Chhapaak
U/A: Drama
Director: Meghna Gulzar
Cast: Deepika Padukone, Vikrant Massey, Madhurjeet Sarghi
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Any other filmmaker who would have made a film on the acid-attack survivor Laxmi Agarwal would have titled his/her film on her moniker, or would have called it Malti, the name of the protagonist in the film. But Meghna Gulzar and her father, Gulzar, the legend he is, title the film Chhapaak, which signifies the sound of splash.

Ever since the movie has been announced, the number of people who know about the horrific and heinous attack Agarwal went through has increased, but not many understood the significance of the name, including me. A lot of us were like, “Hey, we know what Chhapaak is about, but what does the title mean?” Is there anyone who can come up with such a poetic name? And how dare anyone think Gulzar would settle for something too obvious or mundane?