Deepika
Padukone's
recently-released
film
Chhapaak
received
rave
reviews
from
the
critics
with
praises
pouring
in
for
the
actress's
top-notch
performance
as
an
acid-attack
survivor
named
Malti.
However,
the
film
has
failed
to
impress
the
masses
and
earn
big
bucks
at
the
box
office.
Recently
while
promoting
the
film
at
Radio
City,
Deepika
and
director
Meghna
Gulzar
opened
up
about
the
film's
monetary
collections.
The
latter
said,
"Our
release
was
as
expected
within
the
release
environment,
within
the
nature
of
their
film.
The
way
the
film
is
performing
and
being
received
is
as
per
expectation.
Deepika
is
coming
from
Rs
300
crore
films
and
if
she
was
chasing
that
then
she
wouldn't
do
this
movie."
Deepika
further
added,
"The
numbers
are
actually
very
similar
to
Piku.
It
is
more
or
less
the
same.
The
intent
of
this
film
was
very
different.
Every
Rs
100
crore
film
is
not
necessarily
a
successful
film.
It
is
based
on
your
budget
and
based
on
how
much
you
have
spent
in
the
movie.
So
if
you
have
earned
Rs
100
crores
what
if
you
have
spent
300
crores
to
make
a
film.
But
the
audience
today
has
been
fed
with
this
kind
of
information
that
a
Rs
100
crore
film
is
a
hit
film."
Speaking
about
Chhapaak's
box
office
numbers,
the
social
drama
collected
Rs.
28.38
crore
at
the
box
office
in
7
days.
Meanwhile
recently,
Malayalam
actress
Parvathy
Thiruvothu
who
too
played
an
acid-attack
survivor
in
2019
film
Uyare,
took
to
her
Instagram
page
to
thank
Deepika
Padukone
and
Meghna
Gulzar
for
Chhapaak
which
she
feels
is
a
story
that
needs
'to
be
told,
to
be
felt'.
Earlier,
renowned
poet-lyricist
Javed
Akhtar
also
had
penned
his
thoughts
about
Chhapaak
after
watching
the
film
and
tweeted,
"Chhapaak
is
a
film
that
has
come
straight
from
Meghna
Gulzar's
heart." He
further
wrote,
"Art
is
to
entertain
but
it
is
different
from
a
circus.
Good
art
makes
you
feel,
think,
grow.
Chhapaak
does
it."
The
Meghna
Gulzar
directorial
is
inspired
by
Laxmi
Aggarwal,
a
real-life
acid
attack
survivor.
The
film
has
been
declared
tax-free
in
Madhya
Pradesh,
Chhattisgarh
and
Rajasthan.