Thappad box-office: Taapsee Pannu's film witnesses a massive growth on Day 2; See numbers

Calling domestic violence "an elephant in room", Bollywood star Taapsee Pannu's film Thappad has definitely started a conversation around issue. Receiving immense positive reviews by both audience and critics, Anubhav Sinha directorial on Day 2 witnessed a massive jump.

Trade analyst and film critic Taran Adarsh took to his Twitter handle to share box-office figures. film earned Rs. 5.05 crores on Day 2, taking total domestic earnings to Rs. 8.12 crores. Adarsh also pointed out that film is doing extremely well in metro cities. 

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Thappad is directed by Anubhav Sinha and has Pink actor Taapsee Pannu in lead role. It also features Pavail Gulati, Dia Mirza, Kumud Mishra, Tanvi Azmi and Naila Grewal in pivotal roles. film revolves around story of a housewife whose relationship is conditioned by patriarchal rules where she is taken for granted. Taapsee plays an educated, upper-middle-class woman who is forced to take stock of her relationship after being slapped by her husband.

" film is t just about domestic violence. It is just one trigger. re is a dialogue in film which says 'I can suddenly see all unfair things that I did t tice earlier'. So 'Thappad' (slap) is a trigger and suddenly you see se things that were taken for granted in a relationship," Taapsee told PTI in an interview.

Meanwhile, as per PTI, Anubhav Sinha directorial has been exempted from SGST for a period of three months in Madhya Pradesh. report quoted a Commercial Tax Department top official stating that decision was owing to film’s subject and mess that deals with domestic violence.  tickets are levied 18%, GST-SGST at 9% each, at present.

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