Yash Raj Films’ head honcho Aditya Chopra had major plans on celebrating 50 years of the production house with a massive budget.
However, amidst the disturbing pandemic, Chopra has diverted his plans for the betterment of those in need.
Though the exact amount is nowhere mentioned, we hear that Aditya Chopra has decided on donating the entire YRF50 celebrations’ budget to COVID-19 relief. The main motive being to aid the industry’s daily wage workers and the director has now established a foundation of his own named ‘Yash Chopra Saathi Initiative’ for the same.
The foundation will supply a direct benefit transfer of Rs 5000 to the women and senior citizens working in the industry. Yash Chopra Saathi Initiative will also distribute Ration kits to workers for a family of 4 for an entire month through their NGO partners Youth Feed India.
An ANI source reveals, “YRF will not be celebrating its 50th year even if things return to normalcy later as Aditya Chopra has decided to divert this entire fund for COVID relief work. He is clear that the funds need to be used on an urgent basis to restart the industry first as it has been hit the hardest because of the virus.”
“There was an extensive blueprint of celebrations planned around the world which would have become massive news but all that stands cancelled. Aditya Chopra only wants to concentrate towards helping the industry and the fraternity that has been a support system to YRF for the last 50 years too,” the source adds.
