Inspired by a reality show contestant who has lost her vision due to brain a tumour, Mithun Chakraborty has pledged to donate his eyes.
According to sources at Zee TV, the yesteryears’ star was moved by the life story of Dance India Dance contestant Rashpal Kaur from Chandigarh who discovered that she had a life threatening brain tumour when she was pregnant. The ensuing treatment took away her vision but she managed to deliver a healthy baby boy.
“I only wished that I could see my son once. I just ask God to lend me my eye sight back for just for three hours so that I can see my child just once,” Rashpal said. But this is one wish that has never got fulfilled for Rashpal.
Mithun Chakraborty also heard about this incident and told the producers that he wanted to make a public announcement on camera. “Mithun, Terrence Lewis and Mayuresh got onto the stage, took to the mike and announced that they are doing to donate their eyes after their death so that people like Rashpal can see the world,” said a unit member of the reality show Dance India Dance.
“I urge the whole world to give a grand salute to this amazing woman who has given a new dimension to life,” Mithun apparently said on the show before announcing his decision.
According to the unit member, Mithun and the dance masers Terrence Lewis and Mayusresh will soon sign a bond with the eye bank and authorize the government to take their eyes after their death.
“Mithun was particularly inspired about the fact that despite being blind, Rashpal is a woman of courage the courage of a woman and a martial arts exponent as well. She is quite proficient in the traditional Sikh martial art form gatka,” the unit member added.
Adds Rashpal “ I’m thankful to Dance India Dance for helping me to reach out to so many people. The citizens have shown so much concern and care for me. Before I die I want to do something for my guru Kuljeet-ji and his martial arts school where he teaches young girls about self defense. In today’s times when women are being molested and victimized every other day, I want all the women to learn this martial art form to defend themselves and their dignity.”
