As the nation continues to fight the Covid-19 pandemic, several celebrities are coming together to raise funds and help tackle the crisis. However, some stars were being targeted by the trolls for not making any contribution towards India’s fight against Covid-19. Amitabh Bachchan was one of the names from Bollywood who was under the radar of the online trolls for the same. Recently, the megastar finally decided to break his silence and took to his blog to shut down the trolls.
Expressing his take on the distasteful comments, Amitabh wrote in his blog that he 'believes in doing charity rather than speaking about it.' He revealed that over the years he and his family had made a number of contributions that were kept away from the media glare as doing charity and then talking about it is “embarrassing”.
To shut down the trolls, Amitabh Bachchan further shared the long list of the donations he and his family made during the past few years without disclosing the actual amount. He revealed his efforts to pay of farmer's loans all at his expense and also how his offsprings Abhishek and Shweta contributed towards supporting the families of Pulwama martyrs.
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He also listed down how he tried to lend some help for the migrant workers in crisis, “When the migrants were walking back home, some without the benefit or affordability of shoes .. provided hundreds of chappals and shoes to them .. due to lack of travel facility, booked 30 buses to locations in UP and Bihar and supplied them food and water for the overnight travel... Booked an entire train from Mumbai to UP to carry 2800 migrant passengers free of cost at my expense .. and when the destination State blocked the tarin from coming into their State and cancelled the train .. immediately chartered 3 Indigo Airline planes and flew almost 180 migrants in each flight to UP and Bihar and some to Rajasthan and J&K .."
He also listed down the efforts he took during the covid-19 crisis which included, donating an entire Diagnostic Centre that provided medical assistance for the poor and needy in memory of his mother and health care centres at a number of places. In the end he also shared adopting two kids who were orphaned as they lost their parents to the virus.