Court orders Chhapaak's filmmaker to recognize acid-victim lawyer's name in movie

January 09, 2020 14:16

A Delhi court on Thursday ordered that the filmmaker of Deepika Padukone-starrer movie 'Chhapaak' should recognize the name of the lawyer in the film who claims to have fought the criminal case for the acid victim on whose life the movie is based.

Lawyer Aparna Bhatt moved the petition before Delhi's Patiala House Court earlier today seeking a stay on the release of the movie, asserting that she was not given due credit in the film.

During the course of the hearing, senior advocate Sanjay Parikh, appearing for the petitioner told the court that his client fought Laxmi's case for years and helped during the script-making of the film but was still not given credit. "She does not want any money. All she only wants is credit as promised by the film director," Parikh told the court. -- PTI

He said that Bhatt came to know that her name is not included in the movie on January 7 following which she was promised that the production will take care of her concerns after the movie is released. She was also told that her contribution has been acknowledged in several interviews, the advocate told the court.

"The film-maker acknowledged her but I do not understand why they are hesitating in giving my client any credit," he rued.

The movie, which is slated to be released on January 10, is based on Laxmi's life. In 2005, at the age of 15, she was allegedly attacked by a spurned lover. -- ANI

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