluded to speculation around her citizenship by tweeting: “Never has there been any doubt in my mind about who I am or where I’m from.So for those of you confused on my behalf...please don’t be! Jai Hind!”
It was to clear a small yet significant confusion that Shah Rukh Khan brought his son AbRam, who sported a brown hoodie, along to the booth. “Little one was a bit confused between ‘Boating’ and Voting, so took him along to experience the difference,” tweeted SRK.

Aamir Khan, who arrived with wife Kiran Rao, managed to crack up the crowd outside St Anne’s High School in Bandra with a joke that went thus: “So the American president went on a walk and met a man who failed to recognise him. ‘What do you do?’ asked the stranger. ‘I’m the president of America. What do you do?’ said the leader in response. ‘Oh, I’m the one who gets to choose the president of America!’ said the man.”
Shortly after, Sanjay Dutt entered the polling station in Mumbai North Central with wife Manyata. When quizzed about his sister, Priya Dutt’s chances, he said, “Woh pata nahi par bhai ka asar zaroor hoga (I don’t know but I think her brother’s appeal will surely play a role).”
Actor Kangana Ranaut took an apparent dig at Congress on emerging from the polling booth. “Now India is attaining freedom in the right sense, because before this we were slaves to the British, the Mughals and Italian governments,” said Ranaut.
Among the celebrities who flew down from abroad specially to vote were Priyanka Chopra, actor Bhagyashree and cricketer Sunil Gavaskar.