Bollywood star
Deepika Padukone released her production debut ‘
Chhapaak
’, amidst a lot of controversies. A day before the film hits theatres across the country, the actress hosted a special screening for her family, friends and members of the film industry. There, by her side at the grand launch was her doting hubby
Ranveer Singh, apart from the entire Padukone and Bhavnani families.
Celebs like Rekha, Swara Bhasker,
Meghna Gulzar, Arbaaz Khan with girlfriend Giorgia Andriani, Javed Akhtar, Manish Malhotra, Yami Gautam, Gulshan Devaiah and many others came out in large numbers to support the new producer and her film, loosely based on the life of acid attack survivor
Laxmi Agarwal
.
Controversies aside, the film has been receiving majorly positive reviews from critics with several Bollywood stars joining in to hail Deepika and director Meghna Gulzar for making a “brilliant”, “brave” and “powerful” film on a topic that “needed to be discussed”.
Here’s what Bollywood stars had to say: