When the electoral process for the recently held general elections had begun in India, the result was not supposed to be as crystal clear as we got on 23rd May. With the loss of BJP in the bypolls and key assembly elections in few states, the NDA win was not that obvious. New political alliances were being forged and NDA was to fight loosely stitched but a resurgent coalition of opposition parties. In such a bitterly fought electoral environment, it looked to be a close call and political parties sought to capitalize on celebrities' star power. As a result, a number of stars from Bollywood, Bhojpuri Cinema, and Sports had embellished the political arena. From Delhi itself, we had celebrity candidates, namely, Gautam Gambhir, Manoj Tiwari, Hans Raj Hans and Vijendra Singh who jumped into this battle. However, not all of them found the electoral success and the big names such as Raj Babbar, Jaya Prada, Vijendra Singh, Nirahua etc were among those whose star appeal did not attract ...