Thappad star Pavail Fulati says his upcoming film shows both side of the story as he read the script, he realized that he is a victim of the situation too. This film shows both sides of the story, on why we often take our loved ones for granted and how social conditioning is responsible for our actions. It questions many age-old practices.
Pavail says although we tend to associate domestic violence mostly with the lower class, that is not always the case. He added to it that when domestic violence happens in an educated family, keeping the ‘duniyadari’ in mind, such families of the high society do not talk about it openly, as it is a taboo, and because they have to maintain the image of an ideal family. In lower economic strata, like everything else, they talk about domestic violence very openly. That is why we tend to think that the house help faces domestic violence and not any members of our family. But living in denial is not the solution,” explained the actor, who was also recently appeared in the Netflix anthology “Ghost Stories”.
Thappad” features Taapsee Pannu and Pavail with Kumud Mishra, Ratna Pathak Shah, Tanvi Azmi, Dia Mirza, and Ram Kapoor, among others.
The film, slated to release on February 28, revolves around a young married couple and how one day, when the wife is slapped by the husband in front of guests at a house party, the incident triggers off a chain reaction that leads to self-realization for her, leading to her walking out of the marriage.
Pavail is cast as the career-obsessed husband who misbehaves in public with his wife, essayed by Taapsee.
