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The trailer of Deepika Padukone’s upcoming film Chhapaak is recently out.
Chhapaak trailer out Deepika Padukone turns acid survivor Malti to leave us speechless
The trailer of Deepika Padukone upcoming film Chhapaak is recently out. She is playing the role of acid attack survivor Laxmi Agarwal in the film which is directed by Meghna Gulzar.
The wait is finally over. After almost a two-year break since Padmaavat in 2018, Deepika Padukone is all set to return to the big screen with Chhapaak. The trailer of the film has just been out.
Deepika is playing the phenomenal role of acid attack survivor Laxmi Agarwal in Chhapaak. This trailer shows the difficult journey of Malti (Deepika’s character in the film). How she used to hate her face after the attack and learns to love it. The trailer also shows how Malti leads a campaign to prevent all the acid attacks in the country by regulating the sale of acid.
The trailer of Chhapaak also shows how Amol (Vikrant Massey) helps her in all this struggle to get the sale of acid banned. Glimpses of Amol and Malti’s brewing love can also be seen clearly in the trailer.
Deepika shared her trailer by saying that , “Rarely do you come across a special story where you do not need an entire narration to decide if you want to be a part of that film or not. What is even more rare is to not being able to articulate and put it into words what you feel for the film and it’s journey… Chhapaak is all of that and in fact more for me… Presenting the trailer of #Chhapaak.”
In the trailer, Deepika’s character Malti exhorts the people to fight against the sale of acid. ‘#AbLadnaHai’ is the special hashtag that we see as the trailer ends.
Laxmi Agarwal who was attacked in 2005, when she was just 15 years old. The attacker was a 32-year-old man who was just trying to make advances towards her. Laxmi battled for life after the attack too. After surviving this particular attack, she also started a campaign called Stop Sale Acid to regulate the sale of acid in the country. Deepika, who also turned producer with Chhapaak, earlier took to Instagram and shared her first look in the film.
Chhapaak is directed by Meghna Gulzar. Deepika also had to wear the prosthetics to play Laxmi’s role. Wearing prosthetics took a heavy toll on her and she talked about the same in an interview with Harper’s Bazaar India. Deepika said, “I’d say that it’s the toughest movie that I have ever done. Not just because of the role, but also because of the prosthetics. I am an extremely patient person, but I had to dig deep to go through that every single day for 42 days.”
Deepika also revealed her exact intention behind turning into a producer for Chhapaak. She said,that “I became a producer because I wanted to reach more people and create a powerful impact through my films. Cinema is such a powerful tool and has vast audience. You should use that sensibly. You want to use that wisely. I may not be able to do that for every single time, but at least that is the intention.”
At the trailer launch of Chhapaak today, Deepika just broke down on stage when asked to speak about the film.
Chhapaak will hit the theatres on the January 10,2020. The film will clash with Ajay Devgn’s Tanhaji The Unsung Warrior at the box office.
MUMBAI: Actor Deepika Padukone broke down at the trailer launch of her upcoming film ‘Chhapaak’ on Tuesday, saying she was at a loss for words about the movie where she plays an acid attack survivor.
The actor called the film, which is directed by Meghna Gulzar, her career’s most special project. It is based on the real-life story of acid attack survivor Laxmi Agarwal.
After the trailer launch, Deepika was also called on stage but could not hold back her tears.
Chhapaak is all of that and much more for me… Presenting the trailer of #Chhapaak “I had only thought that this trailer would be shown and we will come on the stage but I didn’t think I would have to speak about it too once on the stage. Whenever I watch the trailer, I… Can we talk about this later? I am really sorry,” Deepika said.
Meghna, who was standing next to Deepika, said the actor had not seen the complete trailer earlier, which is why she felt overwhelmed. The director also requested the photographers to not click Deepika’s pictures as she tried to compose herself.
The 33-year-old actor later said she instantly had an emotional connection with the story, which is so rare to come across in an artist’s career.
She thanked Meghna for trusting her with this role and hoped the film will have an impact on the audience.
“It’s been an absolutely incredible journey, emotionally, putting it together and I feel like, irrespective of how it’s received and how it does, it will be the most special film of my career and I truly hope all of you see.
“The impact that the film is supposed to have on all of us and the reason why I have made this movie, I hope you see in it what we saw. We have made it with.
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What started as a murder mystery related to the death of the late actor Sushant Singh Rajput, has now turned into a hunt for Bollywood Drug Nexus. During the interrogation of Rhea Chakraborty, few of WhatsApp chat messages were retrieved which game indication to drug consumptions by the Late Actor as well as people linked to him. Many of A-list Bollywood actors and managers were summoned by Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) for questioning.
