Bollywood superstar Salman Khan is widely known for his philanthropy work and his good sense to help those who are in need.

Now, amid the coronavirus lockdown in the country and many daily wage workers missing out the chance to earn their living, Salman has pledged to financially support 25,000 daily wage workers from the film industry, according to Federation of Western Indian Cine Employees (FWICE).

BN Tiwari, president of FWICE said that Salman via his Being Human Foundation reached out to their organisation to help the workers. "Salman’s Being Human Foundation has come forward to help daily wage workers. They called us three days ago. We have about 5 lakh workers out of which 25,000 are in dire need of financial help. Being Human Foundation said they will take care of these workers on their own. They have asked for account details of these 25,000 workers as they want to ensure that money reaches them directly," he told PTI. 

Yesterday, actor Akshay Kumar also pledged to contribute Rs 25 crores to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s coronavirus relief fund. When asked about his donation, Akshay had said, "Main kaun hota hoon ‘charity’ yah ‘donate’ karne waala? (who am I to donate or make any charity?)”. Doosri baat ki hum apni country ko Bharat Maa kehte hain. Mera yeh contribution actually mera nahi hai. Yeh meri maa ki taraf se Bharat Maa ko hai. (We address our country as Bharat Maa. So this contribution is not from me. It is from my mother to my motherland, Bharat Maa)."

For the uninformed, on March 18, the Producers Guild of India announced that they have set up a relief fund for daily wage earners impacted by the shutdown of film, television and web productions.