Kangana Ranaut and sister Rangoli Chandel have lauded Meghna Gulzar, Deepika Padukone and the entire team behind the movie Chhapaak for touching upon a subject like acid attacks. Sharing a snippet about how the trailer brought back memories of an acid attack on her sister Rangoli, Kangana recorded a one-minute video with her wishes. 

Shared in a tweet shared by Rangoli, the caption read: The pain still lingers. Our family thanks team #chhapaak for a story that needs to be told!" 

The video contained the following message: “I and my entire family thank Deepika Padukone and Meghna Gulzar for making a film on this subject so that the victims of acid attacks find strength. Chhapaak is also a tight slap on the face of the perpetrators, who might have succeeded in their actions, but not intentions. The face that they managed to harm, this film will make sure the same face shines with pride today. I hope in this new year, the sale of acid is stopped and we become free of acid attacks. I send all my wishes to the team of Chhapaak.” 

On a Twitter thread in 2019, Rangoli had revealed details of an acid attack that took place at Dehradun in 2006, while pursuing engineering there. 

The movie Chhapaak which stars Deepika Padukone is based on the true-life story of acid attack survivor Laxmi Agarwal. The film releases on January 10.