Filmmaker Amal Neerad refers to Deepika Padukone as a person with 'guts and grace'

Deepika Padukone is currently hitting headlines as she stood by students of JNU in Delhi and extended her support to them. And while

Bollywood

is all praise for her stand, Mollywood filmmaker-cinematographer and producer Amal Neerad also lauded the actress. In a social media post Amal Neerad praised Deepika for standing with the JNU students. While referring to the Bollywood beauty as a person with both 'guts and grace', the filmmaker also praised '

Chhapaak

' director Megna Gulzar for taking a bold step with the movie.

Taking to his Instagram handle, Amal Neerad wrote, "Ahead of Chhapak's release, I would like to wholeheartedly congratulate and thank both Meghna Gulzar and Deepika Padukone. I have been a huge fanboy of both these amazing women. While I loved Talvar for its sheer brilliance, I cannot remember any film that made me feel as patriotic as Raazi did. I have followed Deepika's work closely, and loved everything from Om Shanti Om to Piku, including her cameos in the songs of Dum Maaro Dum and Raabta. When she spoke about her struggles with depression and inspired many to understand and address it, I took pride in being her fan. As a filmmaker/producer, I understand how difficult it must have been for her to take a stand and be at the protest in solidarity with the JNU students two days before the release of her debut film as a producer. Takes Guts and Grace! I request all the fans of Cinema to flock the theatres in large numbers and watch Chhapak this Friday. I know that here, in the Malayalam industry, ideas become films in almost no time, however, I understand that it doesn't work like that in the Hindi film industry. News of Meghna Gulzar's next, with Deepika Padukone essaying the role of a real-life acid attack survivor, surfaced in mid-2018; they filmed in 2019 and we will finally get to see the Maestro Meghna telling this story, like how it is supposed to be, on screens this Friday. I have to thank you for not making it a Zeenat Aman-Esque profile look from Satyam Shivam Sundaram because no matter how true a story is, our need to retain the 'BEAUTY' always weighs down on the responsibility of keeping it authentic. So thank you Meghna and Deepika for retaining the Beauty of the Human Spirit and Celebrating its Triumph.#Chhapak #DeepikaPadukone #MeghnaGulzar #Respect."


Amal Neerad is currently cranking the lens for Anwar Rashi directorial 'Trance'. The movie is currently under post-production. 2018 release 'Varathan' was Amal Neerad's last directorial. Starring Fahadh Faasil and Aishwarya Lekshmi in the lead, the movie received a positive response from everyone.