Some of the actors who were Shraddha Kapoor, Deepika Padukone, Sara Ali Khan, manager Krishnma Prakash and Kshitij Prasad. One round of questioning is already done by the NCB but it said that the actors may have to be questioned again. Many people took to social media to extend support towards the actors. Karan Johar, who is the owner of Dharma Productions after the arrest of Kshitij Prasad broke his silence about the drug case.
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- Shraddha Kapoor who shared the big screen with Sushant Singh Rajput in Chhichhore confessed that Sushant Singh Rajput used to consume drugs in his vanity van during the process of filming but she vehemently denies consuming anything of that sort. When the NCB questioned her about the party that SSR threw in his Pawana guesthouse, she stated that the party had just weed and alcohol; no drugs were present in the scene.
- Deepika Padukone was questioned by NCB for 5 long hours where she accepted that the part related to WhatsApp group but denied drug consumption. NCB did not give the nuances of the interrogation.
- Krishnma Prakash is the former manager of Deepika Padukone who was part of the WhatsApp group where procuring hash was discussed.
- Sara Ali Khan’s name got involved with this drug case when Rhea Chakroborty claimed that Sara Ali Khan used to consume drugs along with her and SSR. When interrogated Sara Ali Khan denied consuming drugs but revealed that she dated the late actor briefly during their “Kedarnath” Shoot.
- Kshitij Prasad is a former producer of Dharmatic Entertainment – a sister concern of Dharma Productions was arrested in FIR 16/2020 of NCB Mumbai zonal unit. He was supposedly involved with the major drug peddlers of Mumbai region. When interrogated by NCB, Prasad stated that he only used to procure drugs for his own consumption.
Final Words
The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) released a statement saying that the interrogation and the answers of the actors cannot be revealed, it will be directly submitted in the court. “The actresses have denied taking drugs. We may serve them a summons for further questioning if we find new evidence. Their questioning is over for now,” and that they think there might be a link between Shraddha Kapoor’s and Sara Ali Khan’s case. All the actors have denied using any form of drugs, they even went ahead to claim that they do not even indulge in the activity of smoking. The main aim of NCB is to bring down the “drug Nexus” that is functional in Bollywood.
On Wednesday, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC demolishes Kangana’s office. The demolition took place on the same day when the actress was returning Mumbai from Chandigarh. It was undertaken a few hours before her arrival in Mumbai. Mumbai police stopped the demolition and meanwhile, the actress approached the Mumbai high court. Many believe that the demolition is undertaken by shiv sena in response to the statement made by Kangana. In her statement, the actress said that she feel unsafe while returning to Mumbai to which few members of the shiv sena gave some heated statements.
Mumbai High court’s stay on demolition
Mumbai high court’s decision came as a relief for the actress. The high court ordered a stay on the demolition of building. kangana’s lawyer Rizwan Siddiqui said that everything BMC did was illegal along with entering the building. In its decision, the court said that declaring a property standing for so long illegal overnight is not right. The court slammed BMC saying that “it is clear that buildings that are unauthorized don’t come to notice overnight and it seems like BMC has suddenly woken up from the slumber “. The court also said that demolishing a building after issuing a 24-hr notice, that too when he actress is out of state and not giving her extra time, even after receiving written request is not justified”.
Kangana slammed Maha CM
In response to this, the 33-year old actress took it to the twitter saying,” My office was suddenly declared illegal in last 24 hours, they have destroyed everything inside and now I am getting threats that they will come to my house and break it as well, I am glad my judgment of movie mafia’s favorite world’s best CM was right”.
The actress also posted a video online slamming Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackrey and the movie mafia saying “Uddhav Thackeray, what do you think, that you have taken revenge by demolishing my building along with your movie mafia. Today, you have broken my house but your ego will be destroyed. It is a wheel of time, it will not be the same always. She said that she will awake the nation and will tell them about his wrongdoings.
Not only the demolition but before were the arrival of Kangana Ranaut at the Mumbai airport supporters of Shiv Sena and Karni sena also there. Where shiv Sena came to show their aggression for Kangana and threatening her not to come to Mumbai. Meanwhile, Karni sena came out in the support of the actress saying that they will protect her and will support her relentlessly.
Devendra Fadnavis of the opposition tweeted a video saying that nothing like this had ever happened in Maharashtra when people against the Government are attacked. It is important to know what is wrong and proper inquiry should be done if the building is actually illegal but should be done lawfully”.many Bollywood celebrities also came to the actor’s rescue saying that BMC’S action was unjust and an attack on her right to speak her mind with #deathofdemocracy trending on the internet.
