Greenathon 4 raises Rs. 8.89 crores; 508 villages will be lit

Thank you for helping us raise Rs 8.89 crore and for lighting up 508 villages. We're ending the blog now, but please do keep the donations running for a cleaner and greener tomorrow.

We're into the last 20 mins. Rs 8.8 crores raised, 503 villages lit. In the studio - Priyanka, Shahid,Vikram, Prannoy Roy, Dr R K Pachauri, Cyrus and NDTV's Swati Thiyagarajan

It's Shahid! You didn't miss his absolutely rocking performance, did you? Watch it again:
 

We're nearly done now. But not before a last minute surprise. Wait for it...

Ayushmann's back. He danced earlier, now he's singing. That's what we call talent

All good things must come to an end. SRK departs, after adopting 12 villages and promising to visit a village soon

It only gets better! SRK gets Cyrus to give him a piggyback ride - of sorts. If anyone can out-Cyrus Cyrus, it's SRK

At 10 hours 34 mins, Rs 8.57 crores, 490 villages lit

Classic! This year's defining moment

Enjoy!

SRK shows Cyrus (who's been wrapped in a red dupatta by PC) how to do the Chammak Challo

Bow down mister

Talent, sheer talent, says SRK to Cyrus

SRK's cracking up watching a recap of Cyrus' version of Sheila from Greenathon 3! So are we

And he opens proceedings in true SRK style: "All those who don't know how to behave on the field, I don't take them in KKR. Except me"

SRK up in the next 5 mins. Don't go anywhere

484 villages lit up and counting...

Woah Shahid! Dan Ta Nan..

Green kitchen's being manned by Ritu Dalmia now

Just over 9 hours hours now, another 3 to go - and we've got Shahid and SRK in store

Imran Khan, live via video link. He's working today so can't be in studio with us

The Misses Hawa Hawaii. And Cyrus.

Two lovely ladies

Poor Sridevi has a bad case of laryngitis today - but she's made a special effort just for Greenathon

Shweta Tiwari rocks Greenathon with a tribute performance, dancing to Sridevi's hit numbers

And here she is, as lovely as ever

Sridevi, right after the break...

Thank you Farhan!

All the best to NDTV for their continuing effort towards the great cause of preservation and conservation of the environment.#Greenathon 👍

- Farhan Akhtar (@FarOutAkhtar) May 20, 2012

Guess who's going to be with us in some time? SRK. Yes. And yay!

Put your hands together for Rabbi

Full on band baaja with Euphoria!

Euphoria performs next. Stay tuned

Rs 8.41 crores raised and 481 villages lit so far! Keep it coming folks...

Thrice as nice!

And Farhan does sing Senorita!

Two of PC's directors! Farhan directed her in the Don films

Kunal Kohli's here now. He directed Priyanka's new movie, the soon to release  Teri Meri Kahaani

He had fun :-)

Bye bye Aamir. But before he went, he ate some of Vicky Ratnani's spinach and radish salad

As every year, our Light A Billion Lives campaign aims to raise funds to provide solar lamps to villages without electricity. This time, we're also going to focus on reducing plastic waste. If you live in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai or Bangalore, drop plastic bags and bottles, tetrapaks, paper cartons or any other recyclable material at our collection centres all day today 

Farhan, of course, directed Aamir in Dil Chahta Hai

Just past the halfway mark - 6 hours down, 6 hours to go. 191 villages lit so far

Hello Farhan! Hope he sings Senorita...

And Aamir joins in

Wow! Ayushman does a very credible Papa Kehte Hain

Just in case you missed Aamir:

Yay Aamir! Mr Perfectionist adopts 5 villages

Make way for Aamir Khan!

Prannoy Roy in studio now

Coming up right after the break - Aamir!

Ooh la la! Bappida & Priyanka jugalbandi

Pyar bina chain kaha re? Bappida lands in the studio

The count so far: Rs 3.15 crores, 180 villages lit up

Arjun Kapoor adopted a village, as did Rahul Bose

Malaika changes out of her Anarkali into a slinky dress. Just added to the studio - Arjun Kapoor, fresh from his Ishaqzaade

Malaika disco chali!

