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Thar (film)
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Wikipedia article
'Thar' is a 2022 Indian Hindi-language neo-Western action thriller film written and directed by Raj Singh Chaudhary and produced by Anil Kapoor and Harshvardhan Kapoor. Set in the 80s, 'Thar' is inspired by Western noir genre. It follows a city man who moves to a village located in the wilderness for some exploration work but, there's more to him than what meets the eye. It stars Anil Kapoor, Harshvardhan Kapoor, and Fatima Sana Shaikh.
It released on Netflix on 6 May 2022, to mixed to positive reviews from critics, who praised the direction, cinematography, performances, dialogues, background score, and its homages to the Western genre, though some criticized its predictable story, screenplay, and editing.
Premise
In 1985, Siddharth Kumar, a mysterious antique dealer, travels through Munabao, a remote Rajasthani village situated in the Thar desert near the Pakistan border, that has been rocked recently by violent killings. As Inspector of Munabao, Surekha Singh, investigates these killings, when he crosses paths with Siddharth.
Cast
*Anil Kapoor as Inspector Surekha Singh
*Harshvardhan Kapoor as Siddharth Kumar
*Fatima Sana Shaikh as Chetna
*Jitendra Joshi as Panna
* Akshay Oberoi as Arjun Singh
*Satish Kaushik as Bhure
*Mukti Mohan as Gauri
*Rahul Singh as Dacoit Hanif Khan
*Mandana Karimi as Cheryl
Reception
Pooja Biraia Jaiswal of 'The Week' gave the film a rating of 3.5/5 stars and wrote "'Thar's gripping atmospherics, set in 1985, is captured evocatively by Shreya Dev Dube, as the narrative unfolds in the desert's grim expanse". Taran Adarsh of 'Bollywood Hungama' gave the film a rating of 3.5/5 stars and wrote "'Thar' is a surprise of the season and worth watching for its plot, direction, music score and the never before seen locales of Rajasthan". Peter Bradshaw of 'The Guardian' gave the film a rating of 3/5 stars and wrote "There are hints of Sergio Leone and Cormac McCarthy in this Rajasthan-set mystery starring the actor and his son". Bharathi Pradhan of 'Lehren' gave the film a rating of 3/5 stars and stated "Cruel & Compelling". Renuka Vyavahare of 'The Times Of India' gave the film a rating of 3/5 stars and wrote "Anil Kapoor's film choices are only getting better and bolder with age. Be it 'Thar' or 'AK vs AK', he's showing the millennials and OTT clan what a certified movie star is made of". Prateek Sur of 'Outlook India' gave the film a rating of 3/5 stars and wrote "While Chaudhary has made a great attempt at bringing forth a dark neo-noir thriller, but in his haste to keep it under two hours, he has just squandered a great plot at hand".
Anna MM Vetticad of 'Firstpost' gave the film a rating of 2.75/5 stars and wrote "Anil Kapoor's quiet charisma and innate appeal keep the film going even when its writing enters shallow waters". Saibal Chatterjee of 'NDTV' gave the film a rating of 2.5/5 stars and wrote "Kapoor Sr delivers a restrained performance, and Kapoor Jr finds himself tackling a role that appears to be right up his narrow alley. Fatima Sana Shaikh is sultry and smouldering by turns". Shubhra Gupta of 'The Indian Express' gave the film a rating of 2.5/5 stars and wrote "This is one of those films where the setting is the real hero-- the 'Marusthal' (desert) stretching as far as the eye can see, crumbling forts, bare trees providing meagre shade, implacable, hard beauty". Sukanya Verna of 'Rediff' gave the film a rating of 2.5/5 stars and wrote "'Thar' fails to ignite any excitement on screen". Avinash Lohana of 'Pinkvilla' gave the film a rating of 2.5/5 stars and wrote "'Thar' had immense potential and manages to retain a lot of it too, but what disappoints is the lack of enough twists, predictable turns and dispensable additions to the story". Gautaman Bhaskaran of 'News18' gave the film a rating of 2/5 stars and wrote "Anil Kapoor as the cop frustrated that he has not been able to rise in the ranks, does a decent job. But there is not much coming from Kapoor's son". Soumya Srivastava of 'The Hindustan Times' stated "Anil Kapoor outshines son Harsh Varrdhan Kapoor in the film, which begins as a Western set in Rajasthan but soon descends into torture porn genre".
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