In January 2019, the young brigade of the Hindi film industry went to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The B-Town delegation which comprised of actors, directors among others and they discussed the participation and contribution of the youth icons towards nation-building. The delegation included Rohit Shetty, Ranbir Kapoor, Bhumi Pednekar, Ayushmann Khurrana, Ashwiny Iyer, Sidharth Malhotra, Ekta Kapoor, Rajkummar Rao, Ranveer Singh, Alia Bhatt, Vicky Kaushal, and Varun Dhawan.

In December 2018, PM Narendra Modi led a crowd in congratulating newly-married couple, actress Priyanka Chopra and American singer Nick Jonas at their wedding reception in New Delhi. PM Modi, who was escorted on stage by Priyanka's mother Madhu Chopra, gifted the newlyweds a rose each and shared some moments of laughter. For the occasion, PM Modi was dressed in a white kurta-pajama with a black Nehru jacket.

In April 2019, Modi met actor-turned-politician Sunny Deol, who was fielded by the Bharatiya Janata Party from the Gurdaspur Lok Sabha seat. Sunny Deol joined BJP on April 23, 2019.

In picture: Modi poses with the team of Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah.

In December 2017, PM Narendra Modi met the newly-married couple, Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli and his Bollywood actress wife Anushka Sharma, and congratulated the two. Along with the couple, Kohli's brother Vikas was also present during the meet.

Modi met Bollywood's action star Akshay Kumar in New Delhi in 2017. Two years later, actor Akshay Kumar also engaged in a 'non-political', candid conversation with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Narendra Modi and Amitabh Bachchan share a light moment at a multiplex in Gandhinagar, about 30kms from Ahmedabad in Gujarat on January 6, 2010. Pic/AFP

In picture: Actor Jackie Shroff caught in a candid conversation with Narendra Modi.

This handout photograph released by the Gujarat Information Bureau shows Narendra Modi (then Gujarat Chief Minister) and Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt at the Chief Minister's office in Gandhinagar on May 17, 2010. Dutt met Modi with a proposal to set up a film city project in Gujarat.

In these handout photographs released by the Gujarat Information Bureau on January 14, 2014, Bollywood superstar Salman Khan flies a kite as Narendra Modi looks during a kite festival in Ahmedabad. Khan was in Ahmedabad to promote his film, 'Jai Ho'. Pic/ AFP

Narendra Modi, clad in traditional south Indian Dhoti attire, shakes hands with superstar Rajinikanth during a visit to the actor's residence in Chennai on April 13, 2014. Pic/AFP

In picture: Actress Rakul Preet Singh and producer-director Ekta Kapoor pose for a selfie with PM Narendra Modi.

Actor-producer Aamir Khan met PM Narendra Modi in June 2014, and discussed social issues raised by the former's TV show 'Satyamev Jayate'. 'Shared with him the overwhelming support that we got from people across the country through Vote for Change Campaign... on SMJ ('Satyamev Jayate') on the various issues that we tackled in our show. He has assured me that he will look into all the matters,' Aamir tweeted after the meeting. Pic/PTI

Sunny Deol and Narendra Modi felicitate Lata Mangeshkar on the 51st anniversary of her patriotic track 'Ae Mere Watan Ke Logon', at an event held at the Mahalakshmi racecourse in Mumbai. Pic/Rane Ashish

Actor Suniel Shetty gets a pat on his back from PM Narendra Modi at the event held in Mumbai. Pic/Rane Ashish

In picture: Bollywood superstars Shah Rukh Khan and Aamir Khan are all smiles as they pose for a picture with PM Narendra Modi.

Narendra Modi greets Bollywood music composer Bappi Lahiri at an election rally in Sreerampur, around 40 km northwest of Kolkata, on April 27, 2014. Lahiri was the BJP candidate from Sreerampur parliamentary constituency during the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. Pic/AFP

Anupam Kher talks to Narendra Modi after the inauguration of the 'Actor Prepares' school for aspiring actors at Charodi village on the outskirts of Ahmedabad on July 20, 2009. The Ahmedabad branch of the Actor Prepares school has a swimming pool, gymnasium and a horse-riding school and is spread in over 2.5 acres. Pic/AFP

Vasundhara Raje Scindhia and Narendra Modi chat with former actor and BJP leader, late Vinod Khanna during the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National Council meeting held in New Delhi on April 6, 2005. Also seen in the picture are 'Mahabharat' actors Gajendra Chauhan and Mukesh Khanna. Pic/AFP

Narendra Modi with veteran actor, late Dev Anand. On Dev Anand's demise, Modi had tweeted, 'During the 1975 Emergency imposed by Indira Gandhi, Dev Sahab was the one who stood up in favour of democracy with the most conviction.'