Movies News | Posted on Dec 19, 2008 at 11:47pm IST

Rakeysh Mehra inspires youth, urges to vote

New Delhi: Filmmaker Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's last film Rang De Basanti urged the youth of India to take responsibility and ownership.

And it made a point at the box office and beyond. On Friday, the director took time out to carry on his campaign on ground.

“Democracy is not just word, we need to exercise it as well,” says Filmmaker, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra.

Mehra spoke at Capital's Shriram College of Commerce's festival urging the youth to go and exercise their right to vote as part of Jaago re one billion votes campaign.

“We need to be more involved in politics and increase accountability etc,” says Filmmaker, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra.

All you have to do is log on to jaagore.com and register to vote.

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