The Great Indian Family
Theatrical release poster
Directed byVijay Krishna Acharya
Written byVijay Krishna Acharya
Produced byAditya Chopra
StarringVicky Kaushal
Manushi Chhillar
Manoj Pahwa
Kumud Mishra
CinematographyAyananka Bose
Edited byCharu Shree Roy
Music bySongs:
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[1]
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
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]

Plot

A religious Hindu man goes through a crisis when he comes to know that he is actually a Muslim by birth.[11]

Ved becomes a religious singer. He is a bachelor but because of his religious persona, all girls looks him as priest for blessing. He follows a girl into another religious community to find that Jasmeet is a singer. He unknowingly scares off their musician, Jasmeet forces them to perform at singing event. Ved goes on a coffee date with Jasmeet. There is a big wedding which is coming as competition between Tripathi (Father of Ved) and Mishra to get priest contract . Tripathi goes to trip, a person deliver letter at home. The letter says that Ved is not Tripathi's son and he is a Muslim.

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
  • Bhuvan Arora as Bhaata Mishra
  • Aasif Khan as Tulsidas 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 Arora
  • Hitesh Arora as Abdul
  • Renuka Sharma as Amma
  • Vedant Sinha as Kid VV (Ved Vyas Tripathi)
  • 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

Principal photography commenced on 20 November 2020.[12] Production wrapped on 25 February 2021.[13]

Music

The Great Indian Family
Soundtrack album by
Pritam
Released15 September 2023[14]
Recorded2021-22
StudioYash Raj Studio
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length15:19
LanguageHindi
LabelYRF 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.[14] The first single titled "Kanhaiya Twitter Pe Aaja" was released on 30 August 2023.[15]

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.[16]

Home media

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

Reception

Dhaval Roy of The Times of India however, gave the film 2.5/5 stars stating, ‘’The Great Indian Family has a genuine message but fall short in execution.’’[18] In another 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.’’[19]

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. ↑ "'The Great Indian Family' box office collection Day 6: Vicky Kaushal starrer struggles to cross Rs 10 crore". The Times of India. 28 September 2023. 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. ↑ "'The Great Indian Family' trailer: Vicky Kaushal is a bhajan star in crisis". The Hindu. 12 September 2023. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  12. ↑ "Vicky Kaushal's next, directed by Vijay Krishna Acharya, quietly goes on floors in Mumbai". Bollywood Hunagama. 20 November 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  13. ↑ "Vicky Kaushal ends shooting of Vijay Krishna Acharya's next untitled film". Bollywood Hunagama. 25 February 2021. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  14. 1 2 "The Great Indian Family – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack". Jiosaavn. 16 September 2023.
  15. ↑ "'Kanhaiya Twitter Pe Aaja' out! Vicky as Bhajan Kumar is the new singing sensation". India Today. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  16. ↑ "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.
  17. ↑ "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.
  18. ↑ "The Great Indian Family: Full Review". The Times of India. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  19. ↑ "The Great Indian Family movie review: Just the kind of film Bollywood shouldn't be making". The Times Of India. 22 September 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
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