The funds will be donated to more than 100 groups providing food and other essential services during the crisis. COVID19
SPECIAL APPEARANCES. Will Smith and Mick Jagger are among the many celebrities who appeared n a special concert to raise funds for battling the coronavirus in India. File photo by Tolga Akmen / AFP/ShutterstockIndians geared up Sunday, May 3 for a massive online concert with top local and global stars, including rock legend Mick Jagger, to raise funds for those affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
More than 70 of the country's biggest celebrities – including cricket captain Virat Kohli and actor Shah Rukh Khan – as well as international names such as Will Smith and Bryan Adams are set to join the show to be live-streamed by Facebook. "Today we come together to do our best for our world," Bollywood hearthrob Hrithik Roshan tweeted on Sunday.Many celebrities posted pictures of themselves holding placards with the words"I for India", the concert's slogan.
Organized by Bollywood directors Karan Johar and Zoya Akhtar, the event has so far raised 4.6 million rupees out of a target of 60 million rupees, according to an online tally.
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