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Karan Johar and Zoya Akhtar to unite Bollywood, Hollywood, and Cricket stars for a Covid-19 relief concert

By Lokmat English Desk | Updated: April 29, 2020 10:24 IST

Ace filmmakers Karan Johar and Zoya Akhtar are reportedly organising a from-home concert with the biggest Bollywood and international ...

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Ace filmmakers Karan Johar and Zoya Akhtar are reportedly organising a from-home concert with the biggest Bollywood and international stars. Karan and Zoya have put together- I for India, a concert, in order to pay an ode to the frontline workers and raise funds for Give India Foundation and support those who are displaced by the novel Coronavirus. As per a Mumbai Mirror report, Shah Rukh Khan, Aamir Khan, Akshay Kumar, Hrithik Roshan, Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Ranveer Singh, Varun Dhawan, Arjun Kapoor, Sidharth Malhotra, Alia Bhatt, Katrina Kaif, Priyanka Chopra and Anushka Sharma will all be a part of the concert. They will be joined by Hollywood star Will Smith, singer Bryan Adams and The Jonas Brothers, as per a source.

They have been told to share four-minute videos of themselves singing, dancing, making a speech or performing a standup. Zoya and Karan have been working on the two-hour concert for a few weeks already.The show will also feature comedian Kapil Sharma, singers Asha Bhosle, Arijit Singh, Sonu Nigam, Shreya Ghoshal and music composers Visha Dadlani, Shekhar Ravjianii and Pritam. Lyricist Javed Akhtar will also recite a few of his works. The concert will also feature cricket stars Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. Talking about the concert, it will be aired on Facebook to raise funds across the globe through the Facebook Donate button. 

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