<h2>Bollywood superstars repay loans to thousands of farmers in India. </h2>
"Wishes are granted, peace of mind." On the 20th local time, Indian Bollywood superstar Amitba Baqiang wrote on his official blog. What he calls a "wish" is to help Indian farmers repay their loans.
Ba Qiang said he helped a total of 1,398 farmers repay bank loans this time, and will also charter a whole train car for 70 of them, so that they can go to Mumbai on the 25th and 26th of this month, "when the time comes, I will hand over the bank repayment certificate to them."
According to the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) reported on the 20th, the amount that Ba Qiang helped repay was about 560,000 US dollars, and these loans came from Indian banks. The farmers he helped were from Uttar Pradesh, his hometown. This is not the first time That Ba Qiang has helped farmers repay their loans, and earlier this year he also reached out to 350 farmers from Maharashtra.
Indian Bollywood superstar Amitba Bajao
Born in a house of books, 76-year-old Ba Qiang is one of India's most prestigious actors, known as the "evergreen tree" of Bollywood, and the first Indian movie star to enter Madame Tussauds. He has starred in many classic films, including the acclaimed "102 Not Cut", which was released in India on May 4 this year, and is also scheduled for release in China on November 30.
Ba Qiang's kindness was touched by a local farmer's story of his "struggle for survival" experience on a reality show. According to India's New Delhi Television, the farmer, named Kank, said: "My annual income is about 60,000 rupees (1 rupee is about 0.1 yuan) ... It's still in good times. If the drought catches up, an additional 100 rupees/gallon of water money will be paid for agricultural production. ”
According to the BBC, India's agriculture has long been plagued by drought, low production efficiency, insufficient modernization and other problems, and many local farmer suicides have been related to this. Data shows that at least 300,000 farmers in India have ended their lives since 1995.
Ba Qiang said that once when he was filming in a small town in southern India, he saw in the newspaper that some farmers had committed suicide for one or two thousand rupees, "I was very sad, these things made me decide to provide some help to low-income groups".