Mumbai, (PTI): The fifth edition of the standard chartered Mumbai marathon was on Sunday flagged off with over 33,000 participants taking part in the event carrying a prize money of US$ 1 million.

The event consists of a 42-km-long marathon, 21-km-long half-marathon, senior citizens' run, wheel chair event and a six-km-long "dream" run.

Actors John Abraham and Bipasha Basu, city Mayor Shubha Raul, Municipal Commissioner Jairaj Phatak and city police commissioner, D N Jadav, were among the dignitaries present on the occasion.