Recently, Deepika Padukone revealed that how emotionally exhausting and taxing her role in the much awaited film Chhapaak was for her. 

She was seen telling in many of her interviews how she burned a piece of her prosthetic makeup to disassociate herself from the role.

According to Indiatimes, Deepika recently confessed in a video interview that her depression resurfaced during playing the role of Malti in the film Chhapaak.

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She said, “I needed to have my counselor on the sets of the movie with me. It came out of nowhere and I was also caught off-guard. I started feeling it coming on and I thought maybe I am just tired or it is the long hours. But then it got really bad and I started feeling claustrophobic. It was very tough for me emotionally. To think about those days and put me emotionally through that.”

She also said that even during her wedding celebrations, the role of Malti stayed with her, which she couldn't easily let go.

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Meghna Gulzar's directorial Chhapaak is based on a real-life story of an acid attack survivor Laxmi Agarwal, who suffered an acid attack at the age of 15, in the year 2005. 

Laxmi had to undergo several surgeries before she started helping other acid attack survivors and promoted campaigns to stop such attacks from happening. 

Chhapaak also stars Vikrant Massey in a lead role alongside Deepika and is scheduled to release on January 10, 2020.

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