On May 30, mid-day had reported about Ali Fazal teaming up with actor-writer Amitosh Nagpal to boost funds for theatre artistes and technicians who are hit hard by the lockdown. because it seems , Salman Khan too has been concerned about the community and was charting out an idea with Yuva Sena leader Rahul N Kanal to increase help to them. Yesterday, the superstar began a food donation drive for the theatre workers by sending his two food trucks, Being Haangryy, to the Damodar Natyagruha in Parel and Shri Shivaji Mandir Natyagruha in Dadar.
Kanal, who is coordinating the drive on behalf of Khan, along side Shiv Sena corporator Amey Ghole, informs that they shall make it a daily affair with the 2 trucks covering different parts of Mumbai. He says, "We started the initiative once we heard about the plight of the artistes and technicians of Shri Shivaji Mandir Natyagruha. I reached bent Salman bhai who immediately agreed to assist us. Each ration kit contains five kilos of rice and flour , vegetables, oil, salt, spices and tea powder. We reached bent 186 workers on the primary day and hope to increase help to other theatre artistes through them. We are practising safety measures while distributing the kits."
When it had been delivered to his notice that Fazal is building a database of theatre artistes to enable smooth and transparent distribution of funds, Kanal added, "If we could get the contact numbers of any theatre company that needs support, we'll be happy to assist ."
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