Devesh Sharma of Filmfare gave 3/5 stars writing "The film must be watched for the important message it conveys.Read at source
The Great Indian Family 2023
Synopsis
The Great Indian Family
The Great Indian Family is a source-listed 2023 Hindi film with release and production metadata captured from Wikipedia.
- Director
- Vijay Krishna Acharya
- Release
- 22 Sept 2023
- Studio
- Yash Raj Films
- Run time
- 112 min
- Language
- Hindi
Reviews
8 Indian-media reviews, grouped by reception.
Critics' consensus
Mixed
Critics' aggregate for The Great Indian Family is 51/100 from 8 scored critic/publication reviews including Rotten Tomatoes.
Synthesized by AI (gpt-5-codex-omdb-enricher) from 10 source-backed reviews — verify against the linked sources.Common praise
- performances
Watch points
- performances
- writing
Positive 6
Dhaval Roy of The Times of India gave the film 2.5/5 stars writing, "The Great Indian Family has a genuine message but fall short in execution".Read at source
Monika Rawal of the Hindustan Times wrote "Overall, The Great Indian Family is nothing more than an average slice-of-life that can be a one-time-watch solely because of Vicky Kaushal's sincere act.Read at source
Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV gave 2.5 out of 5 stars, writing "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".Read at source
Simran Singh of Daily News and Analysis gave 3.5 out of 5 stars, calling the film a "feel-good entertainer" and praising the performances of Vicky Kaushal, Kumud Mishra, and Manoj Pawha".Read at source
Sonali Dedhia of News18 gave 3 out of 5 stars, writing "The Great Indian Family as the name suggests is a sweet, inoffensive family drama on a slim premise, which has some strong performances, the unmistakable charm, and texture of small-town India, garnished with moments of joy and sadness".Read at source
Critical 2
Bollywood Hungama gave the film 2 out of 5 stars, writing "On the whole, THE GREAT INDIAN FAMILY rests on a promising storyline but fails to impress since the script and goings-on don’t pack a punch.Read at source
Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express gave the film 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, Sadiya Siddiqui stand no chance.Read at source
Media & trailers
Verified video records attached to this title.
Details
Soundtrack
- Kanhaiya Twitter Pe Aaja Nakash Aziz
- Ki Farak Painda Hai Dev Negi, Neeti Mohan, Badshah
- Sahibaa Darshan Raval, Antara Mitra
- Pukaroon Hari Om Sonu Nigam
Technical specs
- Release date
- 22 Sept 2023
- Run time
- 112 min
- Language
- Hindi
- Country
- IN
- Director
- Vijay Krishna Acharya
- Studio
- Yash Raj Films
Trivia
- The film was written and directed by Vijay Krishna Acharya and produced by Aditya Chopra under the banner of Yash Raj Films.
- Principal photography for the film commenced on 20 November 2020 and wrapped on 25 February 2021.
- The music of the film is composed by Pritam with all lyrics written by Amitabh Bhattacharya.
- The first single from the film, titled 'Kanhaiya Twitter Pe Aaja', was released on 30 August 2023.
- The film was theatrically released on 22 September 2023 and subsequently premiered on Amazon Prime Video on 17 November 2023.
Tags
Hindi Cinema2023Hindi FilmReleasedHindiFeature Film Soundtrack