Thikana (film)

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Thikana
Directed by Mahesh Bhatt
Written bySuraj Saneem
Screenplay bySuraj Sanim
Story bySuraj Sanim
Produced byPaul Arora
V. B. Soni
Starring Smita Patil
Anil Kapoor
Amrita Singh
Satish Kaushik
Anupam Kher
Suresh Oberoi
CinematographyAdeep Tandon
Edited byTara Singh
Music by Kalyanji–Anandji
Production
company
Dilliwala Films
Release date
  • 30 October 1987 (1987-10-30)
Country India
Language Hindi

Thikana is a 1987 Hindi crime drama film directed by Mahesh Bhatt. It stars Smita Patil, Anil Kapoor and Amrita Singh in lead roles.

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Plot

Alcoholic lawyer Ravi Goel does not get cases because he refuses to lie. He lives with his mother and sister Shashi, who also happens to be the breadwinner for the family.

MP Rane rapes a girl and is videotaped by a cameraman. Rane has both of them killed. Meanwhile, Shashi becomes pregnant from Ranveer Singh. She refuses to marry him because she feels that when she would leave her family, they would be in trouble. Ranbir convinces Ravi to take on cases to fight in the court.

Tea shop owner Chakradhari tells Ravi that dancer Shaila's brother has been missing for some time. Ravi begins searching for her brother and discovering his death, tries to find the killers.

Cast

Songs

Anjaan wrote the songs.

SongSinger
"Ajnabee Koi Kabhi" Asha Bhosle
"Bachana Dil Bachana"Asha Bhosle
"Aasman Chhat Ho Meri" Suresh Wadkar
"Dua Samajh Lo"Suresh Wadkar
"Thoda Sa Gham" (Male)Suresh Wadkar
"Thoda Sa Gham" (Female) Alka Yagnik

Production

During the film's shooting actress Smita Patil became pregnant but continued working for the film. She cited that housemaids also work when they are pregnant. [1] She died on 13 December 1986 due to childbirth complications, just a few days after the birth of her and Raj Babbar's son Prateik Babbar. [2]

Arshad Warsi assisted Bhatt for Kaash and Thikana. [3]

Reception

Akshay Shah of Planet Bollywood gave the film a rating of 8/10. He praised the story, direction, Suresh Oberoi and Anil Kapoor's performance. Shah felt that Kapoor's performance was under-rated. He called Patil a "disappointment" and termed the remaining cast as "average". He also said that Paresh Rawal or Kader Khan could have done better than Avtar Gill in the MP's role. [4] Mint 's Nandini Ramnath called Patil's role one of her most underrated ones. [5] DAWN has called the film "one of [Bhatt's] most searching studies of flexible middle-class morality". [6] Despite the critical acclaim, it was a commercial failure. [7]

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