Arindam Mondal

Chhapaak is a story of a nineteen year old girl who is a survivor of terrific acid attack and how she takes stand against it. Meghna Gulzer’s Chhapaak is definitely a sensitive story of a woman, Laxmi Agarwal. Deepika Padukone’s acting in the role of Laxmi alias Malti is absolutely amazing. But the way Meghna Gulzer executed the character of Malti was looking very dozy, as Deepika Padukone was the soul of the entire concept. Moreover Malti who was a simple school going girl of a small city and how her life has changed after the accident is the ultimate benchmark of the movie. Being an acid survivor people generally gets depressed but in case of Malti she fought against the crime and also took the responsibility of her family after her father’s death. She joins a NGO and starts working over there. Her main support was Amol with whom she was working in the NGO. But in the movie we have seen the fighting spirit of a acid survivor but it was absolutely blank that how an acid survivor feels when she faces the reality. However the edit seems very shaky in certain position. Chhapaak is not only a movie it is a strong social message to the society as well.