Overview
A teacher's desperate act sends shockwaves through a nation, forcing authorities to confront their deepest fears.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Mild
- urgent
- tense
- emotionally charged
- focused thriller night
- social issue movie night
What critics said
Critics found Yami Gautam’s performance and the film’s emotional social commentary effective, while faulting its predictable backstory, overt messaging, and uneven credibility.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Naina uses the kidnapping of sixteen children to force police, political leaders, and the national public to confront issues affecting women.
The classroom hostage situation sends shockwaves through the country and draws in senior law-enforcement and government figures.
Naina’s demands and conduct initially create uncertainty before the emotional rationale behind the standoff emerges.
The playschool functions as the immediate pressure chamber while police commanders, political leaders, and the wider nation respond beyond it.
Films like A Thursday, and why
The Negotiator
shared hostage thriller premise, social commentary, and escalating public crisis
A Wednesday!
shared crime thriller tension, institutional pressure, and morally charged confrontation
The Siege
shared political thriller elements, hostage crisis structure, and urgent social themes
Movie Details
- Director
- Behzad Khambata
- Release Date
- 2022-02-17
- Runtime
- 129 min
- Rating
- 6.7 / 10 (55)
Cast
- Yami Gautam Dhar
- Atul Kulkarni
- Neha Dhupia
- Dimple Kapadia
- Karanvir Sharma
- Maya Sarao
- Kalyanee Mulay
- Boloram Das
- Sukesh Anand
- Adi Irani
Common questions
- What is A Thursday about?
- A playschool teacher turns a hostage crisis into a national reckoning over power, gender, and institutional failure.
- What is A Thursday like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of A Thursday as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is A Thursday violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in A Thursday as mild.
- What did critics think of A Thursday?
- Critics found Yami Gautam’s performance and the film’s emotional social commentary effective, while faulting its predictable backstory, overt messaging, and uneven credibility.
- Which films are like A Thursday?
- Films with a similar feel include The Negotiator, A Wednesday!, and The Siege.
- How long is A Thursday?
- A Thursday runs 129 minutes.
