Sardar Ka Grandson
Official release poster
Directed by	Kaashvie Nair
Written by	Kaashvie Nair
Screenplay by	Anuja Chauhan Kaashvie Nair
Produced by	Bhushan Kumar Divya Khosla Kumar Krishan Kumar Monisha Advani Madhu Bhojwani Nikkhil Advani John Abraham
Starring	Arjun Kapoor Neena Gupta Rakul Preet Singh
Cinematography	Mahendra J. Shetty
Edited by	Maahir Zaveri
Music by	Gulraj Singh
Production companies	T-Series Emmay Entertainment JA Entertainment
Distributed by	Netflix[1]
Release date	18 May 2021 (2021-05-18)[2]
Running time	140 minutes[3]
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Sardar Ka Grandson (lit. 'Sardar's Grandson') is a 2021 Indian Hindi-language comedy-drama film directed by Kaashvie Nair and written by Anuja Chauhan and Kaashvi Nair.^[4] The film was produced by Bhushan Kumar, Divya Khosla Kumar, Krishan Kumar, Monisha Advani, Madhu Bhojwani, Nikkhil Advani and John Abraham under the banners T-Series, Emmay Entertainment and JA Entertainment.^[5] The film features Arjun Kapoor, Neena Gupta and Rakul Preet Singh in lead roles.^[6]

The film was released on 18 May 2021 on Netflix.^[2]

Plot

Amreek resides in Los Angeles with his girlfriend Radha. Both run a movers and packers company called ‘Gently Gently’. Amreek has a laidback and carefree attitude and doesn't believe in owning up to his mistakes. This affects his work and also his relations with Radha. Fed up with his behaviour, Radha breaks up with him. Amreek is devastated.

This is when his father, Gurkeerat aka Gurki calls him from his home in Amritsar. He tells Amreek that he should return immediately as his grandmother, Sardar Kaur, is sick. Sardar, aged 90, has a tumour. The doctors advise Gurki that they should take her home as operating her at this age can prove fatal. Gurki realizes Sardar doesn't have much time but he hides this fact from Sardar.

Sardar, meanwhile, has a wish. She wants to go to Lahore and visit the house that she built with her husband, late Gursher Singh in 1946. A year later, during Partition, Gursher was stabbed to death while fighting the rioters. Sardar however escaped and reached India. Since then, she has been missing Gursher and the house. Hence, it's her desire to visit Pakistan so that she could see her ancestral house. Sardar tells Amreek about it.

Gurki advises Sardar that she can't travel in this condition. But Amreek realizes how much this means to her. He promises her that he'll help fulfil her wish. He tries to get her visa. However, her application is rejected as she's blacklisted from visiting Pakistan. This is because a few years ago, she had attacked a Pakistani official, Saqlain Niazi when she had gone to watch an India vs Pakistan cricket match in Mohali.

This is when Amreek learns that Radha has transplanted a nearly hundred-year-old tree in the United States. Amreek thus begins to learn about structural relocation and realizes that a lot of people have successfully lifted a house and transplanted it to a different location. Amreek requests help from both the government of India and Pakistan for his mission. Both decide to help him, in principle. Amreek then decides to visit Lahore. However, he hides about his plan from Sardar. He fears that if he fails in his endeavour, she'll be heartbroken. Hence, Amreek pretends to go back to Los Angeles in front of Sardar.

Amreek reaches Lahore and is successfully able to find Sardar's house. But when he reaches there, he sees that the local authorities are about to demolish the structure. But he stops it and manages to convince the mayor (who is actually Saqlain Niazi, the official whom his grandmother had hit in the match) he brings back the house, thus fulfilling Sardar's wish.

In the end of the film, it is revealed that Sardar dies seven years after, and divides the property in three equal shares. It is also revealed that Amreek and Radha marry and move to back to America and have two daughters and a son, named after his grandmother.

Cast

• Arjun Kapoor as Amreek Singh
• Neena Gupta as Swanmeet "Sardar" Kaur, Amreek's grandmother
  • Aditi Rao Hydari as Young Swanmeet "Sardar" Kaur (Special appearance)
• Rakul Preet Singh as Radha Kaur Khasan, Amreek's love interest
• John Abraham as Gursher Singh, Amreek's late grandfather (Special appearance)
• Kanwaljit Singh as Gurkeerat "Gurkhi" Singh, Amreek's father
• Soni Razdan as Simmi Kaur Sodhi, Amreek's mother
• Kumud Mishra as Saqlain Niazi, Lahore city mayor
• Divya Seth as Honey, Sardar's second daughter-in-law
• Mahika Patiyal as Pinky Kaur, Amreek's sister
• Masood Akhtar as Khan Sahab
• Ravjeet Singh as Lovely
• Akashdeep Sabir as Contractor
• Mir Mehroos as Chhote
• Shahid Lateef as Inspector Rauf Khalid
• Arvinder Bhatti as Gurbaz Chacha
• Rajiv Kachroo as Pakistani High Commissioner Qureshi
• Priya Tandon as Pakistani Journalist

Production

The principal photography commenced in Mumbai on 16 November 2019.^[7][8]

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 20% of 10 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 4.2/10. ^[9]

Soundtrack

The film's soundtrack is composed by Tanishk Bagchi. whereas, lyrics being written by Tanishk Bagchi, Millind Gaba, Happy Raikoti and Manoj Muntashir.

The song Jee Ni Karda is remake version of the 2008 track “Dhoor” by Manak-E.^[11][12]

The song Main Teri Ho Gayi is remake version of Punjabi singer Millind Gaba's 2017 song of the same name.^[13][14]

References

External links

• Sardar Ka Grandson at IMDb
• Sardar Ka Grandson on Bollywood Hungama