WHEN THE WORLD TURNS DARK, SOME GET LOST, WHILE SOME SHINE BRIGHT TO BRING HOPE AND POSITIVITY AND SET THINGS RIGHT. WHEN THE SECOND WAVE OF COVID-19 BOMBARDED THE COUNTRY WITH DEATH, HUNGER, POVERTY AND HELPLESSNESS, MANY FROM THE FILM FRATERNITY ROSE TO THE OCCASION AND EXTENDED A HELPING HAND TO THOSE IN NEED. AS THE MEDICAL INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE COUNTRY COLLAPSED IN THE WAKE OF THE RAPIDLY MUTATING VIRUS, MEN AND WOMEN OF POWER FROM THE HINDI FILM INDUSTRY LED BY EXAMPLE AND OPENED UP THEIR HEARTS AS WELL AS THEIR PURSE STRINGS. ANSWERING SOS CALLS, ARRANGING MEDICAL RESOURCES, DONATING MONEY, DISTRIBUTING FOOD… YOU NAME IT AND THE INFLUENTIAL LOT USED THEIR CULT FOLLOWING FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE MASSES. AS WE CONTINUE TO FIGHT THE GRIM WAR, HERE ARE SOME HEROES WHO DESERVE A MOMENT OF GLORY AND GRATITUDE FOR THEIR RELENTLESS EFFORTS DURING THESE DESPERATE DAYS.
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