The Great Indian Family

If you want to be brave, the writing needs to match: here, even such wonderful actors like Kumud Mishra, Manoj Pahwa, Sadi Siddiqui stand no chance. Neither does the always watchable Vicky Kaushal.

Despite the intriguing plot line, The Great Indian Family remains banal. You leave the theatre with little except the formidable enthusiasm of Vicky Kaushal. 



The latest YRF film is a genial and gamely comedy that stays above stereotypes.

Writer-director Vijay Krishna Acharya addresses the rising hate-mongering in society with a deft touch.

Well-meaning but simplistic.

The Great Indian Family has a genuine message but fall short in execution.

The Great Indian Family sees rising intolerance as a game of snakes and ladders and democracy as a ritual for arriving at a domestic decision. Voting may begin at home, sure, but the venom now runs too deep.

The Great Indian Family could have been a film of far greater acuity, but the broadsides that it aims against narrow-mindedness through the story of a family as a microcosm of a society and a nation do find their mark.

Though he tries hard, there's something amiss about the whole narrative, which doesn't let the characters talk to you.

All I can really do is be surprised at the fact that Vijay Krishna Acharya got the green light to remake Dharmputra&#59; he got to hire a cast and crew&#59; he got to film everything&#59; he got it past the CBFC&#59; and it’s now running theatrically.