Ranbir Kapoor to auction his portrait to support girl child

Actor Ranbir Kapoor is set to do his bit for the welfare of girl child in the country. He will auction his portrait, done during Simi Garewal's chat show "India's Most Desirable", and says the money will go to the Mijwan Welfare Society.
Mijwan Welfare Society is a non-government organisation (NGO) in Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, which is being run by actress-activist Shabana Azmi and Namrata Goyal.

The organisation works for the empowerment of girl child.

"By associating with Mijwan Welfare Society, an NGO founded by the extraordinary poet lyricist Kaifi Azmi, I am paying my tribute to a rare poet who practised what he preached," Ranbir said in a statement.

"I am happy to join hands with MWS, which is working to provide equal opportunity to the girl child through education, training and employment generation. It is heartening that Shabana Azmi and her godchild Namrata Goyal are taking Kaifi Saheb's dream forward," he added.

No tiff with Ranveer Ranbir

Actor Ranbir Kapoor rubbishes reports that he had a tiff with newcomer Ranveer Singh during a recent party at his place.
"Ranveer is a super talent and from a very respectful family. None of this stuff happened as reported. He remains a dear friend and somebody whose work I admire and look forward to seeing on screen again," Ranbir said in a statement.

Rumours were rife that Ranveer, who shot to fame after the success of "Band Baaja Baaraat", infuriated Ranbir when he asked him to play the remixed version of "Dum maaro dum" song that stars his ex-girlfriend Deepika Padukone again and again and started discussing the actress at length.

However, Ranbir insists that there is no truth in the story.

"As a stance, Ranbir doesn't believe in entertaining and clarifying such reports, however in this case, he has decided to set the record straight as too much is being written about him without verifying the facts," said a source.

"Ranbir is very upset with rumors of these rifts with his friends and wants to clarify that there is absolutely no truth to it," the source added