Aamir Khan initiates fund drive for Uttarakhand

Aamir Khan has initiated a drive for collecting funds for the victims of the Uttarakhand floods.

The actor-filmmaker, who has supported such causes before, started off with his own donation of 25 lakh. The collection will be handed over to the PM Relief Fund on behalf of the Film and Television Producers' Guild.

So far, the film industry has collected about 1 crore.

Javed Akhtar and Shatrughan Sinha have donated 50 lakh each from their MP funds. Shabana Azmi has given 5 lakh from her NGO whileAnupam Kher has donated 1 lakh through his foundation.

Said Shabana, "More funds are coming in. So we should be able to manage a substantial amount."

It may be recalled here that FWICE (Federation of Western Indian Cine Employees) and Film and TV Producers' Guild have announced that the industry is considering adopting a village, or supporting the effort to resettle some of the local residents of Uttarakhand who have been uprooted.

The industry is working on ways to generate funds. One such initiative could be a charity concert very soon.