To director Raj Singh Chaudhary, Thar is the result of his two loves — western thrillers, and his home state Rajasthan. As someone who was fascinated with the genre from the get-go, the filmmaker believed that the arid terrain of Rajasthan provided the perfect setting for such stories. “I was a fan of the western genre right from my childhood. I loved western comics and novels. I belong to a part of Rajasthan that [doesn’t have] palaces and deserts. When I used to watch western films, [I’d notice how] the landscape was similar [to that of the state]. So, I wrote the story around [this setting],” says the director.

Raj Singh Chaudhary