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Directed by Meghna Gulzar; countries India; average Rating 5,2 of 10 stars; Vikrant Massey; 22776 Votes. Don't bring politics into this its a great movie one of the best things happen so far in 2020. Raabta song reaction pleasee. She is beautiful by face too and heart. Chhapaak hindi movie full free download. Chhapaak free full screen. January 10, 2020 6:37PM PT Director Meghna Gulzar and Indian superstar Deepika Padukone are affecting without excess in this fact-based drama about the aftermath of a horrible crime. There’s a scene late in “ Chhapaak, ” writer-director Meghna Gulzar ’s stirringly crafted and intelligently uplifting fact-based drama, where Malti (Deepika Padukone), the survivor of a horrific assault, tentatively expresses her warm feelings to Amol (Vikrant Massey), the crusading activist who has taken up the cause of women who have suffered similar attacks. But, true to form for this fiery idealist, Amol gruffly interrupts her romantic overtures. “This stuff, ” he insists, “belongs in the movies. ” It’s tempting to read the exchange as Gulzar’s meta commentary on her own movie, which scrupulously avoids the emotional and stylistic extremes that, for better or worse, have come to define much of contemporary Indian cinema (and not just for Western audiences). To put it another way: If you walk into “ Chhapaak ” expecting typical Bollywood razzamatazz, you may be disappointed. There are no lavish production numbers, no exhilarating romantic interludes, no slo-mo acrobatics of any sort — and only two songs, neither of which are sung by anyone onscreen. On the other hand, if you’re up for a conventional yet compelling tale of an exceptional young woman who overcomes brutish mistreatment and regains control of her destiny, you won’t miss the usual song-and-dance at all. Working with co-writer Atika Chohan, Gulzar has taken a reasonable amount of dramatic license in telling the real-life story of Laxmi Agarwal, a 15-year-old New Delhi girl who, in 2005, was splashed with acid and hideously disfigured by a thirtysomething man whose stalkerish advances she had rebuffed. In “Chhapaak, ” the victim is slightly older, and known as Malti. Although Gulzar presents the attack early in the film — shockingly, but with sympathetic discretion — she doesn’t explicitly detail motivation for the crime until a third-act flashback. In the meantime, she smartly focuses on Malti’s efforts to will herself out of despair and depression, undergo a series of restorative surgeries, and press a legal case against her attacker. Malti’s chief allies are Archana Bajaj (Madhurjeet Sarghi), a crusading attorney who rails against a national legal system that appears to treat acid assaults on women (a commonplace crime in India) as scarcely worse than misdemeanors, and the aforementioned Amol, the type of single-minded zealot who would serve as buzzkill at a party celebrating a legal victory because, well, he didn’t think the ruling went far enough. (It speaks volumes about Vikrant Massey’s underlying charisma that his character doesn’t come across as a complete pill. ) Occasionally calling to mind socially conscious Warner Bros. melodramas of the 1930s, “Chhapaak” repeatedly emphasizes how ludicrously easy it is (or at least was, until recently) for acid-tossers to procure their assault weapon of choice throughout India. Worse, as attorney Bajaj explains in a key scene that is all the more potent for being so matter-of-factly subdued, the attackers are able to avoid appropriately long prison sentences because, according to the criminal code, throwing acid at someone is no more heinous than dousing them with hot tea. (A nice touch: Bajaj has ample time to do her crusading because her husband, played by Anand Tiwari, assumes without complaint most of the day-to-day parenting responsibilities for their daughter — whose growth, not incidentally, is a primary indication of time passages in the film. ) As Malti, Indian superstar Deepika Padukone relies less on exceptionally convincing makeup than straight-from-the-heart conviction to give her multifaceted performance the solid ring of truth. Neither she nor Gulzar resort to undue yanking of heartstrings while charting the evolution of Malti’s resolve and recognition of her self-worth. At the same time, however, Padukone brings welcome touches of infectious humor and tart sassiness to the character, particularly while dealing with Amol and interacting with real-life acid-maimed women who appear (most notably, and affectingly, during a train trip) in bit parts. Two observations on the film’s structure are in order. First: When the audience finally gets to see the untouched beauty of Malti in the third-act flashback, we’re brutally reminded of the sheer monstrousness of her attacker, just at the perfect time to make the film’s resolution even more satisfying. On the other hand, be forewarned: The epilogue is quite capable of slapping the smile right off your face. Vertical Entertainment has picked up U. S. and U. K. rights to Andrea Dorfman’s comedy “Spinster, ” starring “Brooklyn Nine-Nine’s” Chelsea Peretti. The film makes its U. premiere today in the Cinema 360 section at the Miami Film Festival. 