Thappad is a drama film directed by Anubhav Sinha, which he also co-produced with Bhushan Kumar of T-Series and Vinod Bhanushali. The film, starring Taapsee Pannu, was released in theatres on 28 February 2020.

“It’s only a slap, na. get over it.”

It’s something many people have heard at home, outside, with friends, in films. But how can it just be a slap? regardless of its magnitude, which is itself debatable, isn’t even one slap an act of violence? and no-one has the proper to subject somebody else to violence of any kind. We all agree thereon . And yet, violence is such a lot a part of our way of life. Anubhav Sinha’s Thappad explores this pervasive violence and the way we react to that during a nuanced, yet simple, and really powerful way.

Thappad tells the story of Amrita (Taapsee Pannu) and Vikram (Pavail Gulati), a marriage living in upscale Delhi, with Vikram’s mother. Amrita is an efficient homemaker, who is extremely proud of her life and loves her ambitious, loving husband. Everything is picture perfect until that one moment when, during a fit of rage, Vikram slaps Amrita. For the rest of the 2 hours, the audience is shown how we — women, men, rich people, poor people, Indians — how we all react once we see violence we all know is wrong.

The film was made available to stream on OTT platform Prime Video on 1 May 2020