A
writer
has
approached
the
Bombay
High
Court
against
Deepika
Padukone-starrer
Chhapaak,
claiming
he
originally
penned
an
acid
attack
survivor's
story
on
which
the
film
is
based.
The
petitioner,
Rakesh
Bharti,
has
sought
that
he
should
be
given
credit
as
one
of
the
writers
of
the
film.
The
suit
filed
by
Bharti
claimed
that
he
had
conceived
an
idea/script
for
a
movie,
tentatively
titled
'Black
Day',
and
got
it
registered
with
the
Indian
Motion
Pictures
Producers'
Association
(IMPPA)
in
February
2015.
Bharti
said
since
then
he
has
been
working
on
the
script
and
approaching
several
artists
and
producers,
including
Fox
Star
Studio,
for
narration.
"However,
the
project
could
not
commence
due
to
unavoidable
circumstances.
The
plaintiff
had
narrated
the
idea
to
Fox
Star
Studio,
which
is
the
production
house
for
'Chhapaak'," the
plea
said.
Bharti's
advocate
Ashok
Sarogi
said
the
plaintiff
later
came
to
know
that
an
identical
film
is
being
produced
by
the
defendants
(Fox
Star
Studio
and
others)
and
directed
by
Meghna
Gulzar.
Bharti
submitted
complaints
to
the
producers
but
did
not
get
any
reply
following
which
he
approached
the
high
court.
In
his
plea,
Bharti
has
sought
that
he
be
given
credit
as
one
of
the
writers
of
the
movie
Chhapaak
and
the
film's
release
be
stayed
until
due
credit
is
given
to
him.
He
has
also
sought
for
an
expert
to
be
appointed
to
compare
his
script
and
that
of
Chhapaak.
Sarogi
said
the
plea
will
be
heard
by
a
vacation
bench
of
the
high
court
on
December
27.
Chhapaak,
based
on
the
life
of
acid
atack
survivor
Laxmi
Agarwal,
stars
Deepika
Padukone
and
Vikrant
Massey.
It
is
slated
for
release
on
January
10,
2020.