Meghna Gulzar Agrees Deepika Padukone's Controversial Visit To JNU Left A Dent On Chhapaak

When a celebrity grows to success, the audience not only adores them but also starts to judge them for each of their actions. And if that doesn’t align with their ideology of practices, they run a troll campaign against that celebrity. Actress Deepika Padukone was one of them when she extended her support to JNU students back in 2020.

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What was Deepika Padukone’s JNU controversy?

In early 2020, JNU came into massive light after some unidentified miscreants entered the college campus and miserably attacked many students with sticks and metal rods in the Sabarmati hostel. Later, in return, JNU students themselves were accused of raising ‘anti-national slogans’ on campus inviting attacks on them.

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What did Deepika Padukone say about her visit to JNU?

Ahead of her visit to JNU, Deepika addressed the violence against students and told NDTV, “I feel proud to see that we aren't scared to express ourselves... I think the fact that we are thinking about the country and its future.... Whatever may be our point of view, it's nice to see.”

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She added, “I feel proud about it that people are coming out - be it on the streets or wherever they are - they are raising their voice and expressing themselves as it is important. If we want to see change in life and society, it is important that a point of view be put forward.”

However, this didn’t go down well with audiences and Deepika was accused of supporting and promoting an infamous political agenda. This massively impacted the success of her then-about-to-release movie Chhapaak.

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Chhapaak director Meghna Gulzar has finally opened up about the same and admitted that the controversy impacted the movie.

Meghna told Indian Express, "I am sure that the answer is pretty obvious. Yes, of course, it made a dent on the film. Because the conversation went from acid violence, which I intended the film to amplify, to somewhere else. So, of course, it impacted the film. There is no denying that.”

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Led by Deepika, Chhapaak was a story of an acid attack survivor and was co-produced by the actress herself. Despite opening to positive reviews, the movie tanked at the box office just because of Deepika’s JNU visit. On the work front currently, Deepika had two massive blockbusters this year - Pathaan and Jawan.

She is now getting ready for the release of Fighter alongside Hrithik Roshan.

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