Filmmaker Hansal Mehta in London to support his entrepreneur wife
The 46-year-old award winning director is also a supportive husband
Mumbai: Filmmaker and a die-hard blogger Hansal Mehta is also a supportive husband.
The director recently flew to London where his entrepreneur wife received a prestigious Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship for her exemplary work in the field of girl child education.
Safeena Husain has been known for active social work. She founded her NGO, Educate Girls in 2007 as a 50-school pilot project. As of today, the organization has managed to reach out to over a million kids across 7,500 schools. The award recognizes innovation and impact on solving the world’s most pressing problems. Safeena is one of the four recipients of the $1.25 million each for a period of three years.
The beaming Hansal Mehta could not miss the awards function for the world. He said, "After all, I only make films, she does all the hard work". Well, all we can say is, more power to this couple!
The national awards-winning director, Hansal Mehta, has often spoken highly about his wife at various occasions calling her his constant source of inspiration and pillar of strength.