Salman, Salim, Vivek in Delhi at Narendra Modi's swearing-in ceremony

Bollywood stars have flown to Delhi to witness the historic moment

Update: 2014-05-26 15:09 GMT
 
Mumbai: Lata Mangeshkar, Amitabh Bachchan may give Narendra Modi's swearing-in ceremony a miss in Delhi on Monday while a host of Bollywood celebrities like Hrithik Roshan, Salman Khan, Anupam Kher and Vivek Oberoi will attend the function. 
 
Modi, who led BJP to an unprecedented victory, is taking oath as the 15th prime minister of the country at a function to be held in the forecourt of Rashtrapati Bhavan in the evening. 
 
Bachchan, Rajnikanth and 84-year-old Lata's names reportedly figure on the guest list. 
 
"She has been invited, but she won't be attending the swearing-in ceremony as she cannot travel at this age," sources close to Lata Mangeshkar told PTI.
 
The veteran singer however, sent a personal note to Modi which the PM-to-be posted on his Twitter account:
According to sources, Big B is busy shooting. 
 
"He is busy shooting. Don't think he is going," sources said. 
 
Bachchan tweeted about two hours ago that he was going for a shoot.
Salman, who flew kite with Modi during a festival in Ahmedabad for promotion of his film 'Jai Ho' earlier this year, flew in this morning. 
 
 
 
Among the Bollywood personalities who will be attending the ceremony are Kher, Oberoi and Madhur Bhandarkar. 
 
Actress Rekha and cricketing great Sachin Tendulkar from Mumbai have been invited for the function in their capacity as members of Rajya Sabha. 
 
The BJP has a galaxy of film stars like Hema Malini, Paresh Rawal, Shatrughan Sinha, Vinod Khanna, Kirron Kher and Smriti Irani as members of the party, who will be there.

Actor Vivek Oberoi underscored the general mood in his tweet, saying,

"I feel honoured and privileged to be invited to witness history in the making! Today will be a golden day to remember!," he added.

Anupam Kher said in his tweet:

BJP MP and Bollywood 'dreamgirl' Hema Malini said:

She added, "Of course I carry with me all your good wishes to Modiji for a successful and fruitful 5 years of good governance!" 

Bhandarkar said,

 

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