Thar (film)

Thar
Official release poster
Directed byRaj Singh Chaudhary
Written byRaj Singh Chaudhary
Produced byAnil Kapoor
Harshvardhan Kapoor
Starring
CinematographyShreya Dev Dube
Edited byAarti Bajaj
Music byAjay Jayanthi
Production
company
Anil Kapoor Films & Communication Network
Distributed byNetflix[1]
Release date
  • 6 May 2022 (2022-05-06)
Running time
108 minutes[2]
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Thar is a 2022 Indian Hindi-language Western action thriller film written and directed by Raj Singh Chaudhary and produced by Anil Kapoor and Harshvardhan Kapoor.[3] Set in the 80s, Thar follows a city man who moves to a village located in the wilderness for some exploration work, but there is more to him than meets the eye. It stars Anil Kapoor, Harshvardhan Kapoor, and Fatima Sana Shaikh.[4][5][6]

It released on Netflix on 6 May 2022, and received 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.

At the 2022 Filmfare OTT Awards, Thar received 5 nominations, including Best Web Original Film, Best Actor in a Web Original Film (Harshvardhan) and Best Actress in a Web Original Film (Shaikh), and won Best Supporting Actor in a Web Original Film (Anil).

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  2. ^ "Thar". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
  3. ^ "Thar: बेटे हर्षवर्धन के साथ अनिल कपूर की फिल्म 'थार' की रिलीज डेट का हुआ एलान, इस दिन नेटफ्लिक्स पर होगी स्ट्रीम". Amar Ujala. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  4. ^ "Anil Kapoor teams up with son Harsh Varrdhan Kapoor for Netflix's film Thar". India Today. 21 February 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  5. ^ "When Anil Kapoor's son Harsh Varrdhan said he would get naked, kiss a man to get a role". Times Now. 1 April 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  6. ^ "Anil Kapoor, Harsh Varrdhan Kapoor's Thar to premiere on Netflix in May". The Print. 9 April 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2022.