The Great Indian Family

<p>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 to 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 at Aishwarya’s birthday . Ved surprises everyone at the party by suddenly singing a bhajan. 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 for his blessings. He follows a girl called Jasmeet into the area of the local community and finds out that Jasmeet is a singer. When 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) for which Siyaram Tripathi (Ved’s father) and Mishra are competing to get the priest contract. While Tripathi goes on a religious trip for 2 weeks, a person delivers a letter at his home. The letter says that Ved is not Tripathi’s son, and that he is, in fact, a Muslim. Ved’s eyes has lined with pitch-black and also Ved has dressed up as a Muslim: green Kurta Pyjama, his and his kohl-lined eyes. While Ved’s uncle tries to protect their family’s respect, Mishra tries to ruin Ved and his family’s image. Siyaram discloses the truth about Ved’s identity and the whole family stands together to support Ved. During the climax, Ved has his blood test done but sees the discomfort of his father and confesses that he was indeed born a Muslim but his upbringing made him a Hindu. He then gives a monologue on how everyone is the same and discrimination is bad in this era. He also exposes Mishra and his son TD (Tulsidas). In the end, Ved is proud of his “The Great Indian Family”. commenced on 20 November 2020. Production on 25 February 2021. The music of the film is composed by . All the lyrics are written by . The first single titled “Kanhaiya Twitter Pe Aaja” was released on 30 August 2023. The film was theatrically released on 22 September 2023. The film premiered on on 17 November 2023. The film premiered on on 18 February 2024. On the website , 45% of 11 critics’ reviews are positive, with an average rating of 5.2/10. Dhaval Roy of gave the film 2.5/5 stars stating, “The Great Indian Family has a genuine message but fall short in execution.” In a review from , Shubhra Gupta 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, Sadi Siddiqui stand no chance. Neither does the always watchable Vicky Kaushal.”</p>