Chhapaak,
which
is
just
two
days
away
from
its
release,
is
in
the
middle
of
a
couple
of
controversies.
After
Deepika
Padukone,
the
lead
actor
in
Chhapaak,
visited
Jawaharlal
Nehru
Univerity
on
Tuesday
night
and
stood
in
solidarity
with
the
students
who
had
been
attacked
by
a
masked
mob,
a
segment
of
Twitterati,
unhappy
with
her
stance,
have
called
for
a
boycott
on
Chhapaak.
Chhapaak
is
a
film
on
the
indomitable
spirit
of
an
acid
attack
survivor,
the
story
of
which
has
been
inspired
by
Laxmi
Agarwal.
On
Wednesday,
another
segment
of
Twitterati
stirred
up
trouble
for
the
film,
trolling
Meghna
Gulzar
for
alleged
hypocrisy,
as
she
had
supposedly
changed
the
religion
of
the
attacker
in
the
film
from
'Muslim
to
Hindu'.
In
the
case
of
Laxmi
Agarwal,
her
attacker
was
named
Nadeem
Khan,
but
Meghna
has
allegedly
changed
the
name
to
Rajesh,
thus
implying
that
he
was
a
Hindu.
'Nadeem
Khan'
and
'Rajesh'
began
trending
on
Twitter
on
Wednesday.
Leading
daily,
Hindustan
Times
did
a
fact-check
on
this
issue,
and
stated
that
this
is
in
fact
not
true.
In
the
film,
Laxmi's
name
has
been
changed
to
'Malti',
and
her
attacker's
name
from
Nadeem
to
'Babboo',
which
is
short
for
'Bashir
Khan'.
It
states
that
Rajesh
is
the
name
of
Malti's
boyfriend.
The
strong
stand
against
Chhapaak
has
been
taken
only
after
Deepika's
symbolic
show
of
solidarity
with
students
and
faculty
of
JNU
who
were
victims
of
mob
violence.
Many
claimed
that
this
was
a
promotional
stint
on
her
part.
However,
the
Bollywood
film
fraternity
has
strongly
supported
Deepika
for
her
gesture,
reasoning
that
she
did
this
even
though
it
was
very
risky
ahead
of
Chhapaak's
release.
Many
netizens
have
hailed
Deepika
as
the
'real
hero'
of
Bollywood.
Chhapaak,
also
starring
Vikrant
Massey,
is
set
to
hit
theatres
on
January
10,
2020.