Top TV Producers-Actors Unite In Fight Against COVID-19
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oi-Lekhaka
By Lekhaka
The
entire
Indian
Television
fraternity
with
the
efforts
of
the
top
producers
have
come
together
to
give
out
a
very
special
and
important
message
during
the
current
pandemic
crisis.
This
initiative,
spearheaded
by
producer
Ekta
Kapoor,
also
includes
other
top
producers
namely
Binaifer
Kohli,
Gul
Khan,
Fazila
Allana,
Abhishek
Rege,
JD
Majethia
and
Anil
Wanvari.
This
innovative
and
fun
video,
which
speaks
the
universal
language
of
entertainment
while
emphasising
on
the
importance
of
staying
at
home,
was
launched
earlier
in
the
day
today.
The
motto
behind
coming
together
of
these
actors
from
different
shows
across
different
channels,
is
to
unite
people
in
the
government's
fight
against
Corona.
For
more
inclusivity
and
further
the
reach,
the
makers
have
also
created
a
rendition
of
the
video
for
the
hearing-impaired
population.
This
special
video
has
been
done
in
association
with
India
Signing
Hands.
Shares
Ekta
Kapoor,
"The
world
is
currently
going
through
a
depressing
time
as
we
all
are
fighting
and
trying
to
cope
up
with
a
pandemic.
And
this
present
situation
has
made
it
imperative
for
us
to
unite.
This
video
is
an
initiative
of
the
television
producers'
association
of
our
country
and
we
got
all
the
top
television
actors
to
participate
in
this
video,
which
was
conceptualized
over
numerous
conference
calls!
It
is
an
effort
from
all
of
us
in
encouraging
people
to
stay
home.
We
hope
this
reaches
far
and
wide."
JD
Majethia,
Producer,
Chairman
IFTPC
(Indian
Film
and
television
producers
council)
TV
&
Web
series
expresses,
"Though
TV
industry
is
widely
spread
everyone
connected
from
artist,
technicians,
workers
to
producers
are
always
a
phone
call
away,
especially
for
their
Fans.
One
message
from
Ekta
Kapoor
on
producers'
group
and
here
we
have
a
Multi
starring
entertaining
"Quarantined" film
by
the
TV
fraternity."
Adds
producer
Sonali
Jaffar,
"We
may
not
have
a
control
over
the
events
but
we
do
have
the
power
to
not
get
reduced
by
them.
The
television
fraternity
has
gotten
together
to
abide
by
the
new
normal.
We
urge
the
families
to
stay
at
home
and
keep
our
distance
from
the
virus."
The
video
features
leading
television
actors
namely
Anita
Hassanandani,
Aasif
Sheikh,
Aura
Bhatnagar,
Divyanka
Tripathi,
Erica
Fernandes,
Karan
V
Grover,
Karan
Jotwani,
Karishma
Tanna,
Manish
Paul,
Mouni
Roy,
Parth
Samthaan,
Reem
Shaikh,
Rohitashv
Gour,
Sehban
Azim,
Shabbir
Ahluwalia,
Shailesh
Lodha,
Shehnaaz
Gill,
Siddharth
Shukla,
Srithi
Jha;
Surbhi
Jyoti
and
Vikram
Singh
Chauhan.
It
is
directed
by
Guroudev
Bhalla,
and
creatively
helmed
by
Sonali
Jaffar.