Umang 2019: SRK to Akshay Kumar, Bollywood pitches in for the Mumbai police

Mumbai: The cultural festival by Mumbai Police — Umang, organised annually for the police force and their families saw the presence of who’s who of Bollywood, many of whom perform on stage in their bid to thank the Mumbai police for protecting them and the city.

Ranveer Singh

Jacqueline Fernandez

Aamir Khan and Dharmendra

Gracing the festival this year were Ranbir Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Rajkumar Rao, Anil Kapoor, Ranveer Singh, Akshay Kumar, Ajay Devgn, Aamir Khan, Ayushmann Khurrana, Kartik Aaryan, Shilpa Shetty, Taapsee Pannu, Vicky Kaushal among others.

Madhuri Dixit Nene

Amitabh Bachchan

Urmila Matondkar, Karisma Kapoor and Tabu

The festival also saw Rohit Shetty and his Simmba team donating Rs 51 lakh from the proceeds of the film to the Mumbai police. The film starring Ranveer Singh and Sara Ali Khan has collected around Rs 240 crore at the box office.

Anjali and Sachin Tendulkar with Gulshan Grover

Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt

Shetty and his actors from the police trilogy — Simmba, Singham and Sooryavanshi — Ranveer Singh, Ajay Devgn and Akshay Kumar were also present with him on stage during the offering.

Janhvi Kapoor

Ajay Devgn and Akshay Kumar

“Rohit also took the opportunity to promote his upcoming film Sooryavanshi with Akshay Kumar. Rohit’s debut film Zameen (2003) too had cops as the heroes and he has made it a habit to make films about the men in uniform,” says a trade source.

— Sanskriti Media