10 July (Agencies): Bollywood superstars Aamir Khan and Hrithik Roshan have made a donation of Rs 25 lakh each for the flood victims of Uttarakhand.

“One must do what one can to help others in need. It must become part of your belief system and must start at home. Also, I believe one must talk about his charities. The old belief of ‘self-glorification’ giving and not talking about it does not serve the higher purpose of teaching people to give and propagating the ideal,” Hrithik said in a statement here.

“We must set examples so that others may follow. Among all the negatives in the world, the positives must not go unnoticed,” he said.

Aamir Khan, who is known for being one of the most active social workers in Bollywood had initiated a drive for collecting funds for them.

Aamir, who is involved with a lot of NGOs gave Rs. 25 lakhs as donation for the Uttarakhand victims. Also, the funds collected will be presented to the PM Relief Fund in the name of the Film and Television Producers’ Guild.

Hrithik thanked Aamir Khan for starting this initiative of donation. As Aamir initiated a drive for collecting funds for the flood victims of Uttarakhand, the industry joined in to show its support.

Hrithik made sure that the cheque reached Aamir a day before he went in for his brain surgery.

By far, the film fraternity has collected Rs. 1 crore. Others in this drive include Javed Akhtar and Shatrughan Sinha who have donated Rs. 5 lakhs from their MP funds. Shabana Azmi and Anupam Kher have donated Rs. 5 lakh and Rs. 1 lakh from their NGO and foundation respectively.

Not ending at that, the FWICE (Federation of Western Indian Cine Employees) will be joining hands with Film and TV Producers’ Guild for adopting a village and will also extend their support to resettle some of the Uttarakhand residents who have been evacuated.