Thikana (film)

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Thikana
Directed by Mahesh Bhatt
Produced by Paul Arora
V. B. Soni
Written by Suraj Sanim
Screenplay by Suraj Sanim
Story by Suraj Sanim
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Music by Anandji
Kalyanji
Cinematography Adeep Tandon
Edited by Tara Singh
Production
company
Dilliwala Films
Release dates
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  • 18 October 1987 (1987-10-18) (India)
Language Hindi

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

Plot

Alcoholic lawyer Ravi Goel (Anil Kapoor) does not get cases because he refuses to lie. He lives with his mother (Rohini Hattangadi) and sister Shashi (Smita Patil), who also happens to be the breadwinner for the family.

MP Rane (Avtar Gill) rapes a girl and is videotaped by a cameraman (Madan Jain). Rane has both of them killed. Meanwhile, Shashi becomes pregnant from Ranbir Singh (Suresh Oberoi). 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 (Satish Kaushik) tells Ravi that dancer Shaila's (Amrita Singh) brother has been missing for some time. Ravi begins searching for her brother and, discovering his death, tries to find the killers.

Cast

Songs

Track# Title Singer(s)
1 "Aasmaan Chhat Ho Meri" Suresh Wadkar
2 "Ajnabi Koi Kabhi" Asha Bhosle
3 "Bachaana Dil Bachaana" Asha Bhosle
4 "Dua Samajh Lo Ya Isko Gaali" Suresh Wadkar
5 "Thoda Sa Gham Thodi Khushi" Suresh Wadkar
6 "Thoda Sa Gham Thodi Khushi (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

Mint's Nandini Ramnath called Patil's role one of her most underrated ones.[4] DAWN has called the film "one of [Bhatt's] most searching studies of flexible middle-class morality".[5] Despite the critical acclaim, it was a commercial failure.[6]

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