Thai Massage (film)

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Thai Massage
Directed by Mangesh Hadawale
Written byMangesh Hadawale
Produced by Bhushan Kumar
Imtiaz Ali
Starring
CinematographyG. Srinivas Reddy
Edited byManish Jaitly
Music byScore:
Anand Bhaskar
Ajay Jayanthi
Songs:
Joi Barua
Guest Composition:
Amit Trivedi
Production
companies
Reliance Entertainment
T-Series Films
Window Seat Films
Distributed by Reliance Entertainment
Release date
  • 11 November 2022 (2022-11-11)
Running time
122 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Thai Massage is a 2022 Indian Hindi-language comedy drama film written and directed by Mangesh Hadawale and produced by Imtiaz Ali and Bhushan Kumar. [1] It stars Gajraj Rao, Divyendu Sharma, Sunny Hinduja, Rajpal Yadav, Vibha Chibber and Alina Zasobina. [2] [3] The film was released on 11 November 2022. [4] [5]

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Summary

Atmaram Dubey is a middle-class 70-year-old widower who has remained celibate for decades. All of a sudden he has erectile dysfunction, which leads to realisation that he most likely will never have sex again. However, he wants to experience sex one last time. This desire makes him embark on an outrageous voyage of self-discovery that defies society standards.

Plot

Atmaram Dubey (Gajraj Rao) is a retired widower living in Ujjain. He is much loved and respected. He has been celibate for 22 years, because his wife (whom he loved deeply) was paralysed and bedridden for 21 years, and she died a year ago. His family has gathered at the family home to celebrate his 70th birthday. In the middle of the festivities, the family gets a rude revelation that he not only has a passport, but had also recently gone on a secret Bangkok vacation. His children confront him, and then the film unspools in flashback as Atmaram shares his misadventures with his elder son (Sunny Hinduja).

With the onset of erectile dysfunction, Atmaram was hugely depressed. He has tried committing suicide but was saved by Santulan (Dibyendu Sharma), who convinces him to give life another chance. He takes Atmaram to an 85-year-old pehlwan, who advises daily exercise and eating 20 raw onions a day to cure the dysfunction. This remedy works and Atmaram now has strong desire to do the deed one last time before the dysfunction comes back permanently.

Santulan arranges for a prostitute for his "old" friend. When Atmaram chickens out of the arrangement, he then arranges for a passport and ticket to Bangkok for Atmaram to have a boom-boom time. There, a friendly Indian-origin taxi driver (Anil Charanjeett) guides him towards having a good time without getting duped. But Atmaram just can't have meaningless sex. A chance encounter with a Russian travel blogger Rita (Alina Zasobina) changes things. She takes him around town and even takes him to the famous Khao Sok lake where the two bond over the idea of loneliness, being a good human being, and the fact that it's difficult for either of them to have sex with someone they do not have feeling for. This bond helps them see what they need from each other and they end up having sex, as she is attracted to his naïvete.

This narration makes Atmaram's two sons realise that their father is a good human being, and just because he is old, doesn't mean that he is not without emotions, needs, and desires. The family finds closure, and Atmaram's children embrace him, as he cuts the cake celebrating his 70th birthday.

Cast

Soundtrack

Joi Barua composed all the songs except “Do You Wanna Boom Boom” which was composed by Amit Trivedi. All the lyrics were penned by Irshad Kamil.

No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Ye Kya Hua" Mohit Chauhan 4:43
2."Do You Wanna Boom Boom"Sharvi Yadav, Nikhita Gandhi3:28
3."Dheere Dheere"Amit Trivedi3:56
4."Kyon"Amit Mishra, Jonita Gandhi5:29

Release

Theatrical

The film was released on 11 November 2022.

Home media

After the theatrical release, the film was released on Netflix for digital streaming.

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References

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