The first time Anubhav Sinha and Taapsee Pannu collaborated for a film, it was the 2018 courtroom drama, Mulk, a dark, daring and disturbing film about the plight a Muslim faces in India. It not only did well commercially but also sparked a debate on social media about what it takes to be from the neighboring nation and reside in this country.

Two years later, both reunite for another film, where we see another courtroom battle, and this time for a woman's right and her fight for justice. The film is titled Thappad, and a woman refuses to bog down to her husband's unpredictable outburst and refuses to forgive him for slapping her out of a fit of rage. Others may adjust, she won't.