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I’m fortunate to be friends with Shah Rukh Khan: Brett Lee

Lee speaks from the heart about B-Town friendships and his new music campaign for underprivileged children

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We may be rival nations when it comes to cricket, but Australian cricketer Brett Lee says he shares a deep bond with India.

The pacer, who has been to India for matches and even otherwise for personal commitments, shares a special bond with India and says he will keep coming back.

This time around, Lee is here for a special cause that his foundation has taken up. He launched his pro-socio campaign — Spread the Music — an initiative that he believes will help underprivileged children learn music.

Talking about it he says, “I see so many children inclined towards learning music in India but unfortunately they do not have the infrastructure. My entire campaign focuses on giving these underprivileged children a chance to learn music. I want every kid to learn music and I am just going to try and provide them with that opportunity and the required instruments.”

About 100 children from Dharavi have enrolled with Mewsic for the next 12 months to learn music.

While Lee says this initiative has been in the planning for quite sometime, he hasn’t got any Indian musicians on board as yet. “I don’t think that is going to happen but my music band and other people in my team will personally look into it.”

He also denied having approached any of his friends in Bollywood to campaign for this cause, though he does agree that it could be helpful.

“I have been fortunate enough to be friends with actor Shah Rukh Khan and his close friends and of course Preity Zinta has been a good friend all throughout but I don’t want to divert from the cause. This is about music and my initiative and I want to do it entirely my way.”

Talking about music, the cricketer who also has his own music band says he is looking forward to making more music in India. “I love Bollywood and entire Indian culture. I share a special connect with this place that makes India so special for me. Though I listen to Bollywood songs when I am here, I do not know the names, but I really enjoy the tune. May be sometime in the near future I may think about it, but right now my priority is my campaign.”
 

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