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Filmstar Saif Ali Khan appears to ponder the tricky question that has kept many athletes and stars away from the Olympic torch relay.
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Sagarika Ghatge, who assayed the role of Chandigarh hockey player Preeti Singh in Chak De India, is all set to run in the Olympic torch relay.
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Tennis ace Leander Paes shares a chuckle with the rest of the contingent before the relay begins.
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Saif exchanges words with tennis star Leander Paes.
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One of India's greatest athletes, P T Usha, was also a part of the 70-member contingent.
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Saif Ali Khan's body language clearly dares anyone to ask him about a certain lady, whose tattooed name is well-hidden.
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The torch was kept at an "undisclosed" safe house until the relay began in the afternoon.
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Shouting "Free Tibet", "Hu Jintao murdabad (down with Hu Jintao)", around 5,000 people, mainly Tibetans, completed their parallel torch rally in New Delhi on Thursday afternoon just before the actual Olympic torch rally begins amid stringent security.
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The Olympic relay will begin at around 1530 hrs IST and the event is expected to be over within an hour. The ceremony is out of bounds for everyone except chosen athletes, dignitaries, schoolchildren and the media.
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Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan takes charge of the torch.
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Ace shooter Jaspal Rana and musician Ayaan Ali Bangash pulled out barely a few hours before the event, citing personal reasons.
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National football captain Baichung Bhutia and India's first IPS officer Kiran Bedi had earlier pulled out of the event. While Bhutia decided to skip the event in support of the Tibetan cause, Bedi had cited "scuffing" security arrangement for her move.
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Bollywood actor Soha Ali Khan was also among those who has withdrawn from the torch relay saying she has prior engagements.
