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It’s been amazing to learn of the entertainment industry’s response to the Pulwama tragedy. The team behind Total Dhamaal, this week’s new release, have announced aRs 50 lakh donation for Pulwama martyrs' kin.

"It is a sad thing to see the Indian soldiers suffer through this event and we are keen to do our bit in support," a spokesperson of the film unit said.

Actor-producer Ajay Devgnas well as colleague Riteish Deshmukh announced that the film will not release in Pakistan.

Total Dhamaal is the third instalment of the successful franchise Dhamaal, which originally starred Arshad Warsi, Javed Jaffrey and Riteish alongside Sanjay Dutt.

Amitabh Bachchan has announced he will be donating Rs 5 lakh each to the families of 49 CRPF troopers who died in Pulwama. Akshay Kumar made a Rs 5 crore donation, and Daljit Dosanjh announced Rs 3 lakh to the CRPF Wives Welfare Association.

Salman Khan swung into action at his Being Human Foundation to mobilise funds for Bharat Ke Veer, the Indian Government’s fund for soldiers (bharatkeveer.gov.in)