Chennai Rains: How Mollywood celebs extended support

Unexpected torrential rains wrecked havoc in the city of Chennai flooding major parts of the city. While locals stepped out to help those affected, several celebs also made earnest contributions towards the cause. Let’s take a look at a few Mollywood actors who have extended their support…

Actor Indrajith and wife Poornima led the initiative #AnboduKochi to help those affected by Chennai floods. The actor along with several supporters collected essential supplies for flood victims. Indrajith took to his social media account to keep fans posted about the relief activities.

Actress Kaniha, also actively participated in relief activities. In addition to posting relief operation updates on social networking sites, she did her best to provide support to the affected."Supplied food packets, bread, biscuits, candles, matches, sanitary pads, milk and water. Thousands being given shelter in this church in Injambakkam VGP layout ECR. Planning to cover ECR areas. People willing to volunteer, please inbox me... please be generous. Thousands are starving...," the actress posted on her social media account.

Actor Jayaram, who owns a house in Chennai, has also committed to donate a sum of Rs 10 lakh towards the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister's relief fund. He has stated that he will be contributing the award money that he received from a media company to help the Chennai flood victims.

The audio launch of G Marthandan's Prithviraj-starrer was kept as a low-key affair so that the funds could be used to aid those affected in Chennai. Actor Maniyanpillai Raju, who led the effort, said, "Normally we would have invited 300 people and hosted the event in a huge hall. But we cut the number to 25, including only those who were closely associated with the project. We handed over Rs 1 lakh for the relief."

Actor Prithviraj was constantly in touch with actors in Tamil Nadu including his close friend Narain, who were coordinating efforts as part of Nadigar Sangam to help the affected. In addition to him, actors Mammootty, Dulquer Salmaan, Mohanlal and Manju Warrier have also contributed to the relief operations in Chennai through the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister's relief fund.