The Great Indian Family 2023 The Great Indian Family

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The Great Indian Family

★★★★★ ★★★★★ 2.6 Mixed 7 Indian-media reviews IMDb 5.6 Rotten Tomatoes 45%
112 min 22 Sept 2023
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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
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

Filmfare Devesh Sharma
★★★★★ ★★★★★ 3.0
Devesh Sharma of Filmfare gave 3/5 stars writing "The film must be watched for the important message it conveys.
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The Times of India Dhaval Roy
★★★★★ ★★★★★ 2.5
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".
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Hindustan Times Monika Rawal
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.
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NDTV Saibal Chatterjee
★★★★★ ★★★★★ 2.5
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".
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Daily News and Analysis Simran Singh
★★★★★ ★★★★★ 3.5
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".
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News18 Sonali Dedhia
★★★★★ ★★★★★ 3.0
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".
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Critical 2

Bollywood Hungama
★★★★★ ★★★★★ 2.0
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.
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The Indian Express Shubhra Gupta
★★★★★ ★★★★★ 1.5
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.
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Media & trailers

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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.

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