Chhapaak would have worked at the boxoffice if it would not have that lack luster empty screenplay and a confused below the par direction and a superficial lacking performance by the lead , even if it had clashed with any movie.
It's been observed time and again that both films can work very well despite any clash if they r well made and we'll performed.
dil Ghayal, rj ghatak, gadar lagaan and recently gadar 2 and an offbeat omg2 are the prime examples.
So a clash with Tanha ji or whatever is another lame excuse.
The history proved many times that clash can not be the case of one film flopping and the other succeeding at the box office.
(few examples given above).
It’s so sad and scary. If we are not able to watch a fictional story on the topic, can you imagine the plight of the real life victims who are forced to live this for no wrong of theirs? And to think the perpetrators are not given a death sentence for such a horrific crime.
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