I do not understand this whole hullabaloo about the blood and eye banks.
I really do not mean to take anything away from a good cause, but:
1. Anyone who's reached that position in wealth and success will anyway do something for society - there's nothing special about Chiranjeevi. You'll feel lousy if you keep all your money for yourself - and guilty too if you believe in religion.
2. And if you are a star with great mass appeal, you _have_ to do something so your fans can crow about you being a great human being, and so they have something to retaliate when people call Rajnikant great and humble.
3. Also, if you have to keep alive a possibility of a political career when your movie career gets over, you have to have some philanthropic track record.
4. How much money does Chiranjeevi himself need to spend for these blood and eye banks? Like someone below said, it is mostly the fans' free effort. Did he build a world-class heart hospital that serves poor people for free while paying huge salaries to doctors each month? He certainly has the money.
Like I said, a good deed is a good deed - let's not take away from it. It's just this whole big deal his fans make out of the blood and eye banks that is frustrating. It seems peanuts for what Chiranjeevi really _can_ do if he his heart is really bleeding for society.
I do not think anyone will disagree that he's made enough money now - let him declare that all his earnings from hereon will go to charity. Will he?
