Chhapaak (transl. Splash) is a 2020 Indian Hindi-language drama film based on the life of acid attack survivor Laxmi Agarwal. Directed by Meghna Gulzar, the film stars Deepika Padukone in leading role of a character inspired by Agarwal alongside Vikrant Massey and Madhurjeet Sarghi. It marked Padukone's production debut, and acting comeback after 2 years since Padmaavat (2018). The film was jointly backed by Fox Star Studios, Ka Productions, Avernus Productions and Mriga Films.
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
- Madhurjeet Sarghi
Music by
Score:
Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy
Tubby
Songs:
- Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy
- Cinematography
- Malay Prakash
Edited by
Nitin Baid
Production
companies
- Fox Star Studios
- Ka Productions
- Avernus Productions
- Mriga Films
Distributed by
Fox Star Studios
Release date
10 January 2020
Running time
120 minutes
Country
India
Language
Hindi
Budget
₹50 crore
Box office
est. ₹55.44 crore
Cast
- Deepika Padukone as Malti
- Vikrant Massey as Amol
- Madhurjeet Sarghi as Archana Bajaj
- Anand Tiwari as Mr. Bajaj
- Vaibhavi Upadhyaya as Minakshi
- Payal Nair as Shiraz Jamshed
- Vishal Dahiya as Bashir "Babbu" Sheikh, the acid attacker.
- Ankit Bisht as Rajesh
- Geeta Agarwal as Malti's Mother
- Delzad Hivale as Rohit, Malti’s brother
- Bharti Gola as Tasneem's Mother
- Anjana Om Kashyap (herself)
- Pallavi Batra as Hardeep Kaur
- Sunny Gill as Driver Anoop Singh
- Devas Dixit as Manish
- Sanjay Gurbasani as Malti's Doctor
- Anjana Om Kashyap as Aaj Tak TV News Anchor
- Payal Nair as Shiraz Jamshedji
- Micky Makhija as Solicitor General
- Sakshi Benipuri as Basheer's wife
