Tarzan star Hemant Birje to contest Lok Sabha elections from Mumbai

Hemant Birje, who starred as Tarzan in the movie Adventures of Tarzan opposite Kimmy Katkar, will be contesting on a Shiv Shakti Party ticket and his electoral symbol is a tiger.

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Tarzan star Hemant Birje to contest Lok Sabha elections from Mumbai
Poster for the movie Adventures of Tarzan, starring Hemant Birje and Kimmy Katkar.

When Edgar Rice Burroughs created the character of Tarzan, he had never imagined that one day his creation would end up contesting the Lok Sabha elections of 2014 in India, far, far away from where he lives with his apes.

But that is exactly what is happening here. Tarzan is going to contest the elections this time around. Well, not really Tarzan, but Hemant Birje, who essayed the role of Tarzan in the movie Adventures of Tarzan starring opposite Kimmy Katkar.

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Hemant Birje will be contesting on a Shiv Shakti Party ticket from Mumbai North central constituency. His electoral symbol is also an animal, albeit not an ape, but a tiger and he is expecting to romp home with an easy victory.

"My electoral symbol is tiger and my sun sign is also Leo. I believe this is god's gift. My friends from the jungle are accompanying me here also," Birje said.

Birje who is even now known as Tarzan is a well-loved person in the area.

Birje is the latest candidate from Bollywood who is contesting in these elections. The issues on which he is contesting these elections include safety for women, eradicating corruption and good governance among others.

"People want change and we will bring that change," he says. "People know how much work Priya Dutt has done in this constituency. We will give the people a better government. We will remove corruption, ensure security for women," he adds.

In the constituency from which Birje is contesting, he will be up against Congress' Priya Dutt, Poonam Mahajan of BJP and Farhan Azmi of the Samajwadi Party. What remains to be seen is will Tarzan be able to defeat his opponents once again or not.