With Deepika Padukone’s Look From Chhapaak, Laxmi Agarwal Notices People “Finding Beauty In An Acid-Burnt Face”

Laxmi Agarwal, whose life as an acid attack survivor has inspired an upcoming Bollywood film Chhapaak, said she found it amazing how people were finding beauty in the ‘burns’ that actress Deepika Padukone sported for the movie.

Laxmi was attacked when she was all of 15. Over the years, she has been vocal about her experience and actively campaigns against acid attacks.

Last week, Deepika unveiled her first look from Meghna Gulzar’s Chhapaak, and it was widely lauded by the film fraternity.

What was Laxmi’s first reaction on seeing Deepika’s look? “I was happy to see Deepika’s first look from the film. The response and the messages I got on social media was overwhelming. In fact, it was my daughter’s birthday, and more than messages for her, I got congratulatory messages about the film.

“I was feeling good that a celebrity has come in that look. A lot of make-up artistes changed a natural face to acid distorted face after that (on social media). And I felt, ‘see, they are finding beauty in an acid-burnt face’,” said Laxmi, who was a showstopper at the just concluded India Runway Week here.