Deepika Padukone, Ranveer Singh, Anurag Kashyap, Javed Akhtar, Bhumi Pednekar, Rekha attend premiere of Chhapaak

Ahead of the release of  Chhapaak, the makers organised a premiere in Mumbai. The event was attended by Bollywood A-listers, which included artistes like Rekha and Javed Akhtar headlining the premiere. Deeepika Padukone, who plays the lead in the film depicting the struggles of acid attack survivors, was accompanied by her husband and actor Ranveer Singh, and her family members — father Prakash, mother Ujjala, and sister Anisha Padukone. Other celebrities, such as Riteish Deshmukh, Genelia D’Souza, Bhumi Pednekar, Siddhant Chaturvedi, Ali Fazal, and Richa Chadha were present among others. Producer Boney Kapoor and filmmaker Anurag Kashyap were also seen at the event. The presence of several other acid attack survivors made the event even more special. Talking about Chhapaak, Deepika called the film, directed by Meghna Gulzar, the most special project of her career. It is loosely based on the real-life story of acid attack survivor Laxmi Agarwal. Written by Atika Chohan, Chhapaak will release this Friday on 10 January. Here are some of the guests in attendance [caption id=“attachment_7881761” align=“alignnone” width=“825”] Director Meghna Gulzar poses with acid attack survivor Laxmi Agarwal, whose life loosely inspired the story of Chhapaak[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_7881711” align=“alignnone” width=“825”] Meghna, flaunted by the film’s main cast - Vikrant Massey (on her left) and Deepika Padukone[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_7881661” align=“alignnone” width=“825”] Deepika Padukone sported a midnight blue shimmery sari for the premiere[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_7881641” align=“alignnone” width=“825”] Deepika with Ranveer Singh[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_7881631” align=“alignnone” width=“825”] Deepika’s family were also present to extend their support to the actress and first-time producer[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_7881841” align=“alignnone” width=“825”] Javed Akhtar[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_7881821” align=“alignnone” width=“825”] Rekha graced the event too[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_7881791” align=“alignnone” width=“825”] Boney Kapoor[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_7881801” align=“alignnone” width=“825”] Chhapaak’s music director Shankar Mahadevan arrives at the event with family[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_7881751” align=“alignnone” width=“825”] Riteish Deshmukh along with wife and actress Genelia D’Souza attend the premiere[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_7881811” align=“alignnone” width=“825”] Meghna beams alongside few acid attack survivors[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_7881741” align=“alignnone” width=“825”] Gully Boy star Siddhant Chaturvedi was also in attendance[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_7881731” align=“alignnone” width=“825”] Neil Nitin Mukesh attended with his wife[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_7881701” align=“alignnone” width=“825”] Bhumi Pednekar[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_7881691” align=“alignnone” width=“825”] Producer Sidharth Roy Kapur also attended the premiere[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_7881611” align=“alignnone” width=“825”] Richa Chadha seen with Ali Fazal[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_7881621” align=“alignnone” width=“825”] Anurag Kashyap[/caption] All images courtesy Simran Singh