COVID-19: Farah Khan’s daughter raises Rs 2.5 lakh to feed stray animals

Filmmaker
Farah Khan says her daughter Anya has raised over Rs 2.5 lakh by sketching
pets, the proceeds of which will go towards feeding the homeless and stray
animals affected by the coronavirus pandemic.

Last month,
the filmmaker took to social media to announce that Anya, 12, decided to sketch
a pet and sell the artwork for Rs 1,000 to support such neglected animals.

Farah on
Wednesday gave an update on Anya’s sketches, saying that her daughter had so
far finished 100 sketches and is ready for the next set of orders. The video
was shot by the “Om Shanti Om” director’s other daughter
Diva.”Over a 100 sketches done and a little more than 2 and a half lakhs
collected and donated!! Thank you to all the generous contributors. Anya is
ready for round 2 of orders.. #sketchapet #sketchforcharity .. video shot by…
#divakunder,” Farah wrote on Instagram.

Anya has so
far fulfilled orders by several Bollywood celebrities, including Zoya Akhtar,
Gauri Khan, Abhishek Bachchan, Shweta Bachchan, Sonu Sood, Aditi Rao Hydari,
Sonali Bendre Behl, Raveena Tandon, Tahira Kashyap.