Kartik Aaryan has contributed Rs 1 crore to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's PM-Cares fund in support of the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.

In an Instagram post, Kartik wrote, "It is the absolute need of the hour to rise together as a nation. Whatever I am, whatever money I have earned, is only because of the people of India; and for us, I am contributing Rs 1 crore to the PM-Cares fund. I urge all my fellow Indians also to help as much as possible."

Earlier, Akshay Kumar donated Rs 25 crore towards fighting the pandemic, and other Bollywood celebrities like Varun Dhawan, Anushka Sharma, and Shilpa Shetty Kundra have also donated for the cause. 

Salman Khan, on the other hand, decided to donate to support the 2500-odd daily wage workers of the film industry who are left with no source of income owing to the complete lockdown.