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05-13-2016, 04:45 PM
Rival Indian political parties end up using the same actor in their election campaign ads
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Rival political parties in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu ended up using the same actress for their election campaign TV ads.
SEE ALSO: Indian police gets first fleet of drones, uses them to monitor illegal mining (http://mashable.com/2016/05/10/karnataka-police-drones-india/)
The 67-year-old GT Kasturi appeared in the ads of arch-rivals DMK and AIADMK. As the videos went viral, both the parties and Kasturi have put the blame for the mix-up on the casting agent.*
Kasturi, a well-k**wn film actress*said (http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/kasturi-paati-stars-in-both-dmk-and-aiadmk-ads/article8582528.ece)*she wasn't told that she was starring in both parties' election videos.
In the ad for the state's ruling party AIADMK, Kasturi praises the chief minister J Jayalalithaa for providing free meals to the poor in local temples. However, in the second ad, she criticises the government for failing to understand people's troubles. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/05/13/dmk-aiadmk-ads-same-woman/)
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Rival political parties in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu ended up using the same actress for their election campaign TV ads.
SEE ALSO: Indian police gets first fleet of drones, uses them to monitor illegal mining (http://mashable.com/2016/05/10/karnataka-police-drones-india/)
The 67-year-old GT Kasturi appeared in the ads of arch-rivals DMK and AIADMK. As the videos went viral, both the parties and Kasturi have put the blame for the mix-up on the casting agent.*
Kasturi, a well-k**wn film actress*said (http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/kasturi-paati-stars-in-both-dmk-and-aiadmk-ads/article8582528.ece)*she wasn't told that she was starring in both parties' election videos.
In the ad for the state's ruling party AIADMK, Kasturi praises the chief minister J Jayalalithaa for providing free meals to the poor in local temples. However, in the second ad, she criticises the government for failing to understand people's troubles. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/05/13/dmk-aiadmk-ads-same-woman/)
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