COVID-19: Salman Khan To Extend Financial Support To 25,000 Daily Wage Workers Of The Film Industry
Salman Khan has come forward to provide financial aid to 25,000 daily wage earners from the film fraternity. The outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease and the nationwide 21-day lockdown has badly
Salman
Khan
has
come
forward
to
provide
financial
aid
to
25,000
daily
wage
earners
from
the
film
fraternity.
The
outbreak
of
the
novel
coronavirus
disease
and
the
nationwide
21-day
lockdown
has
badly
affected
the
livelihoods
of
the
poorer
sections
of
the
society.
According
to
FWICE
(Federation
of
Western
Indian
Cine
Employees)
president
B
N
Tiwari,
Salman
Khan
has
reached
out
to
the
film
body
via
his
Being
Human
Foundation
to
bail
out
the
workers
who
are
in
the
financial
crisis.
Tiwari
told
PTI,
“Salman’s
Being
Human
Foundation
has
come
forward
to
help
daily
wage
workers.
They
called
us
three
days
ago.
We
have
about
5
lakh
workers
out
of
which
25,000
are
in
dire
need
of
financial
help.
Being
Human
Foundation
said
they
will
take
care
of
these
workers
on
their
own.
They
have
asked
for
account
details
of
these
25,000
workers
as
they
want
to
ensure
that
money
reaches
them
directly.”
In
the
meantime,
many
Bollywood
celebrities
including
Karan
Johar,
Kiara
Advani,
Ayushmann
Khurrana,
Taapsee
Pannu
amongst
others
have
pledged
their
support
to
'I
Stand
With
Humanity’
initiative.
It
has
jointly
been
put
forth
by
the
International
Association
for
Human
Values,
the
Art
of
Living
Foundation
and
the
Indian
Film
and
TV
Industry.
The
noble
cause
is
already
providing
10
days-worth
of
food
supplies
and
other
essentials
to
the
families
of
daily
wage
workers.
The
Producers
Guild
of
India
too
announced
on
March
18
that
they
would
be
setting
up
a
relief
fund
for
daily
earning
crew
members
of
film,
television
and
web
productions.
The
cause
was
strongly
pushed
forward
by
filmmakers
such
as
Sudhir
Mishra,
Vikramaditya
Motwane
and
Anurag
Kashyap.