Bollywood's young and charitable sizzlers

Some new-age Samaritans discreetly go about sharing their hard-earned earnings with charitable organisations

Katrina Kaif
Katrina Kaif is probably one of the few Bollywood stars to initiate brands into tying up with charitable trusts.

In fact, a diamond brand has just tied up and donated a whopping amount towards the cause of her mother's charitable trust, Relief Projects India (RPI).

RPI has collaborated with The Claretian Educational and Social Services Society to rescue unwanted and abandoned baby girls.

They are also actively involved in preventing infanticide and improving health of expectant mothers and babies.

Kajal Aggarwal, Singham actress
Kajal Aggarwal has believed in giving back to the society since her college days. Not many people know that as a college student she used to teach at the Akansha foundation.

Whenever she has free time on hand, she teaches her house help and people around her.

Other charitable guns

Abhay Deol
Abhay vouches for four NGO's, Video Volunteers, Butterflies, The Climate Project and Wildlife SOS. The actor found Butterflies on the internet.

"They do children development banking. They basically encourage street kids to put aside a little bit of their daily earnings into a bank and earn monthly interest. They also have mobile schools. So they actually drive to where the kids are."
Ranbir Kapoor
Ranbir Kapoor was part of the NDTV Toyota Greenathon 2010 that helped raise money to provide solar power to 160 villages across the nation. He sponsored solar lamps in the Lakhisarai, a village in Bihar, as part of the initiative.

A lot more economical and less polluting than kerosene lamps, solar lamps not only help students to study in the evening and women to work in well-lit kitchens but they also aid small scale workers to earn more as they can work late hours.

John Abraham
Jacqueline Fernandes and R Madhavan strongly support NGO Habitat For Humanity India, that runs a campaign for affordable housing. While Mika donates to Divine Help that educates children and destitute women.

Prateik Babbar
There is a side to Prateik that is little known. The actor, who will be seen in UTV Motion Picture's My Friend Pinto is a true friend of old people and street kids.

The do-gooder donates a part of his earnings from films to charities. And what more, he doesn't like blowing his own trumpet.

A family friend of the young actor on condition of anonymity confirms, "Yes, Prateik has been doing charity for many years now, much before he entered the industry and started acting in the movies. He started from the age of 18, when he was still a young boy assisting ad man Pralhad Kakkar. 
He donates a percentage of his salary to the charities. Earlier it used to be what he earned from his assisting jobs and now it's a percentage of his film remuneration. His donations go to multiple charities for aged people or street and orphan kids."

The source adds, "Prateik has a soft corner for aged people and street kids. He always wanted to do something for them.

There is this sensitive side to him that is not known to the world. He was very close to his maternal grandmother, late Smita Patil's mom. He does charity for his own happiness and likes to keep mum about it. He doesn't want it to be a publicity gimmick like others."

Reportedly, he also wore and sent tees with logo 'My Friend Anna' to Anna Hazaare to show his support. As expected, Prateik remained unavailable for comment.

Courtesy: Mid-Day.com
 

Speak in Hindi, Saif and Prateik

Unhappy with their dialogue delivery during shooting, Prakash Jha has asked the two actors to take voice-rehearsals before dubbing begins

While you can understand why John Abraham would require 'dialogue-orientation classes' (he took the classes with Anurag Kashyap for his role in Deepa Mehta's Water) and agree with Katrina Kaif taking 'voice lessons' (for her public speech scene in Raajneeti), do you think Saif Ali Khan and Prateik Babbar would require a similar session?

Surely, Khan would have convinced anyone of his dialogue-delivery with his performance as a thug in Omkara and Babbar is after all the son of legendary actress Smita Patil. However, all this doesn't pass muster with Prakash Jha.

With the shooting of Aarakshan complete, director Jha has asked both Khan and Babbar to take some time off for 'voice rehearsals' before dubbing begins. After hearing them deliver their lines during the shoot, Jha felt both actors needed to work on their diction and accent.

Bipasha Basu accepts break up with John Abraham

Bollywood actress Bipasha Basu who vehemently declines break up with long time beloved John Abraham has ultimately shattered the reality that she’s single. In an Text message deliver by Bipasha composed, “Yes being single is great…” not just once but six times. Bipasha Basu has delivered this particular SMS to number of her close friends and sadly, it came into the hand of a reporter who shattered the reports of her split up to the earth.

Actress inorder to avoid from the scenario twisted her comment stating that her mobile phone went absent on the sets of her flick and could not keep in mind where she’d kept. The crew of the movie and resort workers looked for the cell phone, which was in turn off form but in vain. Actress was considering submitting an FIR but found it right after twenty four hours. However, the hurt was already performed. Bipasha discovered that some naughty person had delivered ‘Hi, I’m single’ message to all the boys in her phone book.

Harmful Bipasha was left with no choice but to telephone every person to inform them that the SMS they accepted wasn’t genuine and that she’s still going solid with John. If not intensionally, mistakenly actress talked about her separation but John has been maintaining quiet about his break up with Bipasha.

Salman Khan turns down being pals with John

A lot discussed patch up between John Abraham and Salman Khan stands busted. There’s absolutely no reality in the truth that was pasted all over the press. It isn’t we who’ve concluded this reality, but Salman himself. And listen to what he has to point out. Salman Khan has candidly revealed to the truth that his chemistry with John Abraham can’t be named friendly relationship.Khan has also rejected the patch up whispers stating that he was never pals with John apart from certain professional work that they did collectively.

Salman’s refusal comes as a shock for John Abraham who’d ‘t be happy about the open public stand Salman has selected to adopt his formula with him. But at the very same moment, provided Salman’s frame of mind to his detractors in the past, it shouldn’t be difficult for John Abraham to adopt Salman’s tough position with a pinch of salt.