Dr. Pratibha Naithani who teaches in the prestigious St. Xaviers College of Mumbai is the real heroine of Chhapaak

Tons of salutations to Dr. Pratibha Naithani who teaches in the prestigious St Xavier’s College of Mumbai as a professor and is a brave fighter for the acid attack survivors and stands against pornography and prevalence of immorality in the films.

Her immense and valuable contribution to the society as a ferocious fighter against this dreaded menace and creating nationwide awareness including pursuing the cases of acid attack survivors and women in distress to its logical conclusion has been one of the prime inspirations’ behind making of the most controversial movie on acid attack survivors with Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone playing the lead role. It’s only because of her incessant fight against acid attack menace and this display of courage by Laxmi that Bollywood movie CHHAPAAK was made.

The Madhya Pradesh and Chattisgarh governments have already granted it tax-free status. Dr. Pratibha Naithani is a valiant fighter who never lost heart but valiantly fought for justice for acid attack survivors as well as women in distress from police department to home ministry to child and development ministry to every concerned department of the government in the state as well as the center, finally ensuring maximum punishment to the guilty of this dreaded and most obnoxious act. Primarily hailing from Pauri Garhwal Ekeshwar Block’s Chaidaar village, Dr. Pratibha Naithani apart from being a professor in Mumbai’ s St Xavier college is a hardcore cultural and social activist who’d worked hard to preserve and promote the folk songs and dances of Jaunsar Bhaber including propagating her campaign to discourage the dreaded acid attacks menace in the society at the pan India level.

The Bollywood movie CHHAPAAK is primarily based on the life of an acid attack survivor Lakhmi Agarwal and the incessant struggle, intelligence, versatility of Dr. Pratibha Naithani who relentlessly fought to bring the obnoxious culprits of acid attacks to justice ensuring them maximum and stringent punishment. She had also been successful in legally claiming Rs 5 lakhs as minimum compensation to the acid attack survivors. Her commitment and determination to move on bravely while also teaching students and simultaneously creating and propagating awareness in the society against this dreaded menace is worth appreciating and laudable. Dr. Pratibha Naithani had been the participant of historic Nanda Devi Raj Jaat Yatra too that happens once every twelve years.

Hailing from a highly academic family Dr. Naithani’s grandfather was the advisor to the Tehri Garhwal king known as Garhwal Naresh during the pre-independent days and father a professor of Hindi Department at St Xavier’s college in Mumbai. Therefore it’s not Deepika Padukone primarily but acid attack survivor Lakshmi and Dr. Pratibha Naithani who’s are the true and real stars of CHHAPPAAK. India needs to know about the real heroine of the movie who is none other but the one and only, multi-faceted and multidimensional Dr. Pratibha Naithani teaching in St Xavier’s College, Mumbai and primarily hailing from Pauri Garhwal Ekeshwar block’s Chaidhaar village.