Rakul Preet, Jackky Bhagnani, Saina Nehwal, Lakshmi Manchu walk the ramp at Teach for Change annual fundraiser

It was a starry affair and no less than a casting coup when actor Lakshmi Manchu brought together as many as 40 celebrities from various walks of life to grace the ramp at the Teach for Change annual fundraiser show in Hyderabad, on February 19.

Dressed in Hyderabad-based designer Varun Chakkilam creations, Bollywood couple — actor Rakul Preet Singh and producer Jackky Bhagnani turned showshowstoppers at the fashion show, while several Telugu actors including Elnaaz Nourazi, Regina Cassandra, Pragya Jaiswal, Shubra Aiyappa, Niharika Konidella, Behram Siganporia, Shivani Rajashekar among others added to the glamour quotient.

Doing their bit for this noble cause of imparting education to kids, ace badminton player Saina Nehwal also walked the ramp with husband, Parupalli Kashyap.

Hosted by Hyderabad-based NGO, Antora Teach for Change, co-founded by Brahmachari Chaitanya, the show was aimed at raising funds and awareness for Teach For Change Trust which works towards providing quality education to underprivileged children.

Talking to us about the vision behind the cause and what triggered her years ago to start something like this, Manchu says, “I have always wondered what my purpose in life was, why am I here, how can I make people around me better, their lives better. You give them food, they get hungry the next meal, you give them clothes, they need something again. So what is something that you can give that you cannot take back from them and that is education. It not only empowers them, it gives them a hopeful life and to have a dream for something for themselves and that was a trigger for me. And I felt, that if I can do, rest all falls in place like poverty, the way we see what we don’t like, can change if we have basic education.”