Watch this mature family entertainer for the 3 R's, namely Rishi, Ratna and Rajat along with the charming youngsters. Batra teases us with Bollywood clichés and then swerves in other directions. “It's all about loving your family.”īlogical Conclusion, The New Sunday Express It is also not about whether dadu lives or dies before he gets the family photograph clicked. It is not about who gets the girl, or which sibling wins parent approval. Of course, it is a tear jerker, like any family drama worth its salt ought to be. This won't happen in real life, but hey – would they be stories if they reflected real life? The right balance between filmy and real is what makes Kapoor & Sons adorable despite its segue into borderline crass humor or even borderline melodrama. When things get too real and serious, they edit smoothly into something that is bound to make you smile, if not laugh. Rajat Kapoor and Ratna Pathak Shah play the disagreeable, frustrated couple/parents for you to think of real people they remind you of.Īnd that is something Kapoor & Sons gets so right. It is stunning how Alia Bhatt makes - being cool, sensitive, being both at the giving and receiving end of sympathy – look so easy. Siddharth Malhotra slips up in a scene where he is angry but more than covers up for that in other instances, especially the one scene where he is dumbfounded. You don't doubt it when other characters call Fawad Khan perfect or simple. The two young actors themselves though play their own way of hiding or showing their inadequacies. The atypical dadu by Rishi Kapoor is more charming than both Rahul ( Fawad Khan) and Arjun ( Siddharth Malhotra). You relate to Kapoor & Sons also also because of its flawed characters and their portrayal by each one of the actors. How their relationships are shattered by disclosures and how they, like any family, come together in difficult times – despite their differences, despite their personal anger towards the other. You will know why they feel better knit than a family that pushes things under the carpet.
Yes, you will see in the Kapoor family either your family or a family that you have been closely associated with. In the end then, when you find yourself engrossed with the Kapoor family's problems – and not only because you identify with them – you are taken by surprise with how sentimental the film has managed to make you. The “how” then is peppered with situations and a mix of snappy, funny, profound dialogue that fit the characters, the story, the milieu. That itself cuts the drama off to a great extent – keeping background music in its place. And when things starts heating up in the second half, there is only a slight hint. The first half of the film barely has any background music. Milliblog - "highly listenable multi-composer soundtrack!"ĭrama without dramatics – it has been so long since we have seen this that by itself it is refreshing. Let's hope it goes better with the film and adds to the experience.įirstpost - "ditch this album, and listen to the original versions of the only two decent songs" However, doesn't feel like it will overstay a one-time listen. However, there is an angle of brothers fighting over her rather than sacrificing with each other – which a pleasant (because it seems more real) contemporary air about it. But, beyond that it has a Yeh Dillagi feel to it – two brothers fall for the same woman. The heavy promotion on social media goes with the 'young' feeling the film has. Beyond that thought, the trailer becomes a combination of any ol' love triangle and family drama that you might have seen in real life. Off late, he hasn't disappointed with his performances and the rest of the cast looks like they are one with their characters too. And then you have the stunning makeover for Rishi Kapoor.
Anything with Alia Bhatt intrinsically seems like it brings a breath of freshness with it.