Meghna Gulzar opens up about her next movie with Deepika on the acid fighter Laxmi!

Meghna Gulzar’s film about the acid attack victim Laxmi Agarwal is creating buzz in the media. In this film, Meghna Gulzar tackles the subject of acid violence in India and delves into the depth of it through Deepika Padukone’s depiction of the acid attack survivor, Laxmi Agarwal.

Recently, in a media chat, Meghna Gulzar opened up about her forthcoming movie starring Deepika Padukone as the acid attack survivor. She stated that through one of the most widely known acid victims she is trying to give the viewers an insight into a grave issue in India related to law, justice and administration of sale of hazardous material like acid. She revealed, “In the film with Deepika on acid violence, I'm using Laxmi Agarwal as a subject because she is the most known acid fighter. Plus her case and her story has been the most relevant in terms of where legislation on acid violence, medical advancement, compensation for victims and things like that was concerned.”

Meghna even revealed that Laxmi’s story had a deeper impact with regards to the social, legal and medical aspects, and thus remains the most widely known stories in India. She even stated that through her story she wants to give the audience a bigger picture of the entire scenario wherein acid can still be purchased easily at a local store. She revealed, “There was a whole socio-medical and legal impact that her case had. Therefore, I am using her as a lens to tell a larger story on acid violence in India because even though acid is banned and the sale of acid is regulated in our country as of five years now, we still have acid attacks. It is still the simplest thing to get in a kirana store in a tier-3 city.”