Taking
the
cause
of
water
conservation
ahead,
superstar
Aamir
Khan
will
begin
shooting
for
his
upcoming
Marathi
show,
"Toofan
Alaya"
(Storm
Is
Here),
next
week.
The
weeklyshow
will
revolve
around
the
water
situation
in
the
state
and
feature
a
mix
of
Marathi
film
stars
and
people
telling
inspiring
stories.
On
the
occasion
of
'World
Water
Day',
Kiran
Rao,
Aamir's
filmmaker
wife
and
founder
of
Paani
Foundation,
said
the
show,
to
be
aired
on
Zee
Marathi,
will
start
from
March
31.
"We
have
already
begun
shooting
for
the
show,
but
Aamir
will
shoot
his
bits
from
next
week.
We
have
been
shooting
the
show
since
last
two
weeks,"
Rao
told
reporters.
Paani
Foundation,
set
up
by
Aamir,
will
start
its
third
edition
of
'Satyamev
Jayate
Water
Cup'
with
an
aim
to
extend
the
watershed
management
programme
to
75
'talukas'
in
24
districts
of
Maharashtra.
"There
will
be
information
about
the
Water
Cup
and
we
will
also
tell
stories
about
different
villages
and
villagers.
How
they
are
changing
their
way
of
living.
Aamir
and
we
all
will
be
travelling
a
lot
for
the
same.
There
will
be
entertainment
too," Rao
said.
The
filmmaker
said
that
well-known
faces
from
the
Marathi
film
industry
will
be
joining
the
show.
"I
won't
say
much
because
then
it
won't
be
a
surprise,"
she
added.
"Some
of
our
friends
from
the
industry
will
also
be
on
the
show
but
we
will
specifically
talk
about
people
who
are
doing
ground
work,"
Rao
said.
Satyajit
Bhatkal,
CEO,
Paani
Foundation,
announced
the
NGO's
statewide
'Jal
Mitra' initiative,
a
drive
where
people
can
log
into
the
NGO's
website
and
register
themselves
to
volunteer
to
do
manual
labour
to
build
watershed
structures.
In
the
Water
Cup,
villages
compete
to
carry
out
maximum
work
for
watershed
management
and
water
conservation.
The
competition
period
of
the
third
edition
is
April
8
to
May
22.
Credits
-
PTI