The Great Indian Family

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The Great Indian Family
Pritam Chakraborty
Background Score:
Kingshuk Chakravarty
Additional Score:
Julius Packiam
Production
company
Distributed byYash Raj Films
Release date
  • 22 September 2023 (2023-09-22)
Running time
112 minutes
crores[3]

The Great Indian Family is a 2023 Indian Hindi-language comedy drama film written and directed by Vijay Krishna Acharya and produced by Aditya Chopra under the banner of Yash Raj Films.[4][5] It stars Vicky Kaushal as a religious, Hindu Pandit who is revealed to be Muslim by birth. Manushi Chhillar, Manoj Pahwa, and Kumud Mishra appear in supporting roles.[6][7]

Principal photography began on 20 November 2020 and ended on 25 February 2021. It was released theatrically on 22 September 2023.[8]

The film received negative reviews and was a box-office bomb, earning only ₹5.65 crores domestically.[9][10]

Plot

The film begins with the backstory of Ved Vyas Tripathi from his school days. He has a crush on a girl in his school, called Aishwarya. She is the daughter of a famous businessman, Maalpani, who invites Ved for her birthday party. Unbeknownst to him, her father has a different plan. He has invited Ved's father, who's a Hindu priest, to sing a bhajan at Aishwarya's birthday puja.

From that day on, Ved becomes a famous religious singer as "Bhajan Kumar". He is a bachelor, and because of his religious personality, all the girls look at him as a priest, and ask him for blessings. He follows a girl called Jasmeet into the area of the local Muslim community. He finds out that Jasmeet is a singer. He unknowingly scares off their musician Abdul, Jasmeet forces them to perform at singing event, where Ved takes the stage. Ved goes on a coffee date with Jasmeet. There is a big wedding (Aishwarya's) which is coming as competition between Siyaram Tripathi (Father of Ved) and Mishra to get the priest contract. While Tripathi goes to religious trip for 2 weeks, a person delivers a letter at home. The letter says that Ved is not Tripathi's son, and that he is a Muslim. Ved's eyes has filled with pitch-black kohl and also Ved has dressed up as a Muslim. Ved has to put on his green attire Kurta Pyjama, his Taqiyah cap and his kohl-lined eyes. While Ved's uncle tries to protect their family's respect, Mishra tries to spoil Ved's and his family's image. Before the climax, there is a story where Siyaram Tripathi discloses the truth about Ved's identity and the whole family stands together to support Ved.

During the climax scene, Ved had his blood test done and also Ved's blood colour was red. But he also taught everyone "Democracy" and "Secular" and also expose Mishra and his son TD (Tulsidas). At the end, Ved is proud of his "The Great Indian Family".

Cast

  • Vicky Kaushal as Ved Vyas Tripathi (Bhajan Kumar & Billu)
  • Manushi Chhillar as Jasmeet Kaur Randhawa
  • Manoj Pahwa as Balakram Tripathi
  • Kumud Mishra as Pandit Siyaram Tripathi
  • Yashpal Sharma as Pandit Jagannath Mishra
  • Sadiya Siddiqui as Hema Tripathi
  • Alka Amin as Sushila Kumari
  • Srishti Dixit as Gunja Tripathi
  • Bharti Perwani as Rampyari Singh Chauhan
  • Bhuvan Arora as Bhaata Mishra
  • Aasif Khan as Tulsidas "TD" Mishra
  • Ashutosh Ujjwal as Sarveshwar Malpani
  • Moumita Pal as Sumitra Tripathi
  • Paritosh Sand as Mr. Malpani
  • Meena Malhotra as Mrs. Malpani
  • Fahad Samar as Mr. Ahuja
  • Aparna Ghoshal as Mrs. Ahuja
  • Rudraksh Thakur as Neeraj
  • Hitesh Arora as Abdul
  • Renuka Sharma as Amma
  • Vedant Sinha as Kid VV (Ved Vyas Tripathi)
  • Areebah Fatima as Kid Gunja Tripathi
  • Jiya Amin as Kid Aishwarya Malpani
  • Tarun Kumar as Maulvi
  • Devang Tanna as Pintu Shukla
  • Keval Arora as Dr. Irani
  • Ghanshyam Garg as Raghubir Yadav
  • Sumit Singh Bhadoriya as Amit Ahuja
  • Saloni Khanna as Aishwarya Malpani

