바카라Haan, bas ek thappad바카라 par nahi maar sakta (Yes, one slap바카라 but he can바카라t hit me)!바카라 This is what Amrita, brilliantly played by Taapsee Pannu, tells a woman lawyer, whose initial advice is to forget the violence and move on. Her mother (Ratna Pathak Shah) advises her to be patient바카라maybe he won바카라t do it again, while her mother-in-law (Tanvi Azmi) declares that women have to adjust.
Thappad prompts you to question the relationship dynamics between a man and woman, and makes you uncomfortable: Have we normalised far too many things? Director Anubhav Sinha wrings at your conscience as Amrita quietly goes from being the happily submissive housewife to a feisty woman determined to fight for her self-respect. There are no theatrics, no over-the-top speeches on feminism and no vengeance. Yet, Amrita바카라s understated demeanour manages to convey her realisation about the unfairness of it all.
The husband, played by newcomer Pavail Gulati, is not depicted as a villain. He is just an insensitive man who is more bothered about what people will say and doesn바카라t think a wife deserves an apology. There are other parallel stories in the film that effectively reveal how women바카라s dreams are silently stifled every day. Thappad is yet another powerful movie by Sinha after Mulk and Article 15.
