Hindi film stars like Amitabh Bachchan, Aamir Khan, Kareena Kapoor and Farhan Akhtar have agreed to be part of a social action platform called The Global Education and Leadership Foundation which was launched on Monday evening. Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis was also present on the occasion.
The inaugural Global Citizen Festival India, to be held here on November 19, will be the first initiative of the foundation, and will be headlined by Coldplay, Jay Z, Aamir Khan, Ranveer Singh, Katrina Kaif, AR Rahman, Akhtar, Shraddha Kapoor, Arjun Kapoor, Arijit Singh, Dia Mirza, Shankar Ehsaan Loy and Monali Thakur.
Several major artistes and international guests will be announced at different stages of the campaign. Aamir Khan urged people to follow his lead in taking their first Action Journey on GlobalCitizen.in. Maharashtra is the host partner for the inaugural Global Citizen Festival India, and Fadnavis extended his complete support to the initiative.
Bachchan said, "It is a great honour to see the words of prime minister [Narendra] Modi at the Global Citizen Festival in New York coming to light with the first edition of Global Citizen taking place in India. It is both a pleasure and honour for me to support this campaign that creates a momentum, connecting individuals globally to work together and bring about change and eradicate poverty.
"Global Citizen is an important initiative given its ability to engage citizens in crucial issues. The Global Education and Leadership Foundation's focus on ethical altruistic leadership is important work that involves investing in our demographic dividend. The synergy of these promises exciting outcomes," he said.
"The commitments raised over the last five editions of the festival are remarkable and the work done to get citizens to take action is unique. I believe this is an interesting night and innovative approach to achieve important goals. Maharashtra looks forward to lead this movement across India. We are proud to bring this initiative to the country and be the voice of India to the world," he added.