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Thursday, 21st Aug 2014, 7:30 PM IST Akshay Kumar who is currently in Cape Town shooting for a TV show took up the now trending ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, after Riteish Deshmukh invited him to do it.
Akshay did not stop at just a bucket of ice cool water, but also invited 11 youngsters around him to pour a bucket each on him.
Considering the fact that it was just 8 degree Celsius in the city at that time, and Akshay was out in open, the challenge was surely a very tough one. But, the sport that he is, Akshay did it with a smile for a good cause. But one could clearly sense that the frosty water managed to have its effect on this Khiladi, as he called for a towel soon after the task, and chose to rush inside away from the windy weather. But before all this, he did have some fun with the youngsters teasing them for enjoying this "task"!
Further, Akshay nominated his friends Salman Khan and Johny Lever, wife Twinkle Khanna and business partner Ashvini Yardi to participate in the challenge as well.
After uploading the video of him taking the challenge, he also posted on social media - "I accepted my friend Riteish Deshmukh's ALS IceBucket Challenge and did it within 24 hrs but unfortunately being in a different country & owing to bad connectivity I couldn't upload the video on time. So I'm donating to the ALS Association, you could too on www.als.org. Now I nominate my wife Twinkle Khanna, my business partner Ashvini Yardi and my friends Salman Khan and Johnny Lever to participate and raise awareness for ALS. And you've got to do it within 24 hours, your time starts now."
Whether or not these celebs nominated by Akshay accomplish the task or not, let’s wait and watch. |