Chhapaak

There is an excellent TEDx video on YouTube by Laxmi Agarwal, the woman on whose life Chhapaak is loosely based, where she talks about her harrowing ordeal in a very straightforward, matter-of-fact way - there is almost a nonchalance to her speech that belies the quiet inner strength she draws upon. It would be very remiss of us to not mention her talk - it is quite essential viewing, especially if Chhapaak is a film you're interested in.

For once, we have a film about women's empowerment that features the story of a woman, is made by women, and doesn't have a male superstar who u....