Earlier we tend to have told you that once operating with Alia Bhatt in Raazi, ace producer Meghna Gulzar has roped in actress Deepika Padukone for her next directorial venture.
And now, the latest news on the project is that Deepika is enjoying the role of an acid attack survivor within the film.
The actress isn’t only going to act within the film, however, is additionally going to produce it.
The 32-year-old can play the role of Laxmi Agarwal within the nonetheless to be titled film.
IT’S OFFICIAL… After #Padmaavat, Deepika Padukone teams up with #Raazi director Meghna Gulzar… Deepika will portray the part of an acid attack survivor in the film.
— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) October 5, 2018
“When I detected this story, I used to be deeply moved as it is not only 1 of violence, however of strength and bravery, hope and conclusion. It created such an impression on ME, that in person and creatively, I required to go on the far side then the choice to turn producer,” Deepika said in a statement.
According to the release, in 2005, whereas Laxmi was waiting at a bus stop in Delhi, she was attacked by an assailant, amen twice her age, proverbial to her family an unlikely suitor whose advances she had declined.
The film showcases Laxmi journey within the time once her attack spanning ten years, a major a part of the story is that the game-changing PIL within the Supreme Court that impressed the amendment on acid laws in 2013.
Meghna Gulzar, on the opposite hand, said, that in spite of regulation on the sale of acid and changes in legislation concerning acid attacks, the ground reality is still very grim.
“Acid violence may be a terribly current danger even these days. Medical treatment, compensation, rehabilitation and inclusion of acid attack survivors are still terribly real challenges. Using Laxmi’s story as a lens, we are attempting to explore these aspects and consequences of acid violence in our society. This can be what makes this story, relevant and one that has got to be told. as a result of if something, awareness is that the commencement towards amendment,” the producer told PTI.
Meghna additionally said that the role is turning emotion and physically difficult and he or she is assured that Deepika Padukone would do justice to the character and also the story.
“Her physicality matched with what I would unreal for Laxmi’s character. I am grateful and inspired that she was therefore spontaneous in her call to try to the film. once you take a face as stunning as she portrays her as an acid attack survivor, the magnitude of the violence and harm is that way more reverberative,” Meghna additional.
Deepika Padukone last film was Sanjay Leela Bhansali blockbuster Padmaavat. Earlier, the actress was supposed to figure with director Vishal Bharadwaj and Irrfan Khan on a movie, during which she was to essay the role of a gangster, however, the film has been deferred thanks to Irrfan health problem.