Chhapaak Movie Details:
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Genre | Biographical, Drama Film |
| Release date | 10 January 2020 |
| Running time | 2hr |
| Certificate | U |
| Starring | Deepika Padukone Vikrant Massey |
| Directed by | Meghna Gulzar |
| Written by | Atika Chohan Meghna Gulzar |
| Produced by | Fox Star Studios Deepika Padukone Govind Singh Sandhu Meghna Gulzar |
| Cinematography by | Malay Prakash |
| Edited by | Nitin Baid |
| Music by | Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy |
| Production Company | Fox Star Studios Ka Productions Avernus Productions Mriga Films |
| Distributor | Fox Star Studios |
Chhapaak Movie Cast & Characters:
- Deepika Padukone as Malti Agarwal (based on Laxmi Agarwal)
- Vikrant Massey as Amol Dwivedi
- Madhurjeet Sarghi as Archana Bajaj
- Devas Dixit as Manish
- Anand Tiwari as Mr. Bajaj
- Vaibhavi Upadhyay as Meenakshi
- Payal Nair as Shiraz Jamshedji
- Vishal Dahiya as Basheer “Babbu” Khan, the acid attacker (based on Nadeem Khan)
- Ankit Bisht as Rajesh
- Bhasha Sumbli as Babbu’s sister
- Geeta Agarwal as Madhulika Agrawal, Malti’s mother
- Delzad Hivale as Rohit Agrawal, Malti’s brother
- Varun Ketan as Cameraman with Alka
- Bharti Gola as Tasneem’s Mother
- Anjana Om Kashyap as herself
- Pallavi Batra as Hardeep Kaur
- Sunny Gill as Driver Anoop Singh
- Sanjay Gurbasani as Malti’s Doctor
- Micky Makhija as Solicitor General
- Sakshi Benipuri as Basheer’s wife
- Tahura Mansuri as Archana’s Daughter
Storyline:
Chhapaak is based on the real-life story of acid attack survivor Laxmi Agarwal.
Chhapaak Movie Box Office Collection & Budget:
| Budget | ₹50 crore |
| Worldwide Collection | ₹55 crore |
About Chhapaak Movie:
Chhapaak is based on the real-life story of acid attack survivor Laxmi Agarwal.
The film marked Padukone’s production debut, and acting comeback after two years since Padmaavat (2018).
Shooting took place from March to June 2019 in locations near New Delhi and Mumbai.
The film was released worldwide on 10 January 2020 and allowed by the government to be exhibited without payment of taxes in the states of Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan.
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On 7 January 2020, Padukone joined a protest-gathering at Jawaharlal Nehru University against the 2020 JNU Attack against left wing students and passage of CAA 2019. The visit angered BJP leaders who expressed it in social media. Soon enough, the hashtags BoycottChhapaak and BlockDeepika began trending in Indian Twitter with members of the incumbent Bharatiya Janata Party contributing in its proliferation.
Chhapaak was released worldwide on 10 January 2020 in cinemas, the film was declared tax-free in Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan. Although it wasn’t commercially successful, Padukone was widely praised for her portrayal of an acid attack survivor.
