Celebs with a 原因（となる）: Vidya Balan is only the 最新の in a long line of Bollywood 星／主役にするs getting 伴う／関わるd in philanthropy

By Vinayak Chakravorty and Priyanka Srivastava

Published: 01:34 BST, 6 May 2012 | Updated: 01:34 BST, 6 May 2012

When George Clooney was 逮捕（する）d outside the Sudanese 大使館 in Washington a while ago for 抗議するing against the 政府 of that country's 致命的な attacks on 非軍事のs, he probably won more fans than his on-審査する heroism in a two １０年間-加える career.

支援する home, a 最高の，を越す Indian filmstar joined the Causerati" すぐに after Clooney's real-life 演劇, though with far いっそう少なく volatile 意向s. Vidya Balan has been creating news headlines on 受託するing 田舎の 開発 大臣 Jairam Ramesh's 申し込む／申し出 to become the brand 外交官／大使 in his （選挙などの）運動をする for the 改良 of 衛生設備 in India.

The two 出来事/事件s show the celeb lots of Hollywood and Bollywood in contrasting light. While Clooney is not the first American icon to have taken an anti-設立 stand for a social 原因（となる）, Vidya's 行動主義者 turn is something that won't 困らす the 力／強力にする 始める，決める in any way.

田舎の 開発 大臣 Jairam Ramesh with Bollywood actress Vidya Balan who has been 任命するd as brand 外交官／大使 for 促進するing 衛生設備 in India

By and large, our celebrities are known to 避ける taking up 原因（となる）s that could rile the 設立. Rather, they believe in playing it 安全な - mostly working with the system to 促進する 認識／意識性 over a particular 問題／発行する, instead of going against it.

Hollywood actor George Clooney is 逮捕（する）d during a demonstration outside the 大使館 of Sudan in March

Priyanka Chopra has been active over the past few years as the 国家の 外交官／大使 of the 国際連合 Children's 基金 in India. Amitabh Bachchan has （選挙などの）運動をするd for pulse polio 認識／意識性. Aishwarya Rai-Bachchan has lent her 指名する to the 原因（となる） of pulse polio and more.

Salman 旅宿泊所's 支持する／優勝者ing the underprivileged with his NGO, 存在 Human, is 井戸／弁護士席-known. His good friend Katrina Kaif has 宣言するd her 計画（する）s to start an orphanage with mother Suzanne in Chennai.

Aamir 旅宿泊所, not long ago, was roped in by a 非，不，無-political outfit to encourage 国民s to come out and 投票（する） before the 選挙s in seven 明言する／公表するs earlier this year.

While most Indian celebrities go about doing their social 職業s dutifully by turning up for 明示するd events, there have been obvious instances where 星／主役にするs 単に seemed to have used such 壇・綱領・公約s for photo-ops and publicity (the money they often 需要・要求する is good too, though this can never be 証明するd).

Questions were raised when Aamir's Narmada Bachao Andolan uncannily happened around the time his 問題／発行する-based film Rang De Basanti 解放（する）d.

Aamir's 十分な-on （選挙などの）運動をする against the Narendra Modi 政府 in Gujarat over its Sardar Sarovar Dam 事業／計画（する） saw the film 同様に as his next 解放（する）, Fanaa, 存在 banned in that 明言する／公表する.

SALMAN KHAN?

CAUSE: He runs an NGO, 存在 Human, which 作品 for the underprivileged. In the past, he has also worked for the girl child and tree 農園 運動s. H e 活発に worked with Make A Wish 創立／基礎, which worked for 貧困の children.

WORK DONE: Salman 設立するd 存在 Human in 2009, which raises 基金s for the betterment of the lives of the underprivileged. The 信用 organises 星／主役にする-studded events, fashion shows and cricket matches to raise 基金s that are 寄付するd to old-age homes, hospitals and orphanages.

COMMITMENT TOWARDS CAUSE: He has been known for doing 最大限 philanthropy in Bollywood through his 信用. His support for social 原因（となる）s （機の）カム to the public 注目する，もくろむ when he agreed to 会合，会う and spend time with the 病んでいる, poverty-stricken conjoined twins Saba and Farah Shakeel from Bihar, twice at his 住居 in Mumbai. He 申し込む／申し出d them Rs50,000 and became their Rakhi bhai.

存在 Human has been instrumental in 促進するing 骨髄 寄贈者 Registry India (MDRI) at the Tata 記念の Centre, which 促進するs 骨髄 transplantation. Salman's 参加 helped in creating 認識／意識性 for this unique 原因（となる） which is helpful for leukaemia & thalassemia 患者s.

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Priyanka Chopra

PRIYANKA CHOPRA

CAUSE: Priyanka was 任命するd the 国家の 外交官／大使 of the 国際連合 Children's 基金 in India in August 2010. She has worked for ecofriendly （選挙などの）運動をするs & has also lent her 指名する to Save The Child and 採択 For Education （選挙などの）運動をするs.

WORK DONE: Priyanka 参加するd in special programmes like Sabla m eant for women empowerment in villages, which were 始めるd 共同で by the 政府 and UNICEF. She has travelled all over India to （選挙などの）運動をする for health and hygiene 認識／意識性 of adolescent girls as the UNICEF brand 外交官／大使.?

Jairam Ramesh, erstwhile 環境 and forest 大臣, roped her in to 参加する in chalking out 環境- friendly （選挙などの）運動をするs on a 国家の basis. She was recently 任命するd a green 外交官／大使 by a social work group.

COMMITMENT TOWARDS CAUSE: Priyanka has been 公正に／かなり 献身的な に向かって her 原因（となる）s. She has also been 活発に working with NGOs and has been lending a helping 手渡す to their （選挙などの）運動をするs. She is also known to have 申し込む／申し出d 通貨の help for uplift programmes for the girl child.

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