At the outset, ‘Thappad’ appeared a "one-sided" story to actor Pavail Gulati who was unsure about taking up the social drama. But the actor boarded the Anubhav Sinha directorial after he realized that the film addresses a larger issue such that of the normalization of domestic violence.

Anubhav Sinha has roped in Ayushmann Khurrana for his next, titled ‘Article 15’, a hard-hitting investigative drama, in which the actor will feature as a cop. Touted as one of Sinha's most ambitious projects, ‘Article 15’ is the director's first collaboration with the actor.