Deepika
Padukone,
who
is
set
to
feature
as
an
acid
attack
survivor
in
Meghna
Gulzar's
Chhapaak,
has
always
said
how
easy
a
decision
it
was
to
say
yes
to
the
movie.
At
the
same
time,
she
hopes
that
we
don't
have
to
constantly
tell
such
stories
to
see
change.
She
feels
we
have
failed
as
a
society
if
we
don't
see
change.
Chhapaak
is
inspired
by
the
story
of
acid
attack
survivor
Laxmi
Agarwal.
Deepika
opened
up
about
the
emotion
behind
the
movie
to
PTI.
She
said,
"Beyond
the
gruesomeness,
the
violence
and
all
of
that,
there
is
a
story
of
the
human
spirit
and
hope.
That's
why
we're
telling
the
story."
"I
hope
we
won't
have
to
constantly
tell
stories
on
acid
attack
survivors
for
us
to
see
change.
I
hope
with
our
film
we
begin
to
see
that
change
for
ourselves
as
a
society
and
for
acid
attack
survivors," she
continued.
Chhapaak
will
be
the
second
mainstream
film
on
acid
attack
survivors
in
the
span
of
one
year,
after
Malayalam
film
Uyare
which
starred
Parvathy
Thiruvothu.
"If
we
don't,
then
we've
done
something
wrong
as
a
society.
Cinema
in
itself
is
such
a
powerful
medium
that
hopefully
just
through
this
one
film
we
will
hopefully
be
able
to
see
that
kind
of
change
and
impact," she
added.
The
film
is
directed
by
Meghna
Gulzar.
It
stars
Vikrant
Massey
opposite
Deepika.
Chhapaak
will
also
be
Deepika's
first
production.
She
said
that
there
was
not
much
planning
behind
the
decision
to
produce
the
movie.
Chhapaak
hits
screens
on
January
10,
2020.