The story of Laxmi Agarwal, an acid attack survivor and inspiration behind 'Chhapaak'

Laxmi Agarwal is a 28-year-old an acid attack survivor who belongs to India. Laxmi was only fifteen years old when she became  victim of an acid attack for having refused to marry a thirty-two-year-old man, Nadeem Khan aka Guddu.

story of Laxmi Agarwal is being adapted to a Bollywood movie called Chhapaak. It has been directed by Meghna Gulzar and stars Deepika Padukone and Vikrant Massey. Here are more details about Laxmi Agarwal.

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Details about Laxmi Agarwal

Laxmi Agarwal belongs to New Delhi. She belongs to a middle-class family. She took to her Instagram account and had posted a picture and a video of herself before she was attacked. Here are posts.

Laxmi has opened up to a leading media portal about her journey and struggles she went through. She revealed that she has a diploma in Vocational Training at National Institute of Open Schooling, Delhi. Laxmi furr added that one day when she was standing in front of a mirror, she decided to embrace herself and removed dupatta she would always use to cover her face.

She also added that she thought to herself what is use of doing a beautification and tailoring course if she had to cover her own face all time? Ever since that day, she started walking freely.

'PIL Laxmi Agarwal'

Laxmi Agarwal received Women Cour Award by Michelle Obama in year 2014. She is a motivational speaker on an international level and has been credited for filing a PIL in Supreme Court of India to make changes in law dealing with this crime.  

She had also pleaded for a total ban on sale of acid, citing an increasing number of incidents of such attacks on women across country. She led various movements to create awareness about acid attacks and has campaigned to ban sale of acid entirely. 

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story of Laxmi Agarwal is inspiring, t only for acid attack survivors but also general public. She has always questioned  beauty standards set by society and has made public more sensitive towards people who are victims of such heius crimes. Laxmi also brought into perspective evils of society and importance of inner beauty. 

Laxmi Agarwal's daughter

Laxmi Agarwal was blessed with a daughter in year 2015. She shares many photographs with her daughter on Instagram. Her daughter is called Pihu. 

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