Karan Johar, Akshay Kumar Unite For Video Tribute To Frontline Workers: You Are Real Heroes
Several personalities from cinema and sports, released a video thanking the frontline workers for risking their lives in service of people amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Several
personalities
from
cinema
and
sports,
including
Akshay
Kumar,
cricketer
Virat
Kohli,
Turkish-German
actor
Meryem
Uzerli,
released
a
video
thanking
the
frontline
workers
for
risking
their
lives
in
service
of
people
amid
the
coronavirus
pandemic.
The
minute-long
video
also
features
filmmaker
Karan
Johar,
designer
Manish
Malhotra,
music
composers
Vishal
Dadlani
and
Shekhar
Ravjiani,
singer
Hariharan,
India
football
team
captain
Sunil
Chhetri
and
former
formula
one
world
champion
Damon
Hill.
"As
we
stand
together
in
this
fight
against
coronavirus,
I
want
to
express
my
immense
gratitude
to
all
the
health
workers,
doctors,
nurses
and
essential
workers.
Today,
as
you
fight
to
keep
humanity
alive,
we
cheer
you
on.
Well
done,
amazing
job.
You
guys
are
our
real
heroes," they
said
in
the
video.
Calling
frontline
workers
the
guiding
light
amid
the
crisis,
the
celebrities
said
the
world
will
overcome
the
pandemic
together.
"In
these
dark
times
and
in
this
difficult
journey,
it
is
you
all
who
have
shown
us
light.
Because
of
you,
people
and
the
society
are
safe.
You
are
real-life
heroes,
putting
your
lives
at
risk
every
day
to
save
humanity.
I
just
want
to
say,
we
thank
you,
we
salute
you
and
we
appreciate
all
that
you
are
doing," they
added.
"I
am
sending
you
hope,
strength,
power.
Please
stay
strong,
stay
safe.
We
will
get
through
this
together.
We
shall
overcome,"
Akshay
Kumar
concluded
the
video.
According
to
the
Union
Health
Ministry,
the
number
of
coronavirus
cases
in
India,
as
of
Sunday
morning,
rose
to
1,31,868,
with
the
death
toll
climbing
to
3,867.