Published 17:53 IST, September 10th 2020

Karanvir Bohra begins initiative for mental health awareness; says 'now is the time'

Actor Karanvir Bohra reportedly started an initiative for mental awareness after the death of his friend, Kushal Punjabi. Here's what the actor had to say

Reported by: Alifiya Shaiwala
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Actor Karanvir Bohra has started an initiative called Kushal Mangal, for raising mental awareness in country. actor felt need for an initiative as such, after untimely demise of his friend Kushal Punjabi, who passed away in December 2019. Karanvir reportedly put forward his views about increasing cases of depression, anxiety, suicides amongst young generation of today. 

As per report on Pinkvilla.com, actor recently took to his social media to start a series called Kushal Mangal. Through this initiative,  actor speaks about how mental health issues can be tackled and taken care of. In an interaction with same entertainment portal, Karanvir shared that mental health has somehow always taken a backseat in country. actor spoke about  rising number of cases leading to depression, suicide, anxiety and more.

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More so, Bohra remarked that while people prioritize ir physical health, mental health has never been given importance. Adding to this,  Dil Se Di Dua Saubhagyavati Bhava actor said that w is time it should be. Talking about changing times, Bohra shared that people are sadly taking unfortunate route of suicide to put a full stop to ir problems. When ideally fighting issues and getting over m in a brave way is what people should be doing, he added.

In same interaction, actor continued that after having experienced  loss of his good friend Kushal Punjabi, he realised that such mind related issues like depression and anxiety due to which drastic steps like suicide are taken, need to be openly addressed, taken up and worked on. That's when he began working on his Kushal Mangal series, an initiative to spread awareness about how people can tackle mental health and help mselves to deal with it in a better manner, added Karanvir Bohra.

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Karanvir Bohra and Teejay Sidhu anunce pregnancy 

On August 28, Karanvir Bohra and Teejay Sidhu took to ir social meida handles and anunced y are expecting ir third child. Sharing a picture of duo, Teejay wrote, "So many blessings. And w we get one more! Upar wale de lakh lakh shukar, for all His kindness, all His grace. At every step of our life, we move forward with trust in Him. And to little one yet to be born - I kw every soul has a purpose - we didn't choose you, YOU chose us. Thank you, my dearest, for believing we were worthy."

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17:53 IST, September 10th 2020