Akshay Kumar donates Rs 1.21 crore for face-lift of Mumbai’s Haji Ali Dargah
Akshay Kumar donates Rs 1.21 crore for face-lift of Mumbai’s Haji Ali Dargah
It comes as an unique part of gesture of actor Akshay Kumar, as a philanthropist to donate
Rs.1.21 crore for the age-old Haji Ali Dargah. It’s a matter of immense pride on part of Akshay Kumar being a Hindu to care for a place of worship of the minority community. Hats off to him. With this, he has set an example to other actors.
Netizens have lauded Akshay for his gesture and hails him
‘Bade Dilwala’.
Infact Akshay Kumar often hits the headlines for his philanthropic work. Recently, he organsied langar outside his home in Mumbai. He is doing all this notwithstanding the debacle of his films.
The Haji Ali Trust credited Akshay Kumar a “true Mumbaikar” and expressed its happiness over the actor’s noble gesture as a philanthropist.
Taking to their official Instagram handle, the trust also revealed, “Duas were made for the departed souls of his parents, Late Aruna Bhatia and Late Hari Om Bhatia. Duas were also made for our country’s prosperity, peace, harmony, and brotherhood.”
They shared a video, in which, the actor in a casual avatar could be seen taking part in the rituals and prayers. He also took a tour of the Dargah and posed with its members.
Akshay’s gesture has won many hearts and the netizens flooded the comments section of the post with remarks like. “Bade Dilwala, so proud Akshay sir”, and “Keep up the good work,” among others.
This is not the first time the actor has made a generous donation. A few weeks ago, he made headlines for putting his payment on hold for his film Bade Miyan Chote Miyan until other crew members were paid. The news came after Federation of Western India Cine Employees (FWICE) President BN Tiwari claimed producer Vashu Bhagnani owes over Rs 65 lakh to crew members.
Akshay Kumar had also contributed Rs 3 crore for the construction of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya and also shared a video urging others to do the same. He said, “Its our turn now.”
Even in the midst of the pandemic, Akshay contributed a whopping Rs 25 crore to the
PM Cares Fund as well as
Rs 1 crore to cricketer-MP Gautam Gambir’s foundation.
Taking to Twitter, Akshay Kumar wrote, “This is that time when all that matters is the lives of our prople and we need to do anything and everything it takes.”
Reacting to Akshay’s whopping donation, his wife and author Twinkle Khanna said on X, “When she sked him if he was sure as it was such a massive amount and we need to liquidate funds, he just said, he had nothing when he started and now that he is in this position, how can he hold back from doing whatever he can for those who have nothing?’
Akshay Kumar is all set for the release of his film Khel Khel Mein, set to clash with Rajkummar Rao and Shraddha Kapoor-starrer Stree 2 on Independence Day. The movie, also features Vaani Kapoor, Taapsee Pannu, Ammy Virk and Fardeen Khan. The release will mark the actor’s third release of the year after Bade Miyan Chote Miyan and Sarfira.
Akshay should just not be called Khiladi but a ‘bade dilwale Khiladi’.
News Edit K.V.Raman
