Mumbai:
Megastar
Amitabh
Bachchan's
pair
of
jeans
is
all
set
to
go
under
the
hammer
to
raise
funds
for
a
non-profit
organisation
that
provides
under-privileged
children
access
to
world
class
education.
The
69-year-old
actor
donated
his
autographed
jeans
to
the
children
during
the
launch
of
Parikrma's
'Jeanaration'
"...at
the
charity
for
educating
under
privileged
children
from
the
slums,
they
have
a
programme
called
Jeanaration.
Celebs
donate
their
autographed
jeans
and
the
auctioned
bidding
for
that
goes
to
educate
a
child...
24,000
Rupees
for
an
entire
year!
Surely
we
can
support
it
in
great
numbers.
Will
try
and
put
it
up
on
Fb
and
invite
donations
for
these
deserving
children
-
a
movement
that
shall
be
going
Global
rather
rapidly...," Bachchan
wrote
on
his
blog.
The
auction
will
also
feature
jeans
worn
by
Kareena
Kapoor,
Deepika
Padukone,
Priyanka
Chopra,
Saif
Ali
Khan,
Anushka
Sharma,
Shahid
Kapoor,
Sonam
Kapoor,
Anil
Kapoor
and
Kangana
Ranaut.
Parikrma
was
founded
in
2003
and
the
proceeds
from
the
auction
will
be
used
to
help
fund
college
education
for
the
children.
"This
is
the
first
time
we
are
taking
the
story
of
Parikrma
to
a
global
audience
and
already
we
are
overwhelmed
by
the
response
from
the
film
fraternity,"
said
Shukla
Bose,
Founder-CEO
of
Parikrma
Humanity
Foundation.