If there is one thing Thappad gets right, it is not taking the issue of domestic violence it is trying to address to the floors of a court. What happens in a (movie) court is theatre. With theatre, a certain group of people grab on to viewpoints they find comfort in, no matter how wrong they are. This happened with Pink and subsequently with Sinha's own Mulk.
If a court and bombastic speeches aren't settling this contentious issue, how does Thappad address it and justify its nearly two-and-a-half-hour runtime?
Well, Thappad begins unassumingly like any other movie wou....