Final words
The demolition undertaken by BMC has been stayed by the court. But a lot of political debate has started and the silencing people against government. Whether the action of BMC is justified and dragging politics in every issue is a good decision or just a threat of democracy.
Looks like several dislikes on the youtube video is the new generation’s way of protest. Recently, Sadak 2 hit the milestone of being the most disliked videos. The newly released song “ Beyonce Sharma Jayegi “ from the Bollywood movie Khaali peeli could be the next winner. Filmmaker of the movies recently launched the song starring Ananya Pandey and Ishaan Khattar. The song is getting special attention specifically one of the lyrics, “Tujhe dekh ke goriya, Beyonce bhi Sharma jayegi”, which translates to “with one look at you, oh fair lady. Even Beyonce will be embarrassed”.
Indians apologized to Beyoncé
This song has taken a Strom over internet by netizens giving all sorts of disagreements for the song. Trending on the internet is “we are sorry Beyonce”, people have said that what kind of embarrassment this song talks about? The second-hand embarrassment of Beyonce or the embarrassment of Indians that lead them to apologize to Beyonce.
Keeping aside the humour, the song has also raised questions over the racism in Bollywood which is clearly reflected in Bollywood movies and songs which was forever prevalent and continues to date. The idea of Bollywood selling the word”gori or goriya” is the clear remark of widespread racism and portrayal of fair as beautiful and being dark as “ugly” has long continued in Bollywood.The famous song from old times “hum kale hain to kya Hua, Dil wale hain” meaning, “it doesn’t matter if I am black, since I have a big heart” shows the prevalence of racism rooted way back and looks like the trend away from being over.
Netizens slammed Bollywood over racism
Netizens have described the song as extremely regressive and racist as it uses the colour to degrade a woman. The people are very upset with Bollywood for promoting the comparison based on colour. “How can they write lyrics like that using the fair as an adjective while comparing a black woman? Are we still having this discussion in 2020”? Some even jokingly said that Beyonce has a record of never losing any lawsuit and warned Zee Music Company, in case Beyonce decides to sue them.
Some even slammed Bollywood saying that supporting the movement of “black lives matter” and then releasing a song like this. People said that it is a serious issue and reflects the problem in India where “fair” is described as feminine beauty and a standard of beauty. People described Bollywood as one of the major reasons and promoters of this kind of behaviour.
In regard, to all these debates going on, Khali Pelli director Maqbool Khan said that the song is not racist. He said that he apologizes if anyone felt offended”. He said that the song doesn’t discriminate on skin colour. He said Goriya is a casual word often and traditionally used to address an Indian girl in movies and songs. Which is actually the problem people are talking about.
People are however not satisfied as the problem they highlighted has been stated as something normal by the makers of the film.
Bollywood, which has a very prominent impact on Indian people and many others around the world. Being such a big industry, Bollywood needs to be more careful and not normalize such issues. Racism is a big problem and offensive songs like these are alarming.
The trailer of Sadak 2, comeback film of Mahesh Bhatt has become the most disliked video on YouTube with 5M Dislikes in 24 hours. The movie has set up this record after beating PewDiePie’s video. The trailer has released backlash of public not only on YouTube but also on other social media platforms such as Instagram, Facebook and Twitter due to the ongoing debate on Bollywood vs Nepotism. The trailer has become the 7th most disliked video o YouTube and the most disliked video in 24 hours.
Overview of Sadak 2
Sadak 2 is the sequel to Mahesh Bhatt’s movie Sadak which was released in 1991. Sadak featured Sanjay Dutt and Pooja Bhatt. Sadak 2 is Mahesh Bhatt’s comeback film which I a sequel to Sadak. It is starring Alia Bhatt, Aditya Roy Kapoor and Sanjay Dutt. The trailer of the movie was released on YouTube on 12 August while the movie will be released on 28 August on Disney + Hotstar.
Most Disliked Video
Sadak 2 is the 7th most disliked video on YouTube. It has also set the record of getting most dislikes in 24 hours on YouTube after beating PewDiePie. Within a day of the release, the trailer got 5.3 million dislikes. The video has 16 million views with only 294k likes. This result in a very significant like-dislike ratio that is, 94.75%. The trailer of Sadak 2 has the highest dislike percentage on YouTube. And this is quite clear looking at the like-dislike ratio of the trailer. Presently, the most disliked video on YouTube is YouTube’s own video that is, YouTube Rewind 2018: Everyone Controls Rewind. This video has 18.18 Million dislikes.
