Despite the best efforts from many governments, the spread of the COVID-19 Corona Virus has not slowed down and this deadly Pandemic has already claimed thousands of lives, the world over. Apart from the dead, there are hundreds of thousands of people who have been tested positive for the Corona Virus and are in quarantine. Almost all the industries are suffering big time which includes film sector. Several films stars have been contributing donations for film associations and workers union – FEFSI. Now it is director Atlee’s turn who has donated 10 lakhs to help the members of the film fraternity. The ace director has donated 5 Lakhs for FEFSI Union workers and 5 Lakhs for Tamil Nadu Film Director's Association.

Director Atlee’s previous film Bigil happens to be one of the all-time highest grossers of Tamil cinema after 2.0. Atlee’s is a former assistant of acclaimed director Shankar, he made his directorial debut with the award winning movie Raja Rani and has since collaborated with Thalapathy Vijay for his next three movies. He is most likely to team up with Shahrukh Khan once this pandemic ends.