Eight celebrities who became politicians

Jaya Bachchan Apart from being celebrity, Jaya Bachchan is also a successful politician. She joined the Samajwadi party in the year 2004 ad is a Member of Parliament representing Uttar Pradesh.

Isha Koppikar The actress who has been away from movies since long, joined Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in January 2019 in the presence of Union Minister Nitin Gadkari. She was appointed as the working president of the BJP's women transport wing.

Prakash Raj Prakash Raj, who is also a national award-winning actor, decided to contest the ongoing parliament eelections as an independent candiate. He announced the same via a tweet in January 2019.

Poonam Sinha Bollywood actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha's wife Poonam Sinha joined the Samajwadi Party (SP). In 1968, Poonam was crowned Miss Young India, and was an actress herself under the screen name Komal. She joined SP in the presence of party chief Akhilesh Yadav's wife Dimple Yadav.

Sunny Deol He is best known for starring in patriotic movies like Border and Gadar. the actor has joined the BJP and is an MP from Gurdaspur in Punjab.

Nusrat Jahan Nusrat Jahan, who is known as the loyalist of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, was elected as Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Basirhat constituency as a Trinamool Congress (TMC) candidate.

Hema Malini Hema Malini joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the year 2004. She represents the Mathura constituency of Uttar Pradesh. She was also the member of Rajya Sabha from Karnataka from 2011 to 2012 and by nominated from 2003 to 2009 as a member member of BJP.

Gautam Gambhir The former top-order Indian cricketer joined the BJP  in 2019 as a key candidate from the East Delhi constituency. He fought against Congress's Arvinder Singh Lovely and Aam  Admi Party's (AAP) candidate Atishi Marlena.