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BANGALORE, India and NEW DELHI, Oct. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ -

    - Crowdfunding platform Ketto hosts campaign to raise the 5 Crores that are

needed

for Zeus

    Zeus Agastya Krishna Banerjee was 6 years old when he met one of India's

most entertaining

stars, Varun Dhawan. A big fan of Varun's inimitable style and street dancing

skills, meeting the star himself was a dream come true. Zeus, now 11 is fighting

against Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Zeus is unaware of his

life-threatening condition and has been fighting the disease and its relapse for

months.

    Life is nothing but a collection of such moments and chance meetings that

are

cherished. For a star like Varun, it could have been just another fan moment,

but the minute he heard of Zeus' fight he recorded a video to cheer up the

spirits of this fierce fighter. In the video posted on the Instagram page

created for Zeus, @save_zeus, Varun says, "Hey Zeus, sending you lots of love, I

am sure you are going to get all your strength back soon and I can't wait for

you to get better so we can hang out." Varun's gesture is sure to be a ray of

sunshine amidst the cloudy skies that loom over Zeus, his family, and friends.

    "On Thursday 6th October I made a desperate plea for help on the

crowdfunding

platform Ketto to raise the 5 Crores that are needed for Zeus' treatment through

a procedure called CAR T-cell therapy. Thanks to the cosmos, my appeal got

noticed by a company started by my former students and many others - who took it

upon themselves to help the cause and rallied their networks to help me," says

Arundhati Banerji, Zeus' mother.

    With them pushing the cause, stars on earth like Kriti Kulhari, Yusuf &

Irfan

Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Veda Krishnamurthy, Harsha Bhogle, Aakash Chopra, Jatin

Sapru, Gurusharan (Guru) Randhawa Papa CJ, Manjari Fadnis harnessed their social

media platforms to reach out to their hundreds and thousands of supporters via

appeals to donate - a feat that no number of personal calls or WhatsApp messages

could achieve as quickly. Influencers like Nikita Datta, Rahul Jaisingh, and

Akshay Mhatre jumped in as well. Zeus' parents are immensely grateful for the

support the campaign has received so far. However, there is a mile to cover, and

Zeus is counting on stars both in the sky and on earth. Every share, every

forward, every rupee will make a difference. Please consider donating and

sharing the campaign

https://www.ketto.org/fundraiser/my-son-is-fighting-for-his-life-and-we-need-your-support-to-save-him-701752

    "Zeus is a remarkable child with a naughty smile and a warrior. He loves to

read, share stories make music, and watch movies, especially about superheroes.

And superheroes are what he needs now - to come together and help support the

fundraising campaign. Zeus, unaware - is doing his bit in this fight to stay

alive - we as a community must do ours. During the pandemic, we lost millions of

lives to scarcity, and we as a community promised to be in it together and not

have these series of unfortunate events repeat. Please come together once again

and help save our son. Quoting one of Zeus' favorite books 'Harry Potter' help

him be the boy that shall live," adds Arundhati.

    Video: https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/1919295/Varun_Dhawan_SaveZeus.mp4

    Source: Ketto