The trailer of Chhapaak has piqued audience curiosity as it tackles the social menace of acid attacks on women. While the Deepika Padukone-starrer is eyeing a January 10 release, few know that another movie on a real-life acid attack survivor will hit screens a week prior. The film, titled ACID – Astounding Courage In Distress, has been helmed by debutant director-producer Priyanka Singh.

"After we wrapped up our film, we learnt that Deepika's Chhapaak is releasing a week after us. However, I felt that our story is different," says Singh, who also portrays the role of the protagonist Ruhana in the drama. Like Chhapaak that tells the story of acid attack survivor Laxmi Agarwal, ACID is inspired by a real-life incident in Uttar Pradesh, where a young girl was attacked by her uncle. Unwilling to disclose the name of the survivor, Singh says that the idea behind the film is to increase the dialogue around the social ill.