Thappad Movie (2020) Cast & Crew, Release Date, Story, Review, Poster, Trailer, Budget, Collection

Thappad

U
February 28, 2020
2hr 22min
Status: released

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Thappad Movie Details:

Country India
Language Hindi
GenreDrama
Release date28 February 2020
Running time2hr 22min
CertificateU
StarringTaapsee Pannu
Pavail Gulati
Directed by Anubhav Sinha
Written byAnubhav Sinha
Mrunmayee Lagoo Waikul
Produced byBhushan Kumar
Krishan Kumar
Anubhav Sinha
Cinematography by Soumik Mukherjee
Edited by Yasha Ramchandani
Music bySongs:
Anurag Saikia
Background Score:
Mangesh Dhakde
Production CompanyBenaras Media Works
T-Series
Distributor AA Films

Thappad Movie Cast & Characters:

  • Taapsee Pannu as Amrita “Amu” Sabharwal (née Sandhu)
  • Pavail Gulati as Vikram Sabharwal, Amrita’s husband
  • Dia Mirza as Shivani Fonseca, Amrita’s friend; Vikram’s neighbor
  • Maya Sarao as Advocate Netra Jaisingh
  • Geetika Vidya Ohlyan as Sunita
  • Kumud Mishra as Sachin Sandhu, Amrita’s father
  • Ratna Pathak Shah as Sandhya Sandhu, Amrita’s mother
  • Tanvi Azmi as Sulakshana Sabharwal, Vikram’s mother
  • Ram Kapoor as Advocate Pramod Gujral, Vikram’s Lawyer
  • Naila Grewal as Swati Sandhu, Karan’s fiancé
  • Ankur Rathee as Karan Sandhu, Amrita’s brother
  • Sushil Dahiya as Romesh Sabharwal, Vikram’s father
  • Nidhi Uttam as Kavita Sabharwal, Vikram’s sister-in-law
  • Siddhant Karnick as Viraj Sabharwal, Vikram’s brother
  • Manav Kaul as Rohit Jaisingh, Netra’s husband
  • Gracy Goswami as Sania Fonseca
  • Rohan Khurana as Priyan
  • Shantanu Ghatak as Subodh
  • Harssh A. Singh as Rajhans Jetley
  • Purnendu Bhattacharya as Thapar
  • Anil Rastogi as Justice Jaisingh, Netra’s father-in-law
  • Mritunjoy Dev Nath as actor

Storyline:

Amrita and Vikram Sabharwal are happily married Vikram works in a reputed company while Amrita is a homemaker and her life revolves only around him. Vikram gets a promotion and they are soon to shift to London and throw a celebration party at the party Vikram finds that he won’t be heading the London office and will have to work under his junior. Vikram gets in a tiff with his colleague for the same while Amrita is trying to stop him and gets slapped by him this incident hurts her very badly and life does not remain the same while Amrita decides to leave the house and shifts to her parent’s place further also taking the matter to the court.

Thappad Movie Budget & Box Office Collection:

Budget₹24 crore
Worldwide Collection₹44.54 crore

About Thappad Movie:

Thappad (English: Slap) is a Bollywood drama film, starring Taapsee Pannu, Pavail Gulati, Dia Mirza, Maya Sarao, Geetika Vidya Ohlyan, Kumud Mishra, Ratna Pathak Shah, Tanvi Azmi, Ram Kapoor. The film was released in theatres on 28 February 2020.

The film Thappad is directed by Anubhav Sinha and written by Anubhav Sinha and Mrunmayee Lagoo Waikul, while the film is directed by Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar, Anubhav Sinha under the banner of Benaras Media Works and T-Series. There are striking similarities between the film and the popular Australian television series The Slap (TV series) which itself is based on The Slap, a 2008 novel by Australian author Christos Tsiolkas.

Principal photography began on 6 September 2019 and ended on 16 October. 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 to avoid clashing with Baaghi 3, a big commercial release.

On 11 February, a second trailer was released which showed Pannu breaking the fourth wall and asking viewers to report the video so that it gets blocked on YouTube.

Thappad Movie Tracklist:

The film’s songs are composed by Anurag Saikia and lyrics are written by Shakeel Azmi and Sanah Moidutty.

  • Ek Tukda Dhoop – Raghav Chaitanya
  • Dancing In The Sun – Sharvi Yadav
  • Hayo Rabba – Suvarna Tiwari

Thappad Movie Awards (Wins & Nominations):

9 wins and 12 nominations,

  • Filmfare Awards (11 April 2021)
    • Best Film (Anubhav Sinha, Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar)
    • Best Story (Anubhav Sinha and Mrunmayee Lagoo Waikul)
    • Best Actress (Taapsee Pannu)
    • Best Male Playback Singer (Raghav Chaitanya)
    • Best Editing (Yasha Ramchandani)
    • Best Background Score (Mangesh Dhakde)
    • Best Sound Design (Kaamod Kharade)
  • FOI Online Awards (2020)
    • Best Film Editing (Yasha Ramchandani)
    • Best Performance By An Ensemble Cast (Shakeel Azmi)

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