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Deepika Padukone on Ranveer Singh being called the producer of Chhapaak: It is my money

Deepika Padukone will next be seen on the big screen in Meghna Gulzar’s Chhapaak. She is not just acting in the film but has also produced the movie. It marks Deepika’s debut as a producer.

Today, the title track of the film was launched at an event in Mumbai. At the event, when a journalist stated that even Ranveer Singh is a producer of the film as it is their home production, Deepika quickly interrupted and said, “Excuse me, who told you this. It is my money. It’s my hard work.” Meghna Gulzar, the director of the film, also stated, “It is wrong to assume that.”


Well, we wonder what Ranveer Singh has to about this statement of Deepika.

Chhapaak is based on the life of acid attack survivor Laxmi Agarwal. The film, which also stars Vikrant Massey, is slated to hit the screens on 10th January 2020. It will be clashing with Ajay Devgn, Saif Ali Khan, and Kajol starrer Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior.

At the trailer launch event of the film, Deepika had stated that Chhapaak will be the most special film of her career. She had said, “It’s not often when you come across a story where you know instantly in the first few minutes of the meeting with the director that this is what you want to commit your life to and Chhapaak is that for me. It’s been an incredible journey emotionally putting it together and I feel like irrespective of how it’s received and how it does, it will be the most special film of my career. I truly hope you see the impact that the film is supposed to have on all of us and the reason why we did this movie; I hope you see in it what we saw in it. We have made it with a lot of love, a lot of passion, a lot of enthusiasm, and with a lot of responsibility.”

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Indian man left without UK status after wife and daughter died in Air India crash

Highlights

  • Air India Flight 171 crash in June 2025 killed 260 people, including Mohammad Shethwala’s wife and child.
  • Home Office rejected his humanitarian visa, saying no exceptional circumstances.
  • Critics condemned the decision, comparing it to the Windrush scandal.
Mohammad Shethwala came to the UK from India in March 2022 as a dependent on his wife Sadikabanu's student visa, while she pursued her studies at Ulster University's London campus.
The couple settled in the capital, and their daughter Fatima was born in Britain. Life was moving forward.
Sadikabanu had recently started a new job in Rugby and was preparing to apply for a Skilled Worker visa, a step that would have secured the family's future in the UK from 2026 onwards.

That future ended on 12 June 2025. The Ahmedabad-to-London Air India flight went down seconds after take-off, killing all 241 passengers and crew on board, as well as 19 people on the ground after the aircraft struck a medical college hostel building and caught fire.

Among the 260 dead were 169 Indian nationals, 53 British citizens and one Canadian. Sadikabanu and two-year-old Fatima were both on that flight.

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