Writer
Rakesh
Bharti
sues
the
makers
of
Chhapaak
while
claiming
that
he
had
developed
this
idea
in
2014
and
had
even
registered
it
with
the
screenwriters'
association
after
contacting
Laxmi
Agarwal,
the
same
year.
On
Saturday
(January
4,
2020),
Rakesh
Bharti
held
a
press
conference
and
said
that
in
2014,
he
had
met
Parth
Arora
from
Fox
at
the
Goa
Film
Festival,
where
they
discussed
the
script
and
registered
under
the
title
'Black
Day'
at
the
time.
Rakesh
Bharti
told
Mumbai
Mirror,
"He
introduced
me
to
Rukmani
Sen,
the
content
head
at
Fox,
and
I
was
in
touch
with
her
for
a
long
time.
She
asked
me
to
bring
a
big
actress
on
board
for
the
project.
I
approached
Kangana
Ranaut
and
was
in
discussion
with
her
for
seveneight
months,
at
the
end
of
which
Rangoli
(Chandel,
Kangana's
sister)
told
me
that
Kangana
won't
be
able
to
do
the
film
as
Rangoli
herself
was
an
acid
attack
survivor,
and
she'll
get
emotional
while
doing
it."
During
the
press
conference,
Rakesh
Bharti
also
asserted
that
he
had
approached
actresses
like
Priyanka
Chopra,
Anushka
Sharma,
Shraddha
Kapoor
and
Aishwarya
Rai
Bachchan
but
things
didn't
work
out!
While
speaking
to
Mumbai
Mirror,
Bharti
also
said
that
he
had
approached
the
Chhapaak
director,
Meghna
Gulzar
in
2017.
"I
sent
her
a
mail
asking
how
she
could
make
the
film
as
I
had
already
registered
the
subject.
I
told
her
if
she
wants,
we
can
do
the
film
together,
but
she
did
not
reply." revealed
Bharti.
Rakesh
Bharti
further
added
that
he
had
also
contacted
Alok
Dixit,
the
beau
of
Laxmi
Agarwal
and
said,
"He
told
me
why
are
you
troubling
Meghna
Ji,
we
are
getting
good
footage
with
her.
I
just
told
him
that
even
if
he
wanted
to
make
the
film
with
someone
else,
he
should
have
told
me
and
asked
for
an
NOC."
The
makers
of
Chhapaak
haven't
reacted
to
his
claims
yet.
Chhapaak
is
all
set
to
hit
the
theatres
on
January
10,
2020.