The Great Indian Family | |
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Directed by | Vijay Krishna Acharya |
Written by | Vijay Krishna Acharya |
Produced by | Aditya Chopra |
Starring | Vicky Kaushal Manushi Chhillar Manoj Pahwa Kumud Mishra |
Cinematography | Ayananka Bose |
Edited by | Charu Shree Roy |
Music by | Songs: Pritam Chakraborty Background Score: Kingshuk Chakravarty Additional Score: Julius Packiam |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Yash Raj Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 112 minutes [1] |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Budget | ₹40 crores [2] |
Box office | ₹5.65 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]
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".
Principal photography commenced on 20 November 2020. [11] Production wrapped on 25 February 2021. [12]
The Great Indian Family | ||||
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Soundtrack album by | ||||
Released | 15 September 2023 [13] | |||
Recorded | 2021-22 | |||
Studio | Yash Raj Studio | |||
Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
Length | 15:19 | |||
Language | Hindi | |||
Label | YRF Music | |||
Pritam chronology | ||||
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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]
No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Kanhaiya Twitter Pe Aaja" | Nakash Aziz | 4:45 |
2. | "Ki Farak Painda Hai" | Dev Negi, Neeti Mohan | 3:02 |
3. | "Sahibaa" | Darshan Raval, Antara Mitra | 3:56 |
4. | "Pukaroon Hari Om" | Sonu Nigam | 3:36 |
Total length: | 15:19 |
The film was theatrically released on 22 September 2023. [15]
The film premiered on Amazon Prime Video on 17 November 2023. [16]
The film premiered on Star Gold Network on 18 February 2024.
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]
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