'Took My Breath Away': English Activist Katie Piper All Praises For Deepika Padukone's Chhapaak

An acid attack is one of the most brutal things that can happen to anyone because the intent here is not to kill a person but to make him/her suffer for a lifetime.

Try as we might, we can't even imagine the pain and suffering victims and their families go through. The only solace is in seeing them fight back and get on their feet again.

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To showcase the life and struggles of acid attack survivors, Meghna Gulzar has made a movie inspired by the life of real-life acid attack survivor Laxmi Agarwal. In the movie, Deepika Padukone is playing the lead role.

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The trailer of the film titled Chhapaak was released a couple of days ago, and since then it has been making noise on social media. People have already declared the movie a hit, and they say it is worthy of winning a National Award too.

Kangana Ranaut's sister Rangoli Chandel who has also survived an acid attack in the past took to Twitter to praise the movie. "Meghna and Deepika will earn a lot of tears from this film, what my family and I went through along with the prejudice we faced was worse than death... story of an acid attack survivor need to reach this nation, praying that it works," she wrote.

Meghna and Deepika will earn a lot of tears from this film, what my family and I went through along with the prejudice we faced was worse than death... story of an acid attack survivor need to reach this nation, praying that it works?

¡ª Rangoli Chandel (@Rangoli_A) December 10, 2019

Now the movie has won applause from English activist and acid attack survivor Katie Piper.

Taking to Twitter, Katie Piper praised the trailer, writing, "watching the trailer took my breath away. I had to watch 3-4 times for it all to sink in. The film explores what it really means to survive an acid attack in India."

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"Based on true events, the film follows Malti's traumatic medical journey and her fight for justice in a legal battle against her attacker - a man who couldn't cope with her rejecting his advances. Malti's face is permanently scarred but not her spirit, that is unbreakable. An untold story of trauma and triumph," she added.

Thank You so much for your shout out Katie and I look forward to meeting you sometime soon...!?? @KatiePiper_ https://t.co/qh5cGiYTj5

¡ª Deepika Padukone (@deepikapadukone) December 12, 2019

According to reports, Katie had acid thrown on her by her ex-boyfriend and an accomplice, causing major damage to her face and blindness in one eye in 2008.

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At the trailer launch, Deepika Padukone got emotional and broke down. She said that she was at loss for words about the movie in which she is playing an acid attack survivor. With that, she also said that the movie is the "most special film" of her career so far.

Chhapaak, which also stars Vikrant Massey in a pivotal role, is scheduled to be released in Jan 2020.