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Lok Sabha elections 2024 | Poll Vault: Basanti SpeaksIn a recent TV interview, Hema Malini was quizzed about who are the Jai and Veeru of Indian politics.
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<div class="paragraphs"><p>Actor and BJP candidate Hema Malini shows off her harvesting skills while campaigning ahead of Lok Sabha polls, in Mathura district.</p></div>

Actor and BJP candidate Hema Malini shows off her harvesting skills while campaigning ahead of Lok Sabha polls, in Mathura district.

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Almost 50 years ago, Hema Malini enacted the iconic character ‘Basanti’ in the evergreen Bollywood movie Sholay. The movie appears to be refusing to leave her and in a recent TV interview, she was quizzed who are the Jai and Veeru of Indian politics.

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