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Chhapaak Theatrical release poster Directed by Meghna Gulzar Produced by Fox Star Studios Deepika Padukone Govind Singh Sandhu Meghna Gulzar Written by Atika Chohan Meghna Gulzar Starring Deepika Padukone Vikrant Massey Music by Songs: Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy Score: Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy Tubby Cinematography Malay Prakash Edited by Nitin Baid Production company Fox Star Studios Ka Productions Mriga Films Distributed by Fox Star Studios Release date 10 January 2020 Running time 120 minutes [1] Country India Language Hindi Budget ₹ 35–40 crore [2] Box office est. ₹ 55. 44 crore [3] Chhapaak ( transl.  Splash) is a 2020 Indian Hindi -language drama film directed by Meghna Gulzar and produced by Deepika Padukone and Meghna Gulzar in collaboration with Fox Star Studios. Based on the life of Laxmi Agarwal, it stars Padukone as an acid attack survivor, alongside Vikrant Massey. [4] The film was announced on 24 December 2018 by Padukone on her Twitter account; it marks her first production venture. Filming took place from March to June 2019 in New Delhi and Mumbai. [5] Days before the film's release, Padukone visited only left-wing students who were attacked during the 2020 JNU Attack, which led to a divided response on Twitter. A few right-wing magazines later wrongly reported that the religion of the acid thrower in the film was changed from a Muslim into a Hindu character. The film was theatrically released in India on 10 January 2020. [6] The film was allowed by the government to be exhibited without payment of taxes in the states of Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan. [7] [8] [9] It received positive reviews from critics. [10] [11] Premise [ edit] The film is based on the real-life story of acid attack survivor Laxmi Agarwal. [12] Cast [ edit] Release [ edit] On 10 December 2019, the official trailer was launched by Fox Star Studios. The film was theatrically released on 10 January 2020 in India. [15] The film was allowed by the government to be exhibited without payment of taxes in the states of Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan. [7] [8] [9] 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. [16] [17] Bharatiya Janata Party ’s student wing, the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad is blamed for the attack. [18] The visit angered BJP leaders who expressed it in social media. [18] Soon enough, the hashtags BoycottChhapaak and BlockDeepika began trending in Indian Twitter with members of the incumbent Bharatiya Janata Party contributing in its proliferation. [16] [19] [20] [21] In response, ISupportDeepika was floated which gained greater traction and by the end of the day, her follower count had increased significantly. [20] [22] Actor Varun Dhawan talked about similar calls for boycott of his film Dilwale, and stated that the boycott may hurt the business, so it is used as a scare tactics meant to prevent people from expressing their opinion in public. He supported Deepika in condemning the attacks stating it is wrong to not do it. [23] On 8 January, social media users criticized the filmmaker Meghna Gulzar alleging that she changed the name and religion of the characters in the film. [24] Several right-wing magazines, Swarajya and Opindia wrongly reported that the name of the attacker who was a Muslim in real life, was changed into a Hindu name "Rajesh", in the film. [18] BJP MP and Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Babul Supriyo called the change deliberate and "absolute hypocrisy". [25] BJP MP from South Delhi, Ramesh Bidhuri made calls to public for a boycott of the movie. [25] BJP MP Subramanian Swamy called it a defamation and informed legal action against the makers for this. [18] Mumbai Mirror reported that in past the filmmakers making films based on real life incidents had the liberty to change the names as well as the storyline in their films. [24] The