The official trailer for “Chhapaak” – the first mainstream Indian movie to tackle the subject of acid attacks – hit the internet on Tuesday. “Chhapaak,” which translates to “Splash” in Hindi, stars ...

Bowing to rave reviews in India, “Chhapaak” (Splash) a Hindi-language film directed by Meghna Gulzar, an Indian director who was educated at NYU Tisch, is opening in North America on Friday. The ...

Hundreds of women are attacked with acid in India each year. A Bollywood film about a survivor-turned-activist — starring a top Indian actress — tackles the stigma. A new Bollywood movie tackles an ...

Director Meghna Gulzar and Indian superstar Deepika Padukone are affecting without excess in this fact-based drama about the aftermath of a horrible crime. There’s a scene late in “Chhapaak,” ...

Deepika Padukone’s new movie, “Chhapaak,” highlights the activism of survivors of acid attacks. As soon as she saw the script. Deepika Padukone recalled, she said: “‘Boom, this is it.’”Credit...Ashish ...

The movie is based on the life of Laxmi Agarwal, who was burned with acid in New Delhi 2005. By Teo Bugbee When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film through our site, we earn an ...

Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone turned one of her movie looks, an acid attack victim, into a challenge on TikTok, and people online are disgusted. The challenge was based on Malti, a character from ...