Mumbai, Jan. 15 -- Veteran actor and film producer Salim Khan on Thursday cast his vote at a polling station in Mumbai during the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections.

Film director Rakesh Roshan also arrived at a polling booth in the city to exercise his franchise.

Several prominent personalities from the film industry were seen turning up at polling stations across Mumbai, encouraging citizens to fulfil their democratic duty in the BMC elections.

Polling is being held across 29 municipal corporations in Maharashtra. The elections are taking place after a long and active campaign and are important for major cities such as Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur, Thane, Navi Mumbai, Nashik and Pimpri-Chinchwad.

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