Mumbai,
Jan
27
(PTI)
The
Election
Commission
of
India
(ECI)
has
collaborated
with
filmmaker
Rajkumar
Hirani
for
a
short
film
to
spread
awareness
about
voting.
Titled
"My
Vote
My
Duty",
the
short
is
compiled
from
video
messages
by
cricket
icon
Sachin
Tendulkar
as
well
as
actors
Rajkummar
Rao,
Amitabh
Bachchan,
R
Madhavan,
Raveena
Tandon,
Vicky
Kaushal,
Boman
Irani,
Arshad
Warsi,
Bhumi
Pednekar
and
Mona
Singh.
Hirani,
who
most
recently
directed
Shah
Rukh
Khan-starrer
"Dunki",
has
produced
the
short
film,
which
was
shared
by
the
ECI
on
its
official
handle
on
microblogging
site
X
on
National
Voters'
Day
on
Thursday.
It
is
directed
by
Sanjiv
Kishinchandani.
"A
short
film
'My
Vote
My
Duty'
produced
by
#ECI
in
association
with
@RajkumarHirani
featuring
several
renowned
celebrities
on
the
theme
'Value
of
one
vote'
was
released
on
#NVD2024," read
the
tweet.
The
film
aims
to
address
attitudinal
barriers
such
as
indifference
and
apathy,
and
inspire
citizens
to
recognise
the
significance
of
their
votes.
"The
most
important
task
in
voting.
Let's
support
the
country,
let's
vote
for
the
country,"
Tandon
said
in
the
video.
Tendulkar
said,
"Election
day
is
not
a
day
off.
It's
a
day
of
duty." Kaushal
and
Singh
urged
the
citizens
to
check
their
names
in
the
voter
list
through
the
Voter
Service
Portal.
The
celebrities
then
urged
the
people
to
fulfil
their
duty
as
voting
is
considered
a
symbol
of
pride
in
a
democracy.