Reason for dislikes
The main reason behind such a high percentage of dislike on the trailer of Sadak 2 is that it has been due to the ongoing debate on Bollywood Vs Nepotism. After the demise of young and talented actor Sushant Singh Rajput, various theories regarding nepotism and favouritism in Bollywood were put forward. Due to this reason, netizens gave a social call to boycott nepotism in Bollywood and support actual talent. As the movie has been directed by Mahesh Bhatt starring his own daughter Alia Bhatt, netizens began to circulate messages on the social media platform to boycott the movie as a part of nepotism. The aggravation of netizens is clearly visible through the like-dislike ratio of the trailer.
Final Words
The trailer of Sadak 2 has received a large number of dislikes within just one day of its release. But we can not ignore the fact the actors like Alia Bhatt and Aditya Roy Kapoor have given great performances in their previous movies. If the dislikes are based on the honest review of the public regarding the movie and acting of the actors, then it is totally fine but if it is based on emotions and sentiments then it might create major problems for certain big banners and some stars kids who are good actors in reality.
Every week, Bollywood movies are released. But only a few timeless Bollywood movies always remain close to the heart of the viewer. These movies are suitable to watch anytime. During quarantine, we all are bored of trying out ways to pass our time. What about appreciating some great movies of all the time? Here is a list of some timeless Bollywood movies which you can watch and reminisce older times.
Dil Chahta Hai (2001)
Dil Chahta Hai is a movie based on the bond of friendship that three friends share. All them have different personalities and different approaches towards life but they all are still connected due to their bond. The movie was released in 2001 but even today, it is one of the most liked movies by viewers. Dil Chahta has been directed by Farhan Akhtar. The cast of the movie includes Amir Khan, Akshay Khanna, Saif Ali Khanna, Pretty Zinta, Dimple Kapadia, Ayub Khan, Sonali Kulkarni, Rajat Kapoor, Ahmed Khan and Suhasini Mulay.
Swades (2004)
Released in 2004, Swades is one of the best movies produced in India. The movie is about an Americanized NRI who works as a scientist in NASA. He travels back to his country India and looks for his beloved nanny who raised him. In the later part of the movie, he advocates reforms for this village. The movie is directed by Ashutosh Gowariker. The cast of the movie includes Shah Rukh Khan, Gayatri Joshi, Kishori Balla, Rajesh Vivek, Farukh Jaffer, Smith Seth and Daya Shankar Pandey. Swades was one of the movies which is considered very much ahead of its time. It is one of the classics of Bollywood cinema which is a must-watch.
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (2011)
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara is one of the best Bollywood movies ever released. A road trip, three childhood friends and life-lessons. The movie is about living your life, falling in love, celebrating friendship and combating your worst fears. The movie has been directed by Zoya Akhtar. The Cast of the movie includes Hritik Roshan. Abhay Deol, Farhan Akhtar, Katrina Kaif, Kalki Koechlin, Naseeruddin Shah and Ariadna Cabrol. Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara was appreciated a lot by the millennial generation. It is still one of the best movies and can be watched anytime.
Dil Dhadakne Do (2015)
At the end of the day, a family is what matters the most. Dil Dhadakne Do is a movie based on this notion only and introduces the Mehta family where every family member holds a troubled relationship with the other family members. However, no one wants to talk it out. Their life takes on a cruise which changed their lives forever and taught them valuable life lessons. The director of the movie is Zoya Akhtar and the main cast of the movie includes Priyanka Chopra, Farhan Akhtar, Anil Kapoor, Ranveer Singh, Anushka Sharma, Shefali Shah and Rahul Bose. DIl Dhadakne Do is all time one of the best comedy family drama movies ever.
Taare Zameen Par (2007)
Taare Zameen Par released in 2007 is the story of Ishan, a little boy who is sent to boarding school as he is not able to score good grades in the school. Ishan who suffers from dyslexia was constantly punished for not performing well. However, a new teacher Ram Shankar Nikumbh in the boarding school identifies his problem and help him discover his hidden talent. The movie when released addresses the issue of dyslexia and excessive pressure on students to perform well in academics. It left many parents in tears and is still regarded as one of the best movies ever. The movie was directed by Amir Khan and Amole Gupte. The Main Cast of the movie includes Darsheel Safary, Aamir Khan, Tisca Chopra, Tanay Chheda, Vipin Sarma, Sachet Engineer and Girija Oak.
Bollywood is a treasure full of a beautiful and timeless piece of arts. The need is to explore them out. The above-mentioned movies are based on different topics. Where Movies like Swades and Dil Chahta Hai were regarded as movies ahead of the time, Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara and Dil Dhadakne Do are perfect releases. But all of these movies are equally good and must watch.
