From Aamir Khan to Anil Ambani, India's biggest celebrities Thursday came out in droves from theirair-conditioned homes to wait in queue patiently for their turn to vote -- andurge the young to step out and exercise their franchise in the third round ofthe staggered elections.

In the greatequaliser that are the elections, the stars of the silver screen and thecelebrity industrialists were the cynosure of all eyes but got no preferentialtreatment.

Aamir Khan, who broke his holiday in the USwith his children, said after casting his vote: "I have travelled 48 hoursto cast my vote, so people can certainly go out from their homes to cast theirvote. If you love your country, this is the day to show it. I'm happy to see somany senior citizens casting their vote here. I appeal to the youngsters tocome out and vote."

Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, who wasin South Africa for the Indian Premier League cricket matches, also made it apoint to be here on election day. Sonali Bendre, who was among the earlyvoters, said: "Voting is our birthright. People sacrificed their lives togive us this right."

Added veteran actor Rishi Kapoor: "Itis our basic right to vote, so people should vote. We need to elect the rightperson." Echoing the sentiment, well-known lyricist Javed Akhtar asserted:"Your vote is your voice. We want better infrastructure and securitysystem."

"People are becoming more responsible.We have large number of first time voters," is how the versatile BomanIrani put it. Director Kunal Kohli toourged people to vote saying: "It is an important election with importantissues. I think terrorism and economic slowdown are important issues."

Amongst the others who made it a point tovote were Farhan Akhtar, Karan Johar, John Abraham, Celina Jaitley, SonamKapoor and Rahul Bose. More than 13million voters are eligible to exercise their franchise to choose among 196candidates, including 17 women, in the fray for the third, final and smallestphase of polling in Maharashtra.

The constituencies where polling took placeThursday are Mumbai North, Mumbai North-East, Mumbai North-West, MumbaiNorth-Central, Mumbai South-Central, Mumbai South; Thane, Kalyan, Bhiwandi andPalghar