the entertainment industry might be the epitome of glamour and glitz but like other industries and spheres in life this also has other issues late last year the news of television actor kushal punjabi dying by suicide was a rude awakening for his close friend music director harmeet singh of the meet bros and keeping in mind the current scenario in the entertainment industry harmeet has decided to bring together a group of likeminded people to launch a suicide prevention awareness movement today september 10 on world suicide prevention awareness day talking about this harmeet said this initiative has been taken with the help of few friends and professionals who are well trained and equipped the rising rates of suicide in the country especially in the entertainment industry has brought the conversation around mental health into the open and thats the first step i lost my friend kushal i still havent recovered from our initiative is a platform for people who find it difficult to speak up to reach out for help we aim to reduce the stigma around emotional and mental health issues spread awareness about suicide prevention and change the way people look at mental and emotional health by training as many people as possible within the entertainment industry as gatekeepers we will have eyes and ears everywhere to identify the signs of suicide and confidently know what to do and how to help the initiative aims to train and sensitize as many people as possible within the entertainment industry towards suicide they aim to create an infrastructure for jobs and opportunities for struggling people via a referral system in the second phase it also provides online and offline resources connect with professionals if required and enables them to seek help