India’s second wave has hit hard. The second wave has overwhelmed the health care infrastructure of the country and many are gasping for medical oxygen, standing in long queues for hospital beds, and waiting for just a look from doctors.
Bollywood stars have likewise been doing their part to help those individuals in need. While some like the endeavors of these well-off big names to fund-raise for COVID-19 help, some are calling them out for contributing just a smidgen of their huge financial balances.
Bollywood stars received backlash from Twitter users and were called out for asking for donations from common people.Common people are experiencing a great deal of misery from lockdowns and monetary issues at work.
Seeing the superstars make the most of their rich extravagant life and their conduct towards the pandemic, individuals have been communicating outrage through various social media handles and numerous big names were vigorously reprimanded.
Indian Cricketer Virat Kohli and Bollywood Actress Anushka Sharma Receive Backlash
On May 7, 2021, Indian cricketer Virat Kohli, and his better half, Bollywood entertainer Anushka Sharma, declared through a video on Twitter that they were setting up a fundraising campaign for COVID-19 relief.
In the video shared, Anushka Sharma said that it pains them to see the current situation of the country. They requested everyone to join their “initiative and donate” and help the frontline workers through the money raised.India has been recording around 400,000 new cases each day and more than 3000 deaths each day.
In these times of distress, the couple started a fundraiser to raise a fund of rupees 7 crores (around $950,000), out of which they donated 2 crore rupees ($272,757). The money would be utilized to facilitate relief resources for people in need.
While some called Kohli and Sharma great humanitarian for assisting during an emergency, some others rushed to bring up that the two might have given the aggregate sum themselves.
In a Twitter post a user said Even after procuring 100 crores each year, Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma tracked down the most ideal approach “to become a hero during Covid Pandemic” is by “crowdfunding” Rs. 3.6 crore from individuals who don't make the hundredth piece of their yearly pay.
The post garnered more than 5,600 likes, indicating many people agreed with the original writer.
As per Forbes, Kohli's salary and brand endorsements remained at $26 million as of June 2020. He draws a compensation of almost $1 million consistently each year and a further $20 million through brand arrangements and endorsements. Kohli was the only Indian on Forbes World’s Highest-Paid Athletes list.
As indicated by GQ India, entertainer Sharma's total assets remained at an estimated 350 crore rupees ($47 million) and Kohli's at 900 crores ($122.5 million) in 2019. Together, that makes their 2019 yearly total assets remain around $170 million.
Expecting their present total assets is around a similar figure, the couple would have given 0.0016 percent of their consolidated monies to the pledge drive.
Many Other Celebrities Started Fundraisers
On April 29, 2021, Global star Priyanka Chopra Jonas alongside her significant other, well-known artist, Nick Jonas dispatched a pledge drive with the objective of $950,000.
The reaction from different famous people and help from far off nation was seen, yet their donation for the reason was not indicated yet the entertainer recently expressed that they have donated.
She captioned her post of starting a fundraiser urging the people to donate even if it’s a small amount of $10 because it will eventually sum up to a huge amount.
Likewise, Willow Smith, Deepak Chopra, Lilly Singh, and Jay Sean have been a part of a virtual pledge drive for India's COVID relief resources.
After seeing the malicious comments online, Bollywood Actor Amitabh Bachchan took to his blog and expounded on his commitments after seeing the Bollywood business and chiefly his family being incorporated and exposed to abusive remarks on the web.
The entertainer stated that yes he does donate for the needed cause, however, have at any point trusted it to be done, at that point he talked about it is” embarrassing”, in too extraordinary a hesitance of one that has any time felt shy of public presence despite the calling.
However, the pressing factor, with ordinary maltreatment and the rottenness of offensive remarks, to him and his family is inappropriate.
Bachchan at that point proceeded to compose the insights regarding the assistance he gave to individuals in need particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic, without revealing the amount he donated.
However, these pledge drives are not the primary occurrence of Indians getting rankled by the conduct of the rich and renowned amid the pandemic.
In April, a few big names were condemned for going on outlandish get-away and posting their #beach life photographs, while India saw record-breaking insights as far as cases and passing.
It is not necessarily the case that celebrity pledge drives ought to be prohibited, however, it's essential to observe the force elements at play. VIPs frequently have colossal measures of social and social capital, and not to neglect, advantage.
Their involvement in COVID separation and lockdown isn't equivalent to most of us, regardless of how frequently they may be singing "Imagine" or revealing to us that we're generally in the same boat. But are we really in this together?
Written by – Tanishaa Mehdiratta
Edited by - Akanksha Sharma
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