5 Bollywood Celebrities Who Donated Their Entire Earnings To Charity
Bollywood celebrities are known to be some of the most charitable persons in India. They earn a huge amount of money every year thanks to their roles in big budgeted blockbusters as well as by donning the hat of a producer and raking in more money through those ventures. Apart from that Bollywood actors also earn a lot by endorsing tons of brands and companies and appearing in advertisements.
Add to this the money they earn by making special appearances at private and corporate events and dancing at award shows and wedding functions. Bollywood stars also do their fair share of charity a number of Bollywood actors are a part of numerous foundations, causes, and charitable trusts. A few of them have opened their own charities while others like to donate without making the donations public. Here are 5 Bollywood celebs who donated their entire earnings to the charities:
Shah Rukh Khan: The actor donated the entire sum of 15 Crores that his team KKR won after winning the IPL 7 trophy. The actor donated the winnings for the welfare of cancer patients in Mumbai and Kolkata.
Shilpa Shetty: The actress turned heads in 2007 when she won the UK edition of the reality show Big Brother. She won 100,000 GBP which equals to almost 1 Crore INR and donated the entire earnings to the AIDS awareness campaign.
Salman Khan: The actor has made it a point that whatever he earns from his films, he only keeps 10% of the money for himself and donates 90% to charity.
Nana Patekar: The veteran actor still lives in a 1BHK apartment and has donated 90% of his entire earnings to various charitable causes.
Sonam Kapoor: The actress has donated to different charities and once she auctioned her entire wardrobe the proceedings of which went for charity.