Actor Varun Dhawan marked his 33rd birthday on Friday with a donation to feed five lakh daily-wage workers, out of work in the film industry. The continuing countrywide lockdown has seen many of the daily-wage labourers in the industry put out of work and into economic crisis.
Several celebrities from Shah Rukh Khan and Akshay Kumar to Ajay Devgn and Salman Khan have made key contributions for these workers.
Dhawan's donation went to the workers registered with the Federation of Western Indian Cine Employees (FWICE).
इस कठिन समय में डेली वेज वर्करो की मदद करने हेतु @Varun_dvn जी का धन्यवाद, हम उनकी इस उदार प्रतिबद्धता और डेली वेज वर्करो की मदद करने के उनके संकल्प की सराहना करते हैं, जिन्हें मदद की सबसे ज्यादा जरूरत है। साथ ही साथ @Varun_dvn जी को जन्मदिन की हार्दिक शुबकामनाएं। pic.twitter.com/NwZSgmXtSx
— Federation of Western India Cine Employees (@fwice_mum) April 24, 2020
Dhawan had earlier donated Rs55 lakh to the PM CARES Fund, a disaster relief fund set up exclusively for the COVID-19 pandemic by the prime minister of India.