According to the report by The Times of India, Rakesh Roshan was approached by an Ophthalmologist Dr. S. Natarajan from the Aditya Jyot Eye Hospital , Mumbai after watching the trailer of Hrithik Roshan’s recent film Kaabil. The doctor asked Rakesh Roshan whether his son and Kaabil star Hrithik Roshan would be interested in promoting for a campaign related to eye donation. But the ophthalmologist was informed that Hrithik Roshan already was planning to donate his eyes.
Here is the excerpt shared by Dr. S. Natarajan, “I saw the trailer of Kaabil last week in December 2016 and contacted Rakesh Roshan on 6th January 2017 to ask if Hrithik Roshan would like to promote an eye donation campaign. I was pleasantly surprised when Rakesh Roshan told me that Hrithik already planned to pledge his eyes and when I spoke to Hrithik he told me that he would like to celebrate his birthday by pledging his eyes to the campaign.”
Hrithik Roshan’s close association with the visually challenged while filming Kaabil prompted the versatile actor to donate his eyes. His pious desire was kept under cover till date by the Ophthalmologist Dr. S. Natarajan on asked by Rakesh Roshan as he did not want this to be projected as any promotional step.
Dr. S. Natarajan said, “Hrithik Roshan invited me on his birthday but prior to it requested me to not to discuss about it as he did not want this to be used as a promotional step for Kaabil. Now with Kaabil running successfully worldwide , we would like people to know Hrithik’s act and encourage others to pledge their eyes and share the light and follow his great example.”
The report also states that after learning abouot the expected increase in the number of unilateral corneal blindness case by the year 2020 in India , the 43 year old actor Hrithik Roshan was not only deeply affected but also pledged to donate his eyes and became a part of the eye donation campaign that aims at encouraging people to share the light.