visit to JNU by Deepika was seen by Mumbai Mirror as the reason for an aggressive stand was taken against the film. [24] These claims were debunked by the co founder of Newslaundry Abhinandan Sekhri, who had watched a special screening of the film Chhapaak in Delhi. He stated that the claims of the attacker belonging to the Hindu religion were false, since the movie showed him as a Muslim. [18] Journalist Radhika Sharma from PTI reported that Rajesh was the name of Malti's boyfriend. The acid attacker was called Bashir Khan urf Babboo in the film. [18] Advocate Aparna Bhat, who represented Agarwal in the case fought at Patiala House Courts, pursued legal action against the makers for not mentioning her in the film, "to protect her identity and preserve her integrity". [26] [27] Reception [ edit] On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a rating of 86% based on 14 reviews. [28] Teo Bugbee of The New York Times reviewed that Chhapaak "succeeds in balancing extremes. It is at once a pleasing and buoyant inspirational story, and a realistic depiction of the brutal aftermath of acid attacks. " [29] Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express credited the film for portraying "drama without dreaded melodrama" and highlighted Padukone's "solid, realised performance" to be its prime asset. [30] Anna tticad of first post in a mixed review wrote"The blend Massey achieves is what Chhapaak needed as a whole. Without that, what we are left with are good intentions, a heart in the right place, a major star taking a huge risk with an unorthodox role and a bunch of pluses that somehow do not come together to deliver an immersive experience. " [31] Writing for The Hindu, Namrata Joshi summarised that "Padukone’s performance and Meghna Gulzar’s direction ensure that Chhapaak is like a splash that leaves you misty with emotions, if not entirely drenched". [32] Ankur Pathak of HuffPost labelled it "a quietly powerful social commentary, a film that never allows you to be comfortable" and considered Padukone's performance to be a career best. [33] Uday Bhatia of Mint wrote that it "earnestly highlights a depressingly common horror", adding that it "deals squarely with its subject without quite transcending it". [34] In a mixed review, Anupama Chopra praised Padukone's performance but added that the film "hovers dangerously close to becoming a public service announcement. The messaging becomes bigger than the movie, which reduces the impact". [35] Conversely, Sukanya Verma of commended Gulzar for documenting " Chhapaak ' s grim reality barefacedly without losing sight of its character's quiet determination to fight the reasons that make such heinous crimes possible in the first place". [36] Box office [ edit] Chhapaak earned ₹ 4. 77 crore at the domestic box office on its opening day. On the second day, the film collected ₹6. 90 crore. On the third day, the film collected ₹7. 35 crore, taking total opening weekend collection to ₹19. 02 crore. [3] As of 7 February 2020, with a net of ₹ 40. 57 crore in India and ₹ 14. 87 crore overseas, the film has a worldwide collection of ₹ 55. 44 crore. [3] Soundtrack [ edit] Chhapaak Soundtrack album by Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy Released 14 January 2020 [37] Recorded 2018–2019 Genre Feature film soundtrack Length 12: 41 Language Hindi Label Zee Music Company Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy chronology The Zoya Factor (2019) Chhapaak (2020) Panga (2020) External audio Official Audio Jukebox on YouTube The film's music is composed by Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy while lyrics are written by Gulzar. Track listing No. Title Singer(s) Length 1. "Nok Jhok" Siddharth Mahadevan 3:58 2. "Chhapaak - Title Track" Arijit Singh 4:39 3. "Khulne Do" Arijit Singh 2:40 4. "Sab Jhulas Gaya" Arijit Singh 1:24 Total length: 12:41 Impact [ edit] Followіng the fіlm's release, the state of Uttarakhand announced a new pensіon scheme for acіd attack survіvors. [38] [39] [40] References [ edit] ^ "Chhapaak (2020)". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved 4 January 2020. ^ Pal, Deepanjana (11 January 2020). "Chhapaak and Tanhaji: It's not a contest". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 12 January 2020. ^ a b c "Chhapaak Box Office". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 8 February 2020. ^ "Vikrant Massey to star opposite Deepika Padukone in film based on Laxmi Agarwal, it's called Chhapaak". Times Now. 19 December 2018. Retrieved 6 March 2019. ^ "Prep for Deepika Padukone's Chhapaak begins, Meghna Gulzar shares first photo, check pic". Daily News and Analysis. 