Millions of migrants in India were left empty-handed and without help as the COVID-19 pandemic swept India. The migrants working away from their families were looking to find a way to return to their homes, but with all modes of public transport on hold and borders closed off by governments, impatience was spreading in between them.

Bollywood actor Sonu Sood has taken the onus to rescue the thousands of migrant workers who are stranded in Mumbai and Maharashtra. Sood, popular for his villainous characters in movies, turned out to be a real-life hero for thousands as he hired busses to ply back people to their home towns.

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Indian opener Shikhar Dhawan took to Twitter to salute Sonu Sood for his humanitarian work and posted a heartfelt message on his account. "A big salute to you @SonuSood for your heroic efforts in making sure stranded migrant workers get to reach their homes," Dhawan said in a tweet. 

Joining the nation's fight to combat the deadly COVID-19 pandemic, Sood is reportedly distributing food and groceries every day to at least 45,000 people who are struggling to make ends meet amid the partial lockdown. 

Sood was also quick to reply to the kind words by Dhawan and tweeted,” Thank u so much my brother.❣️India knows when @SDhawan25 is at crease “WE ARE HOME”. I promise, I will stay at this crease till the end and make sure that every migrant will say “WE ARE HOME”