A Thursday (2022)

A Thursday - the new Hotstar Multiplex movie begins with Naina Jaiswal returning back to Lil Dots play-school from a 3-week sick leave. The kids' parents, the school's helper and the majority of the locality consider Naina as the perfect teacher who can control these little brats. The kids also love their Naina teacher. She plays with them, nurtures them, and show them their favourite cartoons. But as the kids start making noise, Naina shhh them with an evil gaze, and you get a hint that she has returned with ulterior motives.

Soon, Naina informs the police that she has abducted 16 kids in her playschool, and she has some demands. Pregnant ACP Catherine Alvarez (Neha Dhupia), cancels her doctor appointment and reaches the playschool. Catherine tries to speak to Naina, but the latter asks for Javed Khan (Atul Kulkarni) for further negotiations. As Javed comes into the crime scene, we are set for a thrilling ride. Naina sets up an interesting game where multiple lives are endangered. Naina initiates a series of demands with Javed, from 5 Crore ranson money to a conversation with the Prime Minister of India. Within no time, Naina creates havoc in the city.

What makes 'A Thursday' interesting is that the film quickly jumps into thriller mode. Within 10 minutes of the film, we get to see a sweet-loving Naina, turned into a cold-hearted, ruthless kidnapper. It's a no-nonsense thriller that keeps you interested till the end. As the film hits the interval, you will feel to get back quickly to see what will happen next. The film addresses a burning issue and the need-of-the-hour to eradicate it. But apart from that, it also takes a dig at the work ethics of media professionals. How social media craves negativity. How the netizens consider a 'game of death' entertaining.

There are a few moments in the film, where you be astonished and scared at the same time. Like at one instance, Naina asks the kids to form a circle and recite 'Twinkle Twinkle' with their eyes shut. As the innocent souls start singing, Naina records them in her phone with a gun pointing at them. In another nail-biting scene, Yami gets into a fight, and it is layered by the background score of a lullaby, that's another cinematic moment that will keep you hooked. Even the climactic twist will surprise you in a big way.

Talking about performances, Yami Gautam Dhar has stunned us with her act. Yami's pretty eyes echo chaos. She emotes pain, despair, anxiety, anger, hatred with sincere conviction. It's hard to believe that a beautiful face like Yami can be so ruthless, could shoot a child with zero regrets. This is the most challenging character for her, but the actress aced it with flying colours. Atul Kulkarni's role of inspector Javed Khan instantly connects with the audience, as he portrays it with utmost realism. His presence, his dialogue delivery, and the variety he showcased in his act make us realise his absence from the big screen.

Neha Dhupia deserves special mention as she played the role of ACP Cathrine with commendable sincerity and perfection. Neha was pregnant during the shoot, but she took this challenge to showcase her acting chops. The film is set during the monsoons, and Neha does some hardcore thrilling moments in the midst of rain. That's where you realise that she's a performer at par. Karanvir Sharma plays the role of Naina's fiance Karan Mirchandani. Even though he had a short stint, he gives it a praiseworthy performance. Last but not the least, Dim

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Great Story! Great Direction.....

A Thursday, had a simple story with a hidden truth that revolves around the main character Naina (played by Yami Gautam) and the reason behind her shocking act.

The story was an eye opener, but on many levels it wouldn't be realistic in nature. Coming to performance, Yami Gautam did well playing a victim who fights in an uncanny way for justice. Cinematography was well handled, although direction could have been better.

Even though there's no comparison with A Wednesday, the so called spiritual sequel A Thursday shines due to Yami's performance and the delicate issue of rape been handled thoughtfully, if not in a realistic approach.

My Rating : 7/10.

A Thursday fmovies. The storyline of this movie is just amazing and The acting is also good. The Concept of this movie is good. Different and unique kind of story. Overall Good Movie.

A young playschool teacher, Naina Jaiswal (Yami Gautam Dhar), returns prematurely from her sick leave to resume her responsibilities but soon afterwards, surprises everyone by taking 16 children hostage in the school. She demands for Rs. 5 crores, supercop Inspector Javed Khan (Atul Kulkarni) to be her point of contact for negotiations, and a meeting with the Prine Minister, Maya Rajguru (Dimple Kapadia). On the one hand, Naina is the affectionate and doting school teacher, and on the other, she is a gun toting, tough speaking terrorist who will stop at nothing to get her demands fulfilled.

Initially baffled by the sudden developments, police lunges into action and nabs every connection of Naina possible to make any headway and find a solution. But Naina won't relentl until she got a private meeting with the prime minister. The truth slowly starts unravelling about how Naina suffered from depression earlier, and that could possibly be the reason behind her irrational behaviour.

A Thursday isn't a remarkable story or execution but is quite a thought-provoking subject. It starts off with the hostage situation pretty early on, but then the proceedings start dragging, making the film run as if with the handbrake of a vehicle were kept on. The real motive of Naina's strange action takes a long time to be revealed by when most people would have gauged the reason. In spite of that, director Behzad Khambata doesn't fail to drive home an important point. The film has some intense acting by Yami Gautam Dhar, sound performances by Dimple Kapadia and Atul Kulkarni, and leaves ample scope for interpreting if Naina and Javed actually acted in partnership to give the act a successful conclusion. When pleas, requests, and demands for justice fall on deaf ears, it's perhaps time to take up the cudgel yourself.

Sameer lodaya

The movie will thrill your Thursday if you are watching today or any other day

The movie is about hostages drama as you must had seen in the trailer..movie had been carried in a very good way by yami and atul with Behzads direction..the makers have covered all the elements like high drama,suspense ,goose bumps thrill, emotions,twists ,performances and police arrangements like Hollywood style..the movie has been made in a simple way with classroom as main location, less drama ,focusing only on subject matter..the makers have justified the climax and gave a good presentation of the social problem and the system..

The negative parts are neha dhupia who under acted and the pregnant character was not required ..the title which is like WEDNESDAY so the story can easily be predictable ...PM part was highly unacceptable instead CM should be used..

A must watch.