The Chopra sisters rock Desi Girl. Vikram got pulled in, Cyrus needs no asking:

Vicky's green feast - Parineeti gets a bite

Parineeti Chopra, Priyanka's cousin and star of Ishaqzaade, live in studio now

Yes! Power Finance Corporation donates Rs 3 crores and Rahul Bose adopts a village. That's a total of 177 villages lit now

Vicky Ratnani takes over from Aditya Bal in the green kitchen. An organic lunch coming up for PC, VC and Cy.

As every year, our Light A Billion Lives campaign aims to raise funds to provide solar lamps to villages without electricity. This time, we're also going to focus on reducing plastic waste. If you live in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai or Bangalore, drop plastic bags and bottles, tetrapaks, paper cartons or any other recyclable material at our collection centres all day today 

Here's what Milind-Green Man will look like:

And Milind also makes it to the Limca Book Of Records for his marathon of marathons 

Milind crossed 5 states during his run. He's also inspired a new comic book hero called Green Man

Milind gets a boisterous welcome from Cyrus who's armed with a garland. Mr Fantastic Milind ends his 1500km run from Delhi to Mumbai in the studio

We've only just got started on Greenathon. Coming up later: Performances by Shahid Kapoor, Malaika Arora Khan and Euphoria, and absolutely not to be missed - Aamir Khan live in studio at 2pm

Never a dull moment on set:

Milind ends his incredible 1500km run in studio in the next 5 mins. Keep watching

Checking out the set - it's made of entirely recycled material, from top to bottom

Ahem. Co-starring PC

Kodak moment, starring Cyrus:

Kidding around on set. It's hard to keep a straight face when you're with Cyrus

Make that Rs 7.24 lakhs - we've just got a donation of Rs 5 lakhs. That takes the number of villages lit to 4

Money raised so far, at 1 hour 45 mins: Rs 2.24 lakhs

Singer Javed Ali's performing Jashn-a-Bahar from Jodhaa Akbar now

Just the three of us!

Live in studio at 2pm - Aamir Khan. Absolutely not to be missed.

NDTV's Tejas Mehta is in Goa where the Greenathon has had huge impact. River Princess, the ship that ran aground 12 years ago and all but wiped out a whole beach, is being dismantled

Greenathon crosses over live to Nainital where there's a day long clean up at the lake

Milind, en route to studio. There's Rahul, to the right. They'll be in studio in just a bit

A standing ovation for Milind Soman from studio. He's actually run 1500 kms, from Delhi to Mumbai! Rahul Bose is with him

Breakfast of champions?

Aditya's cooking up a storm and it's making us hungry! Organic cooking helps reduce your carbon footprint

The green musketeers:

23 minutes into Greenathon 4 and we've already lit one village! Rs 1.32 lakhs raised. Keep it coming folks. To donate call 0124-4928700 or 1800-102-6616 toll free, or click here

Just in case you missed Priyanka's dramatic entrance:

Celebrity chef Aditya Bal is cooking Priyanka, Vikram and Cyrus an organic breakfast live in studio. Looks delish.

And here's Cyrus. Priyanka looks gorgeous, Cyrus looks hilarious. This promises to be a good day!

Priyanka makes a dramatic entry, emerging from plastic shrink wrapping!

And we're off!

This year, our fourth, we're hoping to top last year's collection of Rs 11 crores. We'll be joined in studio by Shahid Kapoor and a host of other Bollywood stars. Milind Soman is on the run again - this time from Delhi to Mumbai, an incredible 1500 kms!

NDTV's campaign against plastic waste received praise from the Supreme Court in a notice to the Centre and states seeking a response to a possible total ban on plastic. NDTV-Toyota Greenathon ambassador Priyanka Chopra flagged off this year's campaign with a day long clean up drive of the Yamuna at Agra on April 9. Here's a picture from the photo album:

As every year, our Light A Billion Lives campaign aims to raise funds to provide solar lamps to villages without electricity. This time, we're also going to focus on reducing plastic waste. If you live in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai or Bangalore, drop plastic bags and bottles, tetrapaks, paper cartons or any other recyclable material at our collection centres all day today 

Good morning folks. Less than an hour before we kickstart this year's NDTV-Toyota Greenathon with Priyanka Chopra, Cyrus Broacha and NDTV's Vikram Chandra. Backstage is in a frenzy of activity and excitement right now. We have an action packed 12 hours coming up, stay tuned and, of course, donate generously here