Amrita Rao Forgoes Rent Of Her Tenants Stuck In The Lockdown
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oi-Lekhaka
By Lekhaka
Amrita
Rao
joins
the
list
of
generous
hearts
in
Bollywood
during
the
testing
times
of
the
Coronavirus
pandemic.
The
Vivah
star
has
decided
not
to
charge
rent
to
some
of
her
tenants
who
are
stuck
in
their
respective
hometowns
during
the
lockdown.
The
actress,
who
has
many
property
investments
in
Mumbai,
received
dire
requests
from
her
tenants
who
had
to
leave
the
city
to
forego
their
rents
of
the
past
2-3
months
through
her
real
estate
agent.
When
Amrita
was
informed
by
her
mother,
who
looks
after
her
investments
that
some
of
the
tenants
would
also
not
be
able
to
travel
back
to
Mumbai
until
June
and
some
in
July
owing
to
the
growing
COVID-19
cases
in
Mumbai,
the
actress
instantly
decided
not
only
to
forgo
the
rent
of
her
tenants
from
March
to
May
2020
but
has
also
decided
not
to
charge
them
rents
for
the
months
of
June
and
July
2020.
When
asked
about
this,
the
Main
Hoon
Naa
actress
said,
"Some
of
my
tenants
are
in
freelance
professions
like
acting
and
cinematography.
Such
professions
have
no
guaranteed
monthly
income,
besides
the
pandemic
is
a
dire
situation
for
all
and
they
decided
to
be
safer
with
their
families
back
home.
I
feel
the
situation
calls
for
me
to
be
understanding
and
help
them
in
my
best
capacity."
The
actress
has
also
decided
to
continue
paying
salaries
to
their
household
staff
who
have
also
traveled
to
their
villages
be
with
their
families.
While
Amrita
appeals
to
the
public
to
help
and
be
accommodating
in
whatever
little
capacity,
she
also
strongly
appeals
to
those
tenants
who
have
been
occupying
flats
and
have
not
lost
their
jobs
to
not
use
the
lockdown
as
a
mere
pretext
to
skip
paying
dues
and
harass
their
landlords
unnecessarily,
which
is
also
a
growing
menace
during
the
lockdown.
Amidst
the
several
stories
being
reported
on
people's
plight
on
demand
of
full
rentals
by
landlords,
Amrita
has
surely
paved
the
path
for
empathy.
Amrita
Rao
was
last
seen
in
2019
in
the
biopic
Thackeray
where
she
was
much
appreciated
for
her
performance
of
Meenatai
Thackeray.
Her
next
two
films
are
slated
to
go
on
the
floor
once
the
shooting
permissions
are
flagged
off
in
Mumbai.