Thar (film)
Thar is a 2022 Indian Hindi-language Western action thriller film written and directed by Raj Singh Chaudhary and produced by Anil Kapoor and Harshvardhan Kapoor. Set in the 80s, Thar follows a city man who moves to a village located in the wilderness for some exploration work, but there is more to him than meets the eye. It stars Anil Kapoor, Harshvardhan Kapoor, and Fatima Sana Shaikh. It released on Netflix on 6 May 2022, to mixed to positive reviews from critics, who praised the direction, cinematography, performances, dialogues, background score, and its homages to the Western genre, though some criticized its predictable story, screenplay, and editing. Plot
In 1985, Siddharth Kumar (Harshvardan Kapoor), a mysterious antique dealer, travels through Munabao, a remote Rajasthani village situated in the Thar desert near the Pakistan border, that has been rocked recently by violent killings. As Inspector of Munabao, Surekha Singh (Anil Kapoor), investigates these killings, when he crosses paths with Siddharth. When Surekha finds out about the murders in the village, while investigating he comes to a conclusion that it was the dacoits who mercilessly killed a family for drugs not for the money collected for dowry as that family's only living person- the daughter claims. Someone kills Suwa (Akkshay Gunaawat), a villager, and hangs his body on a tree. Many policemen believe it was the same gang of dacoits, but Surekha believes it is not the case considering Suva was tortured and  mutilated before being hanged. Panna (Jitendra Joshi) frustrated because of Chetna's (Fatima Sana Shaikh) infertility and does not like Siddharth's frequent visit to their home. He beats Chetna because of this. Siddharth finds friends of Suwa - Panna, Dhanna (Sanjay Bishnoi) and Kanwar (Sanjay Dadhich). He asks Panna and Kanwar for a job to transport antiques to Delhi. On the way Siddharth abducts them and keeps them in a fort outside of the village. He comes back to the village and sleeps with Panna's wife Chetna. While he intends to leave the village the next day, Chetna plans to leave with him. Dhanna's wife suspects something is wrong and reports to Surekha. While investigating further about Siddharth, it is then revealed that his wife was raped, similarly tortured and mutilated by these friends in Delhi and this entire story of murdering them all was Siddharth's revenge plot. When Surekha is going to the fort to arrest Siddharth, he is attacked by the gang of dacoits in which he successfully kills them all and reaches the fort. Meanwhile, Siddharth tells everything to Chetna and burns her husband Panna in front of her. When Surekha asks him to surrender, Chetna kills Siddharth. After 6 months we see Chetna pregnant with Siddharth's child and Surekha recovering his injuries. 