Some sixty well-known directors, actors, screenwriters, editors, producers, lyricists and others have put out an appeal to "vote secular". No party names mentioned, of course. The list includes Vishal Bhardwaj, Govind Nihalani, Saeed Mirza, Zoya Akhtar, Nandita Das, Anand Patwardhan, Rakesh Sharma, Hansal Mehta, Saket Chaudhary, Mahesh Bhatt, Shubha Mudgal, and Kundan Shah.