Neha Kakkar donates Rs.5 lakh to cash-strapped lyricist Santosh Anand

MUMBAI: Singer Neha Kakkar has come forward to help cash-strapped veteran Bollywood lyricist veteran Santosh Anand.

The 32-year-old Kakkar will donate Rs 5 lakh to the veteran lyricist during an episode of Indian Idol 12 where the lyricist speaks of how he is struggling with a tough financial crisis and has incurred debts.

Kakkar is a judge on the show and Anand will visit as a guest with musician Pyarelal of the legendary composer tandem of Laxmikant-Pyarelal.

The two had worked with Anand in classics such as Prem Rog, Roti Kapada Aur Makaan, and Shor in the past.

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"I would like to give you Rs 5 lakh as a small gesture and would also like to request the Indian entertainment industry to give Santosh Ji some work as he has been such a crucial part of our industry. It's our duty to help our colleagues in their bad times," Neha Kakkar says emotionally in the episode.

Her co-judge, composer Vishal Dadlani, asks Anand to share a few of his songs with him. Vishal will help Anand release the songs.

Neha Kakkar is an extremely emotional person and she is very proud of the fact.