‘Chhapaak’: The trailer of Deepika Padukone starrer to release on World Human Rights Day

Meghna Gulzar is known for making unconventional and non-fictional cinema. One such tale that drew Meghna’s attention was the story of acid attack survivor Laxmi Agarwal. It was traumatic and inspiring for her on various levels. The trailer of the movie will be releasing on December 10 i.e on World Human Rights Day.

Sharing her thoughts on the significance of the date, Meghna said, “It is actually a nice coincidence that our trailer is getting launched on the 10th of December, which also happens to be – Human Rights Day. ‘Chhapaak’ is a story of acid violence. The basic act of acid violence violates the human rights of the person who is attacked by acid and their life, their physicality is changed forever. So I really couldn’t have asked for better synchronicity for the release date of our film. So that’s why the date of the trailer release is extremely significant. That actually was not the starting thought, we were just working backward from our release date, but now that this has happened is almost like a higher-order alignment playing out and I am actually very grateful for that.”

On sharing her journey as a director, Meghna said, “My journey as a director on the sets of this film has been an extremely fulfilling one. It’s been difficult, it has been a difficult film to make both logistically and emotionally, more so for the team and for Deepika, who had to go through a lot of strenuous stuff both emotionally and physically. But at the end of the day when you look at the film that has come together, at least for me and I am sure I can speak on behalf of the team that there is an immense sense of contentment and satisfaction, that this was an important story to tell and we are glad that we got the opportunity to tell it.”

Talking about Deepika, she said, “For me, Deepika was the absolute right fit for this role. First for her physicality – I have said this before there’s an uncanny resemblance between her and Laxmi. More so the Laxmi whose pictures I have seen before she was attacked with acid. And secondly as an actor, the craft that Deepika brings onto a film, was very very critical for me in this film because of the kind of performance that was required. Yes, she was looking for a lighter script and if she hadn’t done it, I don’t think I would have made it because I really – I don’t see who else I could have taken to play this part.”

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