Deepika
Padukone
has
received
much
praise
for
her
convincing
performance
as
Malti,
an
acid
attack
survivor,
in
Chhapaak.
The
journey
to
getting
into
the
skin
of
Malti
was
not
easy,
as
Deepika
has
said
many
times
before.
In
a
new
behind
the
scenes
video,
we
get
to
see
Deepika
make
this
transformation
through
prosthetics.
Deepika
once
said
that
she
burnt
a
piece
of
her
prosthetics
after
the
shoot
of
Chhapaak
was
over,
because
that
was
how
much
it
had
negatively
impacted
her.
In
the
BTS
video
shown
by
Chhapaak
team,
Deepika
goes
through
a
long
and
difficult
prosthetics
process,
with
director
Meghna
Gulzar
explaining
the
kind
of
impact
she
wanted
through
Malti's
look.
Meghna
talks
about
why
Deepika
was
the
first
choice
on
her
mind
for
this
character,
but
she
never
thought
that
would
be
possible.
She
further
explains
that
although
there
is
a
striking
resemblance
between
Deepika
and
Laxmi
Agarwal,
upon
whom
the
film
is
based,
she
did
not
want
her
looking
like
Laxmi.
Meghna
wanted
the
prosthetics
to
show
a
disfigured
face
of
Deepika's,
the
way
it
would
look
if
something
like
that
ever
happened
to
her.
We
also
see
Deepika
meeting
Laxmi
for
the
first
time
in
the
character
of
Malti
and
it
is
indeed
a
special
moment.
Laxmi
gives
her
a
warm
hug
and
says
that
she
is
happy
that
she
visited
the
set,
joking
about
'two
Laxmis
sitting
together'.
Towards
the
end,
Meghna
mentions
that
Deepika
had
nearly
nine
looks
throughout
the
film,
owing
to
the
acid
attack
wounds
healing
after
multiple
surgeries.
But
the
one
thing
that
remains
constant
is
Deepika's
eyes,
which
Meghna
says
she
used
beautifully
to
express
herself.