![]() Patriarchy is a beast that goes to absurd extremes to make its presence felt. ![]() Netra has a thriving career, but even she isn't spared the ignominy. In one scene, Netra's husband, Rohit Jaisingh (Manav Kaul), a high- profile television news host, nonchalantly advises her to make the most of the 'privileges' of being a successful journo's wife and a judge's daughter-in-law. The old man is a legal luminary now reduced to a vegetable. The former is the deceased husband of Amrita's next-door neighbour Shivani (Dia Mirza), a happy single mom the latter is the father-in-law of a successful woman lawyer Netra Jaisingh (Maya Sarao), trapped in a loveless marriage. Only two of the men who people Thappad are blameless on the face of it: one is in the grave, the other is immobilised by a paralytic stroke. Perfectly affable men - Vikram and Amrita's dad are among them - are perpetrators of prejudices and presumptions that they aren't even aware of. Thappad, scripted by Anubhav Sinha and Mrunmayee Lagoo, blends gentle persuasion with coiled-up force to make its point about a regressive society that takes gender roles for granted and perpetrates ossified notions that refuse to go away. Thappad Movie Review: A still from the film.
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