These Bollywood celebrities have worked on unusual causes

Celina Jaitley

Celina has always been a firm believer in gender equality and equal rights for people of different sexualities. She was chosen as the brand ambassador of UN’ s campaign of equal rights for LGBT community in India. She as well works for rehabilitation of sex workers.

Deepika Padukone

Deepika was down with depression for a long time. However, unlike many other public figures who would rather keep such news under their sleeves, Deepika chose to come out and talk about it in public. she encourages people who are battling with depression to never give up and combat the problem. Her organisation ‘The Live Love Laugh Foundation’ is on the way to be made and she hopes to stand beside many more victims of depression.

kalki koechlin

Kalki has been a subject to sexual abuse in her childhood. Now that she’s at a pick in her career, she wanted to make good use of it and create some awareness about it. Her video “it’s your fault” which is a sarcastic and satirical answer to those who make insensitive comments about women who’re abused, went viral and received huge appreciation. Kalki also performed a solo show at the India Conclave Summit where she highlighted the issue of abuse on women.

Milind Soman

This model-actor is the primary brainstormer behind “Pinkathon”. Pinkathon is a 10 km long marathon exclusively for women which aims to promote women’s fitness and also raises awareness on breast cancer.

Nandita Das

The actor-director is well known for her progressive outlook towards a more equal country that is free from discrimination of any form. Nandita, since a long time, has been writing about how even in 21st century our country judges women on the basis of their skin tone. She has actively been a part of the “Dark is Beautiful” campaign which aims to eradicate racism underlying common people’s minds and to destroy one’s baseless attraction towards fair complexion.

Preity Zinta

Preity works on the issue of female infanticide which till date has been a subject of concern to reformers and social scientists. She was appointed as the brand ambassador of Loomba Trust where she worked for the interest of widows and their children.