7.7
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Thuppakki (2012)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 7.7
Overview
Captain Jagadish, an intelligence officer in the Indian Army, returns to Mumbai for a vacation but soon finds himself in a deadly mission. After witnessing a bus bombing, he uncovers a network of sleeper cells planning multiple attacks across the city. With no official backing, he embarks on a personal mission with his trusted comrades to eliminate the mastermind, ensuring the sleeper cells remain leaderless and trapped in silence, waiting for orders that will never come. Ready to sacrifice his own life, he sets out on his final mission—but does he succeed, and at what cost?
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Prime VideoBias Dimensions
Political: Leans Right
Diversity: Moderate
Hinduism: Positive
Islam: Negative
Overview
Captain Jagadish, an intelligence officer in the Indian Army, returns to Mumbai for a vacation but soon finds himself in a deadly mission. After witnessing a bus bombing, he uncovers a network of sleeper cells planning multiple attacks across the city. With no official backing, he embarks on a personal mission with his trusted comrades to eliminate the mastermind, ensuring the sleeper cells remain leaderless and trapped in silence, waiting for orders that will never come. Ready to sacrifice his own life, he sets out on his final mission—but does he succeed, and at what cost?
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Prime VideoDetailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film's dominant themes align with conservative values, primarily through its strong emphasis on patriotism, national security, and the necessity of decisive, often extra-legal, military action by an individual hero to combat external terrorist threats.
The film features an all-Indian cast, which, while traditional for its regional context, presents a distinct cultural and racial representation when viewed from a global mainstream perspective, without explicit DEI-driven recasting. Its narrative positively portrays traditional male heroism and does not incorporate explicit DEI themes or critiques of traditional identities.
Secondary
The protagonist and his family, who are portrayed as patriotic, brave, and morally upright, are Hindu. The film depicts their cultural and religious practices positively, aligning the narrative with their virtues and dignity.
The film's antagonists are a terrorist sleeper cell, implied to be Islamic extremists, who are depicted as ruthless, fanatical, and a severe threat to national security. The narrative offers no counterbalancing positive or nuanced portrayal of Islam or its adherents, thereby risking the reinforcement of negative stereotypes by exclusively associating the religion with villainy.
The film "Thuppakki" is an action thriller centered on counter-terrorism and patriotism. It does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters, themes, or plotlines. The narrative primarily explores heterosexual relationships and military operations, with no depiction or discussion of queer identity.
The film "Thuppakki" does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes within its narrative. Therefore, there is no portrayal to evaluate against the given rubric.
The film primarily focuses on the male protagonist's combat against terrorists. The main female character, Nisha, is a romantic interest and does not participate in any physical combat scenes against male opponents or any opponents at all.
Thuppakki is an original film and not an adaptation of existing source material, a biopic, or a reboot of legacy characters. All characters were created for this specific movie, thus precluding any gender swaps from prior established canon or history.
Thuppakki is an original Indian film from 2012. It is not an adaptation of existing source material with established character races, nor is it a biopic. Therefore, no characters could have been race-swapped from a prior canonical or historical depiction.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
8.1
7.2
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