New Delhi: Tamannaah Bhatia is on a mission to help her colleague, Devika – dialogue co-writer & dubbing supervisor of the Bahubali franchise, in her fight against one of the rarest forms of cancer Mumbai, Maharashtra, India With a call for the generous hearts to step ahead and contribute, Tamannaah has associated with Tring’s Icons for Change initiative to support a cause that is extremely close to her heart.
The actress went live to garner donations for Devika, an ailing widowed-mother who is fighting a battle against Multiple Myeloma, just to live for her only two sons. Devika who is Tamannaah’s colleague, Associate Producer, Dialogue co-writer & dubbing supervisor for the Bahubali franchise, was diagnosed with blood cancer in 2018. This was the same year she lost her husband to kidney and cardiac failure.
While she was forced to battle all these challenges and her disease, she made sure she turned into both mother and father for her children. A family that had lost all their life-savings to medical treatments and a bread-earner, Devika took it on herself and made ends meet for her sons. As survival turned tough, she experienced an aggressive relapse and is seeking an advanced treatment which is Car-T cell therapy and is only available in China & a few select countries.
Having worked with Devika and knowing her personally, this became a cause that turned personal for the South Indian & Bollywood actress – Tamannaah Bhatia. She then united with Tring, India’s largest celebrity engagement platform and called for donations through its Icons for Change Initiative to support Devika”s cause.