Production

wrapped on 25 February 2021.[12]

Music

The Great Indian Family
YRF Music
Pritam chronology
Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani
(2023) 		The Great Indian Family
(2023) 		Tiger 3
(2023)
Official audio
The Great Indian Family - Full Album on
YouTube

The music of the film is composed by Pritam. All the lyrics are written by Amitabh Bhattacharya.[13] The first single titled "Kanhaiya Twitter Pe Aaja" was released on 30 August 2023.[14]

Track listing
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Kanhaiya Twitter Pe Aaja"Nakash Aziz4:45
2."Ki Farak Painda Hai"Dev Negi, Neeti Mohan3:02
3."Sahibaa"Darshan Raval, Antara Mitra3:56
4."Pukaroon Hari Om"Sonu Nigam3:36
Total length:15:19

Release

Theatrical

The film was theatrically released on 22 September 2023.[15]

Home media

The film premiered on Amazon Prime Video on 17 November 2023.[16]

Satellite partners

The film premiered on Star Gold Network on 18 February 2024.

Reception

Dhaval Roy of The Times of India gave the film 2.5/5 stars stating, ‘’The Great Indian Family has a genuine message but fall short in execution.’’[17] In a review from The Indian Express, Shubhra Gupta gave the movie 1.5/5 stars and critiqued, ‘’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.’’[18]

References

  1. ^ "The Great Indian Family (12A)". British Board of Film Classification. 19 September 2023. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  2. ^ "According to reports, the film has been made on a budget of Rs 40 crore". Zoom . 22 September 2023. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  3. ^ "Vicky Kaushal starrer struggles to cross Rs 10 crore". Times of India.
  4. ^ "YRF's The Great Indian Family starring Vicky Kaushal and Manushi Chhillar to release theatrically on THIS date". Bollywood Hungama. 14 August 2023. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  5. ^ "Manushi Chillar Bags her Second Film Opposite Vicky Kaushal". Filmfare. 19 August 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  6. ^ "Vicky Kaushal and Manushi Chhillar's next with Yash Raj Films gets a title". Bollywood Hungama. 1 March 2021. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  7. ^ "'The Great Indian Family': Vicky Kaushal and Manushi Chillar Unveil Hilarious Glimpse". PTC Punjab. 14 August 2023. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  8. ^ "The Great Indian Family: Vicky Kaushal's family entertainer to release on THIS date". India Today. 14 August 2023. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  9. ISSN 0971-8257
    . Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  10. ^ "'The Great Indian Family' box office collection Day 4: Vicky's film sees massive drop". India Today. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  11. ^ "Vicky Kaushal's next, directed by Vijay Krishna Acharya, quietly goes on floors in Mumbai". Bollywood Hunagama. 20 November 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  12. ^ "Vicky Kaushal ends shooting of Vijay Krishna Acharya's next untitled film". Bollywood Hunagama. 25 February 2021. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  13. ^ a b "The Great Indian Family – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack". Jiosaavn. 16 September 2023.
  14. ^ "'Kanhaiya Twitter Pe Aaja' out! Vicky as Bhajan Kumar is the new singing sensation". India Today. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  15. ^ "YRF's The Great Indian Family starring Vicky Kaushal and Manushi Chhillar to release theatrically on THIS date". Bollywood Hungama. 14 August 2023. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  16. ^ "Vicky Kaushal and Manushi Chhillar starrer The Great Indian Family to stream on THIS OTT platform". Bollywood Hungama. 17 November 2023. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  17. ^ "The Great Indian Family: Full Review". The Times of India. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  18. The Times Of India
    . 22 September 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023.

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