13 February 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2019. ^ "Deepika Padukone's Chhapaak begins, director Meghna Gulzar shares first pic". 14 February 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2019. ^ a b "विरोध के बीच Film 'Chapaak' Madhya Pradesh और Chhattisgarh में हुई Tax Free | Apna MP". News 18. Retrieved 20 January 2020. ^ a b Pandey, Sumit (9 January 2020). "एमपी-छत्तीसगढ़ में 'छपाक' टैक्स फ्री, भाजपा नेता ने कहा- दीपिका का काम नाचने का है, वे वही करें". Dainik Bhaskar (in Hindi). Retrieved 20 January 2020. ^ a b " ' Chhapaak' declared tax-free in Rajasthan". The Week. Retrieved 20 January 2020. ^ Dore, Shalini (9 January 2020). "Bollywood Film 'Chhapaak' Makes Serious Splash". Variety. Retrieved 10 January 2020. ^ Jha, Subhash K. (18 January 2020). "The much lauded Deepika Padukone starrer Chhapaak crashes at the box office, trade experts analyse". Retrieved 18 January 2020. ^ "Deepika Padukone tears up at 'Chhapaak' trailer launch, calls it career's most special film".. Retrieved 20 December 2019. ^ "Deepika's next 'Chhapaak' is a story of undying human spirit". Times Of India. 25 March 2019. Retrieved 25 March 2019. ^ a b Hungama, Bollywood (8 January 2020). "REVEALED: Meet the actor who plays Basheer Shaikh, the acid attacker in Chhapaak: Bollywood News - Bollywood Hungama". Retrieved 9 January 2020. ^ Fox Star Studios (10 December 2019). "Chhapaak - Official Trailer - Deepika Padukone - Vikrant Massey - Meghna Gulzar - 10 January 2020". Retrieved 10 December 2019 – via YouTube. ^ a b "Deepika Padukone shows up at JNU protest, sparks Twitter calls for boycott of 'Chhapaak ' ". The Print. 8 January 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2020. ^ "Bollywood A-lister backs protesting students, faces boycott calls". Reuters. Retrieved 8 January 2020. ^ a b c d e f Pooja Chaudhuri, AltNews in (9 January 2020). "No, Deepika Padukone's 'Chhapaak' does not portray Muslim acid attack convict as Hindu named Rajesh".. Retrieved 9 January 2020. ^ "After #BoycottChhapaak, Offers To Sponsor Movie Tickets Flood Twitter".. Retrieved 8 January 2020. ^ a b "Curious Case of Deepika Padukone Gaining Twitter Followers After #BoycottChhapaak Trends". News18. Retrieved 8 January 2020. ^ Staff, Scroll. "In a bid to #BoycottChhapaak, many trolls tweet cancelled movie tickets – for exactly the same seats".. Retrieved 8 January 2020. ^ Team Koimoi (8 January 2020). "#ISupportDeepika Dominates #BoycottChhapaak As Twitterati Hail Deepika Padukone's Big Step". Koimoi. Retrieved 8 January 2020. ^ " " Tactics To Scare": Varun Dhawan On 'Boycott Chhapaak', Deepika Padukone".. 10 January 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2020. ^ a b c "Chhapaak finds itself in a new controversy, director Meghna Gulzar trolled over changing acid attacker's religion". Mumbai Mirror. 9 January 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2020. ^ a b "Fact check: Did Chhapaak change attacker's religion, name him Rajesh? ". Retrieved 9 January 2020. ^ " ' Chhapaak': Laxmi Agarwal's lawyer to take legal action against the makers of the Deepika Padukone starrer". Retrieved 9 January 2020 – via TIMES OF INDIA. ^ "Lawyer Who Represented Acid Attack Survivor Laxmi Agarwal May Sue Chhapaak Makers". Retrieved 9 January 2020 – via NDTV. ^ "Chhapaak (2020)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 21 January 2020. ^ Bugbee, Teo (10 January 2020). "Chhapaak Review: Life and Activism After an Acid Attack". The New York Times. Retrieved 10 January 2020. ^ Gupta, Shubhra (9 January 2020). "Chhapaak movie review: Deepika Padukone delivers a solid, realised performance". The Indian Express. Retrieved 9 January 2020. ^ ^ Joshi, Namrata (10 January 2020). " ' Chhapaak' movie review: An emotional force". The Hindu. Retrieved 10 January 2020. ^ Pathak, Ankur (9 January 2020). " ' Chhapaak' Movie Review: Deepika Padukone Delivers Her Career Best In This Quietly Powerful Drama". HuffPost. Retrieved 10 January 2020. ^ Bhatia, Uday (10 January 2020). "Film review: 'Chhapaak' earnestly highlights a depressingly common horror". Mint. Retrieved 10 January 2020. ^ Chopra, Anupama (10 January 2020). "Chhapaak Movie Review: Despite Deepika Padukone's Strong Performance, The Film Doesn't Feel Urgent Enough". Film Companion. Retrieved 10 January 2020. ^ Verma, Sukanya (10 January 2020). "Chhapaak review".. Retrieved 10 January 2020. ^ "Chhapaak - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack". Jio Saavn. ^ "Chhapaak impact: Uttarakhand to start a pension scheme for acid attack survivors". India Today. 12 January 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2020. ^ "Deepika Padukone's 'Chhapaak' inspires Uttarakhand to start a pension scheme for acid attack survivors". The Times of India. Retrieved 12 January 2020. ^ "Uttarakhand announces pension for acid attack survivors in state after release of 'Chhapaak ' ". New Indian Express. Retrieved 12 January 2020. External links [ edit] Chhapaak on IMDb Chhapaak at Bollywood Hungama Chhapaak at Rotten Tomatoes.

