From KGF Star Yash To Akshay & Twinkle, Celebs Continue To Help In Covid-19 Relief Efforts
From KGF star Yash to Arijit Singh, Twinkle Khanna, Akshay Kumar and Shabana Azmi, celebrities continue to help in Covid-19 relief efforts.
It's been quite long since Bollywood stars have appeared on the big screen. While they couldn't play heroes on the silver screens, they are turned into superheroes in real life.
From Sonu Sood to Huma Qureshi, the list is long and it keeps growing.
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Joining the bandwagon is Kannada actor and KGF star Yash, who announced an initiative to support daily wage earners of the Kannada film industry.
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He said that the pandemic has affected the film industry as well and announced that he will donate Rs 5000 each to the personal account of 3000 workers of Kannada film industry. "I am very well aware that this may not serve as a solution to the loss and the pains caused by the situation we are in, its a ray of hope, since it's HOPE that is certainty of faith, Faith of better times," he wrote.
Twinkle Khanna and Akshay Kumar, meanwhile, have raised Rs 1 crore through their fundraiser.
It¡¯s thanks to all of you that we raised these funds and are able to send concentrators where they are needed. I will keep posting updates. A big shout out to all of you and @ANNADA_outreach for their tremendous support. #helpindiabreathe pic.twitter.com/eZSYmX5neR
¡ª Twinkle Khanna (@mrsfunnybones) May 31, 2021
Singer Arijit Singh has also launched a fundraiser for Covid-19 relief in collaboration with Facebook and NGO Give India.
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"I have grown up in a small town in Murshidabad in West Bengal and wouldn't be who I am if not for my small-town upbringing. Seeing how COVID is affecting the people of rural India and watching these regions lack the required infrastructure saddens me and improving things in these regions is of critical importance for the livelihood of crores of people," Singh was quoted as saying by TOI.
Started by Kaifi Azmi, NGO Mijwan Welfare Society (MWS) is also working round the clock to carry out covid-19 relief efforts.
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From providing dry ration to carrying out vaccination drive in villages, Shabana Azmi says the NGO is also helping people get local jobs.
Bollywood singer Mika Singh has also been distributing food to the needy in Mumbai.
He was recently accompanied by Bhumi Trivedi and actor Vindu Dara Singh.
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