Chhapaak: Deepika Padukone, Meghna Gulzar cancel promotion in Delhi amid CAA protests

Deepika Padukone and Vikrant Massey are set to hit the box-office with their upcoming film Chhapaak based on acid attack survivor Laxmi Agarwal. Helmed by Meghna Gulzar the film recently released their song Nok Jhok and the have garnered tons of applauds.

Recently, Deepika and Meghna were about to come to Delhi to promote their film however, they cancelled the event owing to the protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). Chhapaak team announced the news which read, “We believe that it will be insensitive on our part to promote our film at a time when the nation and the city is going through an emotional upheaval and unrest. We pray for peace and harmony and regret the inconvenience caused by our absence but we hope you will understand.”

Meanwhile, Deepika who is very vocal when it comes to the social issue has maintained its silence on the ongoing CAA protest and was severely backlashed for her appearance at the U2 concert amidst tension. Whereas various celebs like Anurag Kashyap, Rajkummar Rao, Vikrant Massey among others shared their opinion.

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On the work front after Chhapaak, Deepika will be next seen alongside off-screen husband Ranveer Singh in ‘83 as Romi Dev, Ranveer’s on-screen wife.

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