The
Yash
Chopra
Foundation
is
going
out
of
its
way
to
help
daily
wage
workers
including
the
Cine
Dancers
Association
(CDA),
which
has
been
the
most
hit
during
the
pandemic
and
the
lockdown.
Ravi
Kanwar,
General
Secretary,
CDA,
told
Filmibeat
that
the
chairman
of
the
association,
Nilesh
Paradkar,
and
the
committee
members
reached
out
to
Rishabh
Chopra
of
the
foundation
to
appraise
him
about
the
condition
of
the
CDA
members.
Kanwar
added,
"Rishabh
Chopra
told
us
that
their
organisation
was
keen
to
help
all
of
the
daily
wage
workers
of
the
film
industry.
Chopra
was
most
gracious
and
heard
the
plight
of
the
majority
of
the
dancers
who
had
crossed
their
prime
and
were
struggling
to
make
ends
meet.
He
promised
to
help
the
members
of
the
CDA.''
Rishabh
Chopra
took
personal
interest
and
within
a
week
some
members
of
the
CDA
received
Rs
5000
each
in
their
bank
accounts.
The
Yash
Chopra
Foundation
made
sure
the
ration
kits
were
dropped
at
the
doorstep
of
the
CDA
members,
as
far
as
Thane,
Kalyan
and
Dombivali
in
the
outskirts
of
Mumbai.
However,
Kanwar
said
that
it
would
not
have
been
possible
without
the
help
of
the
FWICE,
as
they
were
the
one
to
share
the
CDA
list
with
YRF.
Notably,
the
Yash
Chopra
Foundation
launched
the
'Yash
Chopra
Saathi
Initiative'
to
provide
support
to
thousands
of
daily
wage
workers
in
the
film
industry.
As
part
of
the
initiative,
the
foundation
kickstarted
a
direct
benefit
transfer
of
Rs
5000
to
the
women
and
senior
citizens
of
the
industry
as
well
as
distribute
Ration
kits
to
workers
for
a
family
of
4
for
an
entire
month
through
their
NGO
partners
Youth
Feed
India.
Earlier,
a
Senior
Vice
President
of
Yash
Raj
Films
reportedly
sent
a
letter
to
the
president
of
FWICE,
Akshaye
Widhani,
and
revealed
that
the
studio
has
sent
a
request
to
Chief
Minister
Uddhav
Thackeray
to
allocate
and
allow
YRF
to
purchase
COVID-19
vaccines
for
the
members
of
the
film
industry's
federation
in
Mumbai.