Javed Akhtar heaps praises for movie Thappad, calls ‘mile stone of Indian cinema’

Taapsee Pannu starrer Thappad, which released yesterday, is getting a lot of positive response from the audience. And it is not just the audience which is praising the Anubhav Sinha film. Even celebs are liking the film.

Javed Akhtar took to Twitter late Friday night, “Today I saw one of the most sensitive , sensible and socially relevant film of recent times Thappad is an extremely well told and well performed movie . My congratulations to the writers, director, performers and the whole crew for this milestone of Indian cinema.”

Thappad director Anubhav Sinha and lead actor Taapsee Pannu couldn’t hold their excitement when lyricist Javed Akhtar praise the



film.

Anubhav Sinha was also elated by Javed Akhtar’s note of appreciation. He tweeted, “Javed Akhtar called. Complimented about writing. I am retiring!!! #THAPPAD.” Acknowledging the lyricist’s tweet, the Thappad director replied, “Zindabad Sir. Thank you. Thank you. Thank You.”

After several Bollywood celebrities including Ayushmann Khurrana and filmmaker Hansal Mehta praised the film, Taapsee took to Twitter on Saturday to thank all those who loved the film. She wrote, “Thank you everyone for embracing this so called ‘niche’ film which in real is a film about almost every household in India. We have been under estimating our audience for a very long time. #Thappad.”