Karan Johar and Zoya Akhtar put together a fundraiser for the COVID-19 frontline workers
A grand finale Concert and Fundraiser to Facebook Social for Good Live-athon; with 85+ top Indian and global stars to raise funds for GiveIndia Covid-19 relief fund. Facebook has collaborated with some of the biggest names in Indian entertainment to put together a home-to-home fundraiser concert, I For India. 100% proceeds from the fundraiser concert will go to the India COVID Response Fund managed by GiveIndia, to support on-ground relief efforts. GiveIndia (www.giveindia.org) is India’s largest giving platform with reach across 23 states. It is associated with over 100 NGOs, working on-ground to support the required interventions with prevention, healthcare infrastructure, livelihood support and essentials for people in need.
The vision for the concert by leaders from the entertainment industry is three-pronged: to entertain those locked down in their homes. To pay tribute to those who are working on the frontlines. And to raise funds for those who have no work and no home and do not know where their next meal is coming from. The four-hour long concert will be live globally on Facebook (www.facebook.com/Facebookindi
A R RAHMAN • AAMIR KHAN • ABHISHEK BACHCHAN • ADITYA ROY KAPUR • AISHWARYA RAI BACHCHAN • AJAY – ATUL • AKSHAY KUMAR • ALIA BHATT • AMAAN ALI BANGASH & AYAAN ALI BANGASH • USTAD AMJAD ALI KHAN• ANIL KAPOOR • ANKUR TEWARI • ANOUSHKA SHANKAR • ANUSHKA SHARMA – ARIJIT SINGH • ARJUN KAPOOR • AYUSHMANN KHURRANA • B PRAAK • BADSHAH• BHUMI PEDNEKAR • BRYAN ADAMS • DIA MIRZA • DILJIT DOSANJH • DIVINE •DULQUER SALMAAN • FARAH KHAN • FARHAN AKHTAR & BAND • GULZAR •HARIHARAN • HARSHDEEP KAUR • HRITHIK ROSHAN • JACK BLACK • JAVED AKHTAR • JAY SEAN • JOE JONAS • KAPIL SHARMA • KARAN JOHAR • KAREENA KAPOOR KHAN •KARTIK AARYAN • KATE BOSWORTH • KATRINA KAIF • KEVIN JONAS •KIRAN RAO • KUSHA KAPILA • LILLY SINGH • LISA MISHRA • MADHURI DIXIT • MAME KHAN • MICK JAGGER • MINDY KALING • NALANDAWAY FOUNDATION •NICK JONAS • PAPON • PARINEETI CHOPRA • PRITAM • PRIYANKA CHOPRA JONAS• RAJA KUMARI • RANA DAGGUBATI • RANI MUKHERJI • RANVEER SINGH • REKHA BHARDWAJ • ROHIT SHARMA • RUSSELL PETERS • SAIF ALI KHAN • SANIA MIRZA• SHABANA AZMI • SHAH RUKH KHAN • SHAHEEN BHATT • SHANKAR EHSAAN LOY • SHIAMAK DAVAR • SHREYA GHOSHAL • SHRUTI HAASAN • SIDHARTH MALHOTRA • SONU & NEVAAN NIGAM • SOPHIE TURNER • SUNIDHI CHAUHAN • THE SHILLONG CHAMBER CHOIR • TIGER SHROFF • TWINKLE KHANNA •VARUN DHAWAN • VICKY KAUSHAL • VIDYA BALAN • VIRAT KOHLI • VISHAL BHARDWAJ •WILL SMITH • USTAD ZAKIR HUSSAIN • ZOYA AKHTAR.
Here’s a preview of just some key voices from the concert: Priyanka Chopra – “Unexpected, uncontrolled, unparalleled. The coronavirus has forged a brutal path across the world, and in the line of fire is well – you me and pretty much everyone across the world. Lockdowns, quarantines, social distancing – yeh hain humara naya normal. Khud ko surakshit rakhne ke liye hume ek dusre se dur rehna pad raha hai. Phir bhi mann hi mann main hum ek saath hain, as always.” Anushka Sharma – ‘While we may be social distancing, and that’s the requirement, I don’t think we’ve ever been more connected. People helping each other, spreading awareness just so that we can protect each other and that is the victory of human spirit’. Rani Mukerji – ‘Instances of child abuse have increased during lockdown. I urge you all to stay more vigilant. If you see or hear anything suspicious or odd please report it to the authorities immediately. My daughter Adira calls this coronavirus an invisible monster lurking in the streets, she tells me mamma, this monster will surely go away one day.’
Anoushka Shankar – “Humans have an incredible capacity for hope and resilience, and finding new ways to help others who need more than we do. Every end is a new beginning”. Zoya Akhtar – “May we remember the lessons learnt and never forget we aren’t above nature, we’re just a small part of it.” Shabana Azmi – “It’s time we realised how interdependent we are on each other. Irrespective of caste, class, gender, religion or country. It’s time for introspection. It’s time to shed our prejudices, it’s time to come together in kinship and harmony.” Katrina Kaif – “There are 1000s of frontliners and emergency workers who are putting their lives on the line every day in the fight against COVID-19. Every rupee we collect today will help equip these heroes better thus protect them better. So please help keep safe those who keep us safe.”