Bollywood provided the perfect fodder for witty repartees this poll season as Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and Rahul Gandhi used dialogues from superhit films Sholay, Bahubali and DDlJ to launch attacks on rivals.
The classic case was that of the Prime Minister asking if the Samajwadi Party-Congress tie up was a case of “Aa Gale lag Ja”, referring to a movie by that name while Rahul Gandhi said that Narendra Modi had set out to be SRK of DDlJ with his "achhe din" promise but ended up as “Gabbar” of Sholay.
Interestingly, the ruling SP’s star campaigner Akhilesh Yadav has been depicted as the main protagonist in the State in spoofs of some Bollywood blockbusters.
The ball was set rolling by Rahul at an election meeting in the Congress pocket borough Rae Bareli on February 17 when he termed the Prime Minister's promises before the 2014 lok Sabha elections and his alleged failure to keep them by referring to the iconic ‘Dilwale Dulhaniya le Jayange’ and Gabbar Singh of ‘Sholay’.