Deepika Padukone on turning producer with Chhapaak

After a huge gap of two years, Deepika Padukone is set to grace the silver screen with Chhapaak. The actress was last seen in filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s magnum opus Padmaavat (2018) with Ranveer Singh and Shahid Kapoor. In her forthcoming film Chhapaak, she portrays the character of an acid attack survivor named Laxmi Agarwal.

Chhapaak, helmed by ace storyteller Meghna Gulzar, is a special film for Deepika Padukone, because in addition to playing the female lead, she has also co-produced it in association with Fox Star Studios. In an interview with a leading publication, the actress said that she had not taken the decision to turn producer to make more money.

“My decision to turn producer has not been number-driven. I don’t have that bone in me. The only bone in me that is number-driven is when it comes to being conservative in spending money. But I have not turned producer to make more money. The reason is to have a more creative involvement or creatively enable a film. That’s when I will be available as a producer,” says the actress who is busy promoting Chhapaak since its trailer came out a couple of weeks ago.

Padukone also adds that it is the golden age of anything that is creative. “It was cool to be an actress then too, but I just feel this truly is the golden age of anything that is creative. Whether it is makeup, clothes, hair, cinema, any form of art, it is the most golden age. It is more liberating, but all that also comes because there is a demand for it also. It’s a give and take, but being an actor in Om Shanti Om (2007) had its own charm and beauty,” Deepika says in conclusion.

Also starring Vikrant Massey in an important role, Chhapaak is scheduled to release on 10^th January, 2020. The film is set to lock horn with superstar Ajay Devgn’s most ambitious period drama Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior.