Meghna Gulzar agrees that Deepika’s visit to JNU influenced their film Chhapaak.bollywood

Bollywood November 27, 2023

Deepika Padukone’s visit to JNU in January 2020 caused a huge controversy. Slogans were raised on the streets and on social media to “boycott” the actor and her then-scheduled film Chhapaak. Now, film director Meghna Gulzar talks about this. (Also read: Twinkle Khanna defends Deepika Padukone after being trolled: She didn’t fall at the feet of her first suitor)

Meghna Gulzar talks about Deepika’s visit to JNU

Deepika Padukone visited JNU during the student protests and showed solidarity with the students.

Meghna said the entire episode derailed the conversation about acid attack survivors, the subject of the film. Speaking at the Indian Express Adda event, she said, “I’m sure the answer is pretty obvious. Yes, of course it hurt the movie, because the conversation started with acid violence, and I The intention was to amplify that in the film.” “It influenced the movie. You can’t deny that.”

What happened at JNU?

In early 2020, JNU was on the boil after a group of masked miscreants entered the campus and assaulted students at Sabarmati Hostel with sticks and metal rods. The controversy took on a bigger shape when JNU students were accused of raising “anti-national slogans” on campus.

Before leaving for JNU, Deepika Padukone spoke about the violence against students on the JNU campus in an interview with NDTV. “I’m proud to see that we’re not afraid to express ourselves…the fact that we think about this country and its future…whatever our point of view is, we look at it “That’s great,” she said.

Chhapaak is based on the story of an acid attack survivor, played by Deepika in the film. It was co-produced by Deepika herself and also starred Vikrant Massey. The film received generally positive reviews, but did not perform well at the box office.

This year, Deepika has appeared in two back-to-back hit films, ‘Pathaan’ and ‘Jawan’.Both earned more than INRIt grossed $1 billion at the worldwide box office and starred Shah Rukh Khan. Her next release is her Fighter with Hrithik Roshan.

Meghna Gulzar’s next film ‘Sam Bahadur’ will be released this Friday, December 1st. Vicky Kaushal will play the role of Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw.