After pledging to financially support 25,000 daily wage workers from the film industry, Bollywood superstar Salman Khan has now reportedly donated Rs 4.80 crore and would transfer the amount in the workers' account after the Federation of Western Indian Cine Employees (FWICE) provides him with their account numbers. 

However, this would mark only the first leg of Salman's donation as he is all set to donate Rs 10.50 crore to daily wage workers at a later stage. 

BN Tiwari, president of FWICE had previously confirmed that Salman via his Being Human Foundation reached out to their organisation to help the workers. "Salman’s Being Human Foundation has come forward to help daily wage workers. They called us three days ago. We have about 5 lakh workers out of which 25,000 are in dire need of financial help. Being Human Foundation said they will take care of these workers on their own. They have asked for account details of these 25,000 workers as they want to ensure that money reaches them directly," he had told PTI. 

Apart from Salman, Akshay Kumar had also donated Rs 25 crores to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s coronavirus relief fund. When asked about his donation, Akshay had said, "Main kaun hota hoon ‘charity’ yah ‘donate’ karne waala? (who am I to donate or make any charity?)”. Doosri baat ki hum apni country ko Bharat Maa kehte hain. Mera yeh contribution actually mera nahi hai. Yeh meri maa ki taraf se Bharat Maa ko hai. (We address our country as Bharat Maa. So this contribution is not from me. It is from my mother to my motherland, Bharat Maa)."