Thikana (film)
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{{Infobox film
| name =Thikana
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| director =Mahesh Bhatt
| producer =Paul Arora
V. B. Soni
| writer =Suraj Saneem
| screenplay =Suraj Sanim
| story =Suraj Sanim
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| starring = Smita Patil
Anil Kapoor
Amrita Singh
Satish Kaushik
Anupam Kher
Suresh Oberoi
| music = Kalyanji–Anandji
| cinematography = Adeep Tandon
| editing = Tara Singh
| studio = Dilliwala Films
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|1987|10|30|df=yes}}
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| country = India
| language = Hindi
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Thikana is a 1987 Hindi crime drama film directed by Mahesh Bhatt. It stars Smita Patil, Anil Kapoor and Amrita Singh in lead roles.
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
- Smita Patil as Shashi Goel
- Anil Kapoor as Ravi Goel
- Amrita Singh as Shaila
- Satish Kaushik as Chakradhari
- Anupam Kher as Inspector Anwar Ali
- Suresh Oberoi as Inspector Ranveer Singh
- Rohini Hattangadi as Mrs. Goel
- Avtar Gill as MP Rane
- Madan Jain as Cameraman Avinash
Songs
Anjaan wrote the songs.
| class="wikitable"
! Song !! Singer |
| "Ajnabee Koi Kabhi" |
| "Bachana Dil Bachana"
| Asha Bhosle |
| "Aasman Chhat Ho Meri" |
| "Dua Samajh Lo"
| Suresh Wadkar |
| "Thoda Sa Gham" (Male)
| Suresh Wadkar |
| "Thoda Sa Gham" (Female) |
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.{{cite news|last1=KBR|first1=Upala|title=Does Bollywood need a no-pregnancy clause?|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Does-Bollywood-need-a-no-pregnancy-clause/articleshow/9038577.cms|accessdate=28 June 2015|work=The Times of India|publisher=The Times Group|date=30 June 2011}} 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.{{cite web|author1=Indo-Asian News Service|author-link=Indo-Asian News Service|title=Prateik Babbar on mother Smita Patil: Got to be her sunshine kid|url=http://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/prateik-babbar-on-mother-smita-patil-got-to-be-her-sunshine-kid-615095|publisher=NDTV|accessdate=1 July 2015|location=Mumbai|date=12 December 2013}}
Arshad Warsi assisted Bhatt for Kaash and Thikana.{{cite news|last1=Iyer|first1=Meena|title=I want to make my own films: Arshad|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/I-want-to-make-my-own-films-Arshad/articleshow/5552379.cms|accessdate=22 December 2014|work=The Times of India|publisher=The Times Group|date=10 February 2010|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100213162401/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/I-want-to-make-my-own-films-Arshad/articleshow/5552379.cms|archivedate=13 February 2010}}
Reception
Akshay Shah of PlanetBollywood.com 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 underrated. 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.{{cite web|title=Thikana – Movie review by Akshay Shah|url=http://www.planetbollywood.com/displayReview.php?id=041806055402 |publisher=PlanetBollywood.com |accessdate=28 June 2015}} {{Rating|8|10}} Mint{{'s}} Nandini Ramnath called Patil's role one of her most underrated ones.{{cite news|last1=Ramnath|first1=Nandini|title=Smita Patil – The working woman|url=http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/hrYlBQxYlHgTHCu9CBUbsL/Smita-Patil--The-working-woman.html|accessdate=28 June 2015|work=Mint|publisher=HT Media|date=27 December 2014}} Dawn has called the film "one of [Bhatt's] most searching studies of flexible middle-class morality".{{cite news|last1=Ramnath|first1=Nandini|title=Psst! Bollywood director Mahesh Bhatt has yet another confession to make|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1187127|accessdate=28 June 2015|work=Dawn|publisher=Khawaja Kaleem Ahmed|date=9 June 2015}} Despite the critical acclaim, it was a commercial failure.{{cite book|title=The Illustrated Weekly of India|volume=110|date=April 1989|publisher=The Times Group|page=78|issue=14–26}}
References
{{Reflist|30em}}
External links
- {{IMDb title|0094132}}
{{Mahesh Bhatt}}
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Category:1980s Hindi-language films