Friday, October 3, 2014
Kamal hassan calls Nine million people to join "Swachh Bharath" campaign
Actor-filmmaker Kamal
Haasan, who was nominated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to work towards a
cleaner India, humbly accepted the invitation and calls nine million people
to make this a “nation building” initiative.
Mr. Modi also
nominated actors Priyanka Chopra, Salman Khan and cricketer Sachin Tendulkar
among others to join the Swachh Bharath campaign for clean india.
Mr. Modi
has said the ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’ should clean up the country by 2019, the
150th anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.
“I thank
our honourable PM for naming me among this list. I don’t think it’s a new duty
I’ve been appointed but it’s a recognition of what I’ve already been doing. I
invite nine million more people,” Kamal Haasan said in a video.
“I have
been doing this cleaning for the last two decades through my fans who have
converted the fan clubs into social service organisations. My work continues
and this is not a public relations exercise. It’s a public work I’m part of,”
he added.
Haasan
said he will “pursue this exercise not for any political philosophy”.Kamal is
currently busy shooting for Tamil thriller “Papanasam”, a remake of Malayalam
blockbuster “Drishyam”.