Chhapaak Movie | Trailer | Story | Cast & Crew | Release date | Review | Box office collection

Chhapaak Movie | Trailer | Story | Cast & Crew | Release date | Review | Box office collection

Chhapaak Movie Trailer

Chhapaak Movie Story

Looking at acid violence through the lens of survivor Laxmi Agarwal, Chhapaak tells the story of a girl (Malti) coming from an unprivileged but humble background. When Malti refuses the advances made by a man twice her age, she is attacked with acid on a street in New Delhi. With her face irreparably burnt, Malti undergoes medico-social rehabilitation, a prolonged string of facial surgeries, a legal battle against her attacker and a constant struggle to become economically independent.

During this time, Malti also joins a campaign against Acid violence and comes across other victims. She forms an inexplicable bond with Amol, the founder of the campaign but it is Malti`s game-changing PIL in the Supreme Court of India, with her lawyer Archana Bajaj, that inspires the Judiciary to amend the laws on acid violence. A story of the triumph of the unquashable human spirit.

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Chhapaak Movie Cast & Crew

Cast

Deepika Padukone (Malti)

Vikrant Massey

Crew

Meghna Gulzar (Director,Screenplay)

Fox star Studios ( Producer)

Chhapaak Movie release date

10th January 2020

Chhapaak Movie Review

Chhapaak film based on a real life incident of acid attack violence and a survivor’s (Laxmi Aggarwal) story, the film starring Deepika Padukone as Malti.

Chhapaak describes the story of 19-year-old Malti (Padukone) who, as a happy teenager, aspired to be a singer, but ‘chhapaak’ of acid changes the her life. Her life, now, revolves around working for an NGO for acid attack victims, battling her court case and getting corrective surgeries at the hospital. For those creating a ruckus over how the makers have changed the religion of the attacker in the film, that’s not true. The man is named Bashir Khan aka Babbu and Rajesh turns out to be Malti’s boyfriend.

The film starts from Malti’s present day when she is hunting for a job, having mustered the courage to come out of the emotional trauma the acid attack wreaked on her. 

 For instance, Deepika’s alcoholic father is there in a couple of heartwarming scenes but suddenly he’s nowhere to be seen, leaving you to assume he has died. Same goes for her brother who is shown to have an acrimonious relationship with his sister, but that’s all we know about their equation.

While you stay invested in Chhapaak despite a second half that drags in part, you hope to see more of Malti’s struggle on the personal front, like how did this horrific incident affect her relationship with her parents, friends or even that boyfriend who played a crucial role in her life. But Chhapaak, at many places, is reduced to a courtroom drama. Not denying that those were powerful sequences but watching the known can only be interesting to a limit.

Chhapaak has several moments where you feel the pain of an acid attack survivor -- the scene where Deepika screams looking at her face in the mirror for the first time after the attack, or when she is trying to put an earring but can’t are heart-wrenching. 

However, Deepika and Vikrant chemistry doesn’t really stand out. It would really not have made any difference to the story if there was no love angle at all between the two.

Chhapaak Movie box office collection

₹53.54 crore

By Suva Movies