Besides being Bollywood's most bankable actress Katrina Kaif has been actively participating in charity works along with her mother Suzanne who runs charitable organization, Relief Projects India and Mercy Home.

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Besides being Bollywood's most bankable actress Katrina Kaif has been actively participating in charity works along with her mother Suzanne who runs charitable organization, Relief Projects India and Mercy Home. (BCCL/Ranjit Kumar)

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Salman Khan has been involved in several charities during his career. He has started an NGO called Being Human which sells T-shirts and other products online and in stores. A portion of the sales go to a worthy cause supporting the underprivileged (BCCL/Prathamesh Bandekar)

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In 1998, Winfrey created the Oprah's Angel Network, a charity that supported charitable projects and provided grants to nonprofit organizations around the world. (BCCL)

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Amitabh Bachchan has been associated with a number of charitable causes including UNICEF's polio campaign. The superstar recently launched 'Jenaration' which is an online bidding scheme where celebrities would put up their clothes for sale and the proceeds would be used for educational purposes (BCCL/Jignesh Mistry)

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Rajinikanth donated Rs. 10 crore to a religious shrine in Andhra Pradesh. According to Naman Ramachandran, the author of Rajinikanth: The Definitive Biography, most of Rajinikanth's philanthropic activities went unpublicised because he did not want them to be so. Rajinikanth has given away half of his income to charities.

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Akshay Kumar reportedly donated Rs. 3 crore to a judo-karate academy this year in a bid to promote the sport.

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Aishwarya is a UN Microcredit Spokesperson.She supports PETA India. She pledged to donate her eyes to the Eye Bank Association of India, and appeared in a public awareness film on eye donation. In November of 2004, Aishwarya Rai created the Aishwarya Rai Foundation to help needy people in India. (BCCL/Ranjit Kumar)

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Shilpa Shetty donated her Celebrity Big Brother 2007 winnings to Indian AIDS awareness campaigns. (BCCL/B A Raju)

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Vivek Oberoi was awarded the Red and White Bravery Award in 2006 for helping re-build a village which was hit severely by the Tsunami. Oberoi and his family founded The Yashodhara Oberoi Foundation (YOF). Oberoi serves as the World Health Organization's anti-tobacco spokesperson. He is involved with several charities in Chennai and Mumbai.

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