Celina at Azad Maidan to support Anna

Mumbai, Aug 21 : With Anna Hazare's fast in New Delhi entering its sixth day Sunday, the latest from Bollywood to join his campaign against corruption are actors Celina Jaitly and Shreyas Talpade, who showed up at the Azad Maidan here.

“Today is a wonderful morning sreyas, deepti talpade (Shreyas's wife) and myself are on our way to Azaad Maidan to show our support to Anna hazaarey Jai Hind!” Celine posted on micro-blogging site Twitter Sunday.

"Feel enriched/motivated after attending Anna Hazare's anti corruption gathering @ azad maidan with sreyas & deepti..long live democracy," she furter posted.

So far film personalities like A.R. Rahman, Shabana Azmi, Shekhar Kapur, Bipasha Basu, Sushmita Sen and Shahid Kapoor have showed their support to Anna Hazare's movement against corruption. 

Some celebrities took to social networking sites to express their support, while others like Anupam Kher and Farah Khan flew down to the capital to participate in the protest.

Bollywood’s anti-corruption protest

Bollywood may be tweeting its support to Anna Hazare non-stop, but only a handful of its celebrities — music composer Vishal Dadlani, actors Anupam Kher, Raghu Ram and Purab Kohli — turned up for the anti-corruption protests in Mumbai’s Azad Maidan on Tuesday. The rest are drawing flak for their poor show of real solidarity.

“Celebrities need to come out, experience the activities at ground zero and get their hands dirty by becoming a part of the change. Celebs have a mass appeal and they get heard, so if they had participated in the movement, it would have gone to another level,” says Raghu Ram. Those who tweeted support but did not turn up for the protests include filmmakers Shekhar Kapur and Kunal Kohli, actors Ranvir Shorey, Neha Dhupia and R Madhavan, among others. “whr r our bollywood heroes?? Do they not want to support the real-life thrill??? Join in real life action,” tweeted Nimisha45. “Actors can only tweet their fake support, but they are nowhere to see when they were needed,” said minkspeaks. “They are only tweeting from ac homes and the common man is really protesting,” wrote Shaan20.

Purab Kohli, however, defends the fraternity, saying, “Celebs are public figures so their presence is bound to divert attention from the real cause, as fans mob them. So virtual or real, their support should be appreciated.”