Mandya: Film stars contesting elections are quite common in the neighbouring States like Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. But there is a close connection between Kannada film industry and Mandya Lok Sabha Constituency that has witnessed colourful personalities — either film actors themselves contesting elections or a large number of film personalities campaigning for the candidates in this sugar belt Constituency.
This 2019 Lok Sabha election too is no different from earlier with top two candidates coming from Kannada film industry aka Sandalwood — Nikhil Kumaraswamy, son of Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy, from the JD(S)-Congress coalition and multi-lingual actress Sumalatha Ambarish, an independent candidate backed by BJP and others.
