| Thappad | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Anubhav Sinha |
| Written by | Anubhav Sinha Mrunmayee Lagoo Waikul |
| Produced by | Bhushan Kumar Krishan Kumar Anubhav Sinha |
| Starring | Taapsee Pannu Pavail Gulati |
| Cinematography | Soumik Mukherjee |
| Edited by | Yasha Ramchandani |
| Music by | Songs: Anurag Saikia Background Score: Mangesh Dhakde |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | AA Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 142 minutes[2] |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ₹24 crore[3] |
| Box office | ₹44.54 crore[4] |
Thappad (transl. Slap) is a 2020 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed and co-written by Anubhav Sinha, starring Taapsee Pannu and Pavail Gulati. The film released theatrically on 28 February 2020. This film received positive reviews from both critics and audience.
At the 66th Filmfare Awards, Thappad received 15 nominations, including Best Director (Sinha), Best Supporting Actor (Mishra) and Best Supporting Actress (Azmi), and won a leading 7 awards, including Best Film and Best Actress (Pannu).
Amrita Sandhu and Vikram Sabharwal are happily married. Amrita is a homemaker, looking after her husband and the house. During a party to celebrate his promotion, Vikram learns that his promotion has been compromised for his inexperienced junior, who is a relative of his boss. Angered, he gets into an argument with his superior, Rajhans. When Amrita tries to break up the argument, since all guests are watching, Vikram slaps her publicly after repeatedly telling her to stay out. The incident leaves her shaken and opens her eyes to all the little unfair things she had previously ignored. She realizes that a husband who respects her wouldn't slap her. Moreover, Vikram refuses to take accountability or apologize for his actions.
Unable to "forget it and move on", as everyone advises her to do, Amrita leaves for her parents' home and files for divorce. This shocks her family. She makes no claims for alimony; her stand is simply that Vikram has no right to hit her and that the slap made her realize she was getting neither respect nor happiness.
Things get complicated when she discovers she is pregnant. Vikram and his lawyer play dirty, making false claims against her to get sole custody of the unborn child. Hurt, Amrita decides to file a domestic violence charge unless he agrees to a divorce and joint custody of the child. Vikram settles for the divorce. Meanwhile, his boss informs him that he is getting the promotion after all. Rajhans- his superior who was there at the house party that day, congratulates him and tells him he is sorry for things happening at his home-front. He also mentions that, that night it was completely Vikram’s fault; he should never have slapped Amrita. Though angry with the situation of denial of promotion, they both too had arguments but he did not slap him but Amrita and that attitude was bad.
Amrita speaks to her mother-in-law Sulakshana in the presence of both their families, explaining that on the night he slapped her, nobody in the family asked once if she was okay; they did not hold Vikram accountable, tell him he was wrong, or advise him to apologise. The only thing she was told was to endure it to keep the peace. Sulakshana apologises, acknowledging their misogyny, and says Amrita is doing the right thing.
When Amrita and Vikram meet in court to finalise their divorce, Vikram apologises to her for the first time. He says he rejected the promotion and quit his job, and will try to be someone who deserves her. The two finalize their divorce and part ways with a sense of renewed hope.
Principal photography began on 6 September 2019 and ended on 16 October.[5] The film was shot in various places of Uttar Pradesh mainly at Shalimar Paradise, Barabanki and other locations in Lucknow.
The film was initially set for release on 6 March 2020, but was moved a week earlier to 28 February 2020 in order to avoid clashing with Baaghi 3, a big commercial release.[6]
On 11 February, a second trailer[7] was released which showed Pannu breaking the fourth wall and asking viewers to report the video so that it gets blocked on YouTube.[8]
Praise about the film was focused on its social message, screenplay, direction and performances, but was criticized for its pacing.[9][10] On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 94% of 16 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.9/10.[11]
Thappad earned ₹2.76 crore net at the domestic box office on the first day. On the second day, the film collected ₹5.05 crore. On the third day, the film collected ₹5.76 crore taking total opening weekend collection to ₹13.57 crore.[4]
As of 19 March 2020[update], with a gross of ₹36.44 crore in India and ₹8.10 crore overseas, the film has a worldwide gross collection of ₹44.54 crore.[4]
| Thappad | |||||
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| Soundtrack album by | |||||
| Released | 29 February 2020[16] | ||||
| Recorded | 2019 | ||||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | ||||
| Length | 14:14 | ||||
| Language | Hindi | ||||
| Label | T-Series | ||||
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The film's songs are composed by Anurag Saikia and lyrics written by Shakeel Azmi and Sanah Moidutty. Additional verses of the song 'Ek Tukda Dhoop' appear only in the movie and these are not officially released in any of the digital platforms.
The song Hayo Rabba is the recreation of Pakistani folk singer Reshma's old song Hai O Rabba Nahion Lagda Dil Mera.
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Ek Tukda Dhoop" | Raghav Chaitanya | 5:25 |
| 2. | "Dancing In The Sun" | Sharvi Yadav | 3:49 |
| 3. | "Hayo Rabba" | Suvarna Tiwari | 5:02 |
| Total length: | 14:14 | ||
The film was made available to stream on OTT platform Amazon Prime Video on 1 May 2020.[citation needed]
Followіng the fіlm's release, Rajasthan Police shared a poster of the film with the helpline number to report domestic violence.[17]
