STARS AT WORK

• Shah Rukh Khan’s Meer Foundation protects and empowers women and provides support and rehabilitation for female victims of crime, particularly acid attacks in India. SRK has donated around $25,000 toward relief provisions after a flood in Kerala in 2018 and during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Meer Foundation donated 2,000 PPE kits to front-line workers.

• Deepika Padukone’s Live Love Laugh (LLL) foundation creates awareness about mental health, reduces the stigma associated with mental illness, and offers mental health resources. LLL’s programmes are conducted through partnerships and allow people to use the platform to request mental health counselling or find a credible therapist.

• Rajkummar Rao participates in a beach cleanup initiative postGanpati Visarjan at Juhu Beach. He had led the cleanliness drive at Mangrove Forest and posted on social media saying: “It was such a gratifying experience to clean the mangrove forest at Arioli Creek this morning along with the @incometax. mumbai. gov.in #Swachhata HiSeva @narendramodi ji.”

• Sonu Sood became a household name during the pandemic for his philanthropic work. He helped migrant labourers reach their homey towns during the pandemic. He has the Sood Charity Foundation which does several humanitarian works.

• Hrithik Roshan donated blood in 2022 saying: “I was told that my blood group B-negative is a rare type. Hospitals often fall short of it. Pledging to be an insignificant part of the very significant blood bank.”

• Salman Khan’s Being Human (NGO) provides education and healthcare to underprivileged children. During the pandemic, Salman gave Rs 1,500 each to approximately 25,000 Bollywood workers who were without employment due to the lockdown. He has often paid hospital bills for the needy. In 2020, Aashiqui actor Rahul Roy suffered a brain stroke. Salman helped him financially during this difficult time.