"He threw acid on my face, not on my dreams", said Laxmi Agarwal, who has been moving the world with her story. Her struggle has given strength to many and she has also become an inspiration to many. Maybe this is the reason why that the most beautiful Diva of Bollywood, Deepika Padukone, has her self-dawned this character of Malti inspired by Laxmi in Chhapaak! While there were many dreams that Laxmi is yet to fulfill, Deepika fulfilled her biggest dream on Indian Idol!

Laxmi always wanted to become a singer and was looking at participating in the biggest singing reality show of the nation, IndianIdol. Deepika revealed that it was Lakshmi's dream to participate in Indian Idol but couldn't participate because of this tragic accident. So, when she was planning to come to the show for promotions she asked Laxmi to join her and finally live her dream.