Actor Deepika Padukone's decision to visit JNU to express solidarity with students who had been attacked was a "personal" one, Chhapaak director Meghna Gulzar said on Monday while stressing the need to separate the personal from the professional.

The filmmaker also urged the audience to "divert the lens" and to look at the reason behind making the film based on the life of acid attack survivor Laxmi Agarwal.