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The internet was amused by watching Bollywood’s biggest stars come together in the fight against Covid-19 through a love concert on Facebook. While actors like Priyanka Chopra, Hrithik Roshan and Anushka Sharma carried the message to stay calm during the pandemic, others like Ayushmann Khurrana, AR Rahman and Farhan Akhtar performed their own songs.
Celebrities like Katrina Kaif, Farah Khan and Karan Johar organized the event. Many business people, doctors and leaders in different walks of life also participated in the concert.
Global icons like Will Smith, Mick Jagger, Anoushka Shanker, and Jack Black were also part of the house-to-house fundraising concert. All proceeds from the fundraising concert will go to support relief efforts on the ground in the fight against COVID-19.
“Unexpected, uncontrolled, unparalleled. The coronavirus has forged a brutal path around the world, and in the firing line it is fine, you and almost everyone around the world. Blockades, quarantines, social distancing: yeh hain humara naya normal (This is the new normal, “said Priyanka.
Actress Katrina Kaif said there are thousands of frontline people and emergency workers who risk their lives every day in the fight against COVID-19. “Every rupee we collect today will help better equip these heroes and better protect them. So please help keep those who keep us safe safe.”
Filmmaker Zoya Akhtar said: “May we remember the lessons learned and never forget that we are not above nature, we are only a small part of it.”
All proceeds from the concert will go to the India COVID Response Fund managed by GiveIndia.
(With IANS tickets)