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Salute to this girl🙇‍♂. This song is very very nice 👌👌👌. Most of indian Muslims are Hindu bansaj. Very few are Mughal bansaj. Ab danga nahi hoga. Cast: Deepika Padukone, Vikrant Massey, Madhurjeet Sarghi, Payal Nair, Chitranjan Tripathy, Geeta Agarwal, Manohar Teli, Vishal Dahiya, Ankit Bisht, Vaibhav Upadhyay, Delzad Hivale, Sharvari Deshpande, Ipshita Chakraborty Director: Meghna Gulzar Despite the standard disclaimer that appears at the start of pretty much every film these days (“any resemblance to persons living or dead is entirely coincidental” etc), Chhapaak – as is evident from its promotions – is based on the true story of acid-attack survivor and activist Laxmi Agarwal. In the film she becomes Malti (played by Deepika Padukone) whose life changes forever one day when acid is thrown on her face. Malti is 19 at the time and Basheer Khan a. k. a. Babbu, a family friend, is 30. His motive: she had ignored his romantic overtures and was clearly involved with a boy in a neighbouring school. Director Meghna Gulzar’s film, which she has co-written with Atika Chohan, is far from being a conventional high-pitched melodrama. Chhapaak ’s narrative style is largely documentary-like, leaving the horror of Malti’s reality to do its work on viewer emotions. Besides, when we are first introduced to the protagonist, it is with her damaged face, and only in the climactic moments of the film do we get to see her for what she once was. Through most of the running time then, it is impossible not to compare the corroded skin on screen with the beauty we know Padukone to be. The mere thought that one human being could do this to another, that scores of men continue to do this to women in India, is obviously shocking (and yes, dear offended MRAs, stats do show that the perpetrators are mostly men). Unfortunately, the film’s bid to be understated is stretched too far. Deepika Padukone in a still from Chhappak. YouTube Chhapaak means well, no doubt, but the screenplay is surprisingly thin – surprising because of Meghna’s brilliance with Raazi and Talvar. Combine that with plotline weaknesses, an excessive effort to stay low key and the unexpected shot at being a conformist fairytale in the end, and the result is a film that seems curiously detached from its heroine, despite the devastating true story that inspired it. When Chhapaak (meaning: Splash) opens, we are in 2012 and Delhi is out on the streets protesting against a brutal gangrape on a bus. At this point, Malti has chosen to disappear from the public eye despite having earlier filed a high-profile PIL demanding a ban on the sale of acid in India. She soon starts working with an NGO for acid-attack survivors run by journalist-turned-activist Amol (Vikrant Massey). Thus begins her journey as the most visible face of this horrific crime in the country. Chhapaak ’s narrative structure, which involves some back and forth in time, is slightly confusing. When did Malti stop being desperate for a job? When did rights-consciousness overcome her despair? What might have been a natural progression in a linear storyline comes across as swings in the state of mind of both the central figure and a couple of those around her because of the jagged timeline of events. This though is not the primary issue with Chhapaak. The primary issue is that while trying to avoid being high-decibel masala, it ends up seeming oddly uninvolved. Perhaps I have been spoilt for Chhapaak because just last year I watched – and loved and rewatched – the Mollywood film Uyare starring the wonderful Parvathy Thiruvothu as a woman whose controlling boyfriend throws acid on her face. That Malayalam film directed by Manu Ashokan managed to be subtle yet emotionally stirring, optimistic yet heart-rending. Chhapaak tries but fails to attain that fine balance. The film does have its positives. Such as its unobtrusive background score by Shankar Ehsaan Loy and Tubby, and a gentle title track by SEL. Or that amusing, heart-warming conversation between two survivors about the kind of face that they want post-surgery. Or the solid courtroom arguments between two