I For India: Will Smith-Mick Jagger Join Hands With Shah Rukh Khan For India's Coronavirus Concert
The Rolling Stones' rock legend Mick Jagger and American actor Will Smith, on Sunday, joined Bollywood actors for the four-hour concert to raise funds for India's battle against the novel Coronavirus
The
Rolling
Stones'
rock
legend
Mick
Jagger
and
American
actor
Will
Smith,
on
Sunday,
joined
Bollywood
actors
for
the
four-hour
concert,
that
happened
on
Sunday
itself,
to
raise
funds
for
India's
battle
against
the
novel
Coronavirus.
Some
of
the
other
stars
who
joined
were
Priyanka
Chopra
and
the
Jonas
family,
Indian
cricket
captain
Virat
Kohli,
Shah
Rukh
Khan
and
more.
While
some
performed
on
their
social
media
platforms,
others
read
messages
urging
their
fans
to
stay
safe
and
help
raise
funds
and
help
more
than
100
groups,
to
provide
food
and
other
essential
services
during
the
crisis.
The
organisers
said,
raised
funds
will
be
used
"for
those
who
have
no
work
and
no
home
and
do
not
know
where
their
next
meal
is
coming
from".
Mick
Jagger
took
to
his
social
media
handle,
on
Sunday
morning,
and
asked
his
fans
all
around
the
world
to
join
hands
in
support
of
the
fight
against
Coronavirus.
He
wrote,
"Tune
in
to
Facebook
live
today
at
7:30pm
IST
via
http://Facebook.com/facebookappindia...
#IForIndia
#SocialForGood
"
I
For
India
was
reportedly
organised
by
Hindi
filmmakers
Karan
Johar
and
Zoya
Akhtar.
It
was
live-streamed
by
Facebook,
and
all
those
who
were
involved,
also
paid
tribute
to
the
workers
fighting
the
pandemic.
India
has
reported,
more
than
37,335
Coronavirus
cases
and
1,218
deaths
since
the
first
wave
of
patients.
The
country
also
recorded
more
than
2,000
new
infections
over
the
weekend.
Millions
of
Indians
have
been
under
lockdown
since
March
25,
and
the
period
was
extended
by
another
2
weeks
and
will
reportedly
last
until
May
17.
The
shutdown
affected
many
including
millions
of
migrant
workers,
who
were
stranded
without
food
and
money.
On
Saturday,
special
trains
were
started
to
help
thousands
of
labourers
finally
return
home.