lawyers who are neither wolf-whistle-worthy in the Sunny “ dhai kilo ka haath ” Deol league nor the twerps we usually see in commercial Bollywood. Their intelligent exchanges are real, low-volume yet gripping. The winner among all the episodes in Chhapaak is the one where Malti in a celebratory mood has a face-off with Amol. The writing and acting in this scene are flawless. The treatment of the villains’ Muslim identity too is interesting. The man behind the attack on the real-life Laxmi was Muslim, so too are the antagonist in Chhapaak and his accomplice, but they are portrayed factually in the film, not as ugly Muslim stereotypes of the sort that have pervaded Hindi cinema in the past couple of years. In the current political atmosphere in India, this was perhaps the trickiest part of the story and Meghna acquits herself well here. Not so smoothly done is a fleeting scene involving Malti’s brother and a member of Basheer Khan’s family. (Alert: minor spoilers in the next four paragraphs) Considering that Meghna’s handling of gender is usually faultless, it is surprising to see her go down a conventional path in Chhapaak ’s finale. The last we see of Malti in her present-day avatar is of a man she loves acknowledging his own feelings for her. Read: the standard happily-ever-after of formulaic fairytales. A woman getting a man is the socially accepted definition of a happy ending because getting a man was and still is widely assumed to be every woman’s primary goal and ultimate achievement. In a changing world, where Hollywood has tossed convention out of the window in films like Frozen and Maleficent, and our very own Uyare refused to go down that well-worn road, it needs to be asked why Chhapaak alters Laxmi’s truth to fit this old straitjacket. For a film that aims at realism, this and one other element are particularly jarring. You see, the real Laxmi did indeed fall in love with the founder of the NGO she worked with, they did enter into a relationship and even have a child together. The inconvenient ‘after’ to this ‘happily-ever-after’ that the film avoids though is that they soon broke up, and according to media reports, as of now she is a financially struggling single mother. Everything else in Chhapaak is perhaps debatable, what is not is its portrayal of Malti being recruited as an anchor by Aaj Tak. Considering this media group’s reputation for wanting its female anchors to look like Fox-News-style models, this part of Chhapaak is almost laughable. It is unclear why the writers could not have thought up a fictional TV channel or, better still, come up with a more believable profession for Malti. This passage in Chhapaak defies believability in another way. While Malti is giving an interview in Aaj Tak ’s studio, a producer watching from the control room says “she is good”, and seconds later she has a job offer. Actually, Malti is particularly ineffective while answering questions in that scene. The writing and acting here are at their feeblest. (Spoiler alert ends) The fulcrum of Chhapaak is Padukone. The superstar, who also debuts as a producer with this film, has the benefit here of sensitive camerawork by Malay Prakash and prosthetic makeup that somewhat mirrors the real-life Laxmi’s appearance. This is a talented actor who managed to make a mark even in the horribly Islamophobic, misogynistic and clichéd Padmaavat in 2018. In Chhapaak, however, she is inconsistent. She does a good job of her present-day scenes, especially her hesitant flirtation with Amol. In the passage where she is shown as a teenaged school-goer though, she is decidedly awkward. The supporting cast is fair enough. The one actor who truly stands out in Chhapaak is Massey playing Amol. Hindi TV’s Darling Young Man, the sturdy Dev from Lootera (2013) and the loveable, troubled Shutu from A Death In The Gunj (2017) is all grown up and a really sexy man in Chhapaak. He is so hot, and his performance so nuanced, that it becomes easy to see why Malti would fall in love with the irritable Amol. The blend Massey achieves is what Chhapaak needed as a whole. Without that, what we are left with are good intentions, a heart in the right place, a major star taking a huge risk with an unorthodox role and a bunch of pluses that somehow do not come together to deliver an immersive experience. Find latest and upcoming tech gadgets online on Tech2 Gadgets. Get technology news, gadgets reviews & ratings. Popular gadgets including laptop, tablet and mobile specifications, features, prices, comparison. Updated Date: Jan 12, 2020 13:11:55 IST.

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