Daily Times

There’s a strong Karan Johar impression on Kapoor & Sons, but that was expected. After all, he is the producer of the film.

“Kapoor and Sons” is a romantic comedy-drama film and apart from directing the flick, Shakun Batra has also written script for the movie in collaboration with Ayesha Devitre Dhillon. The movie is about two brothers who fall in love with the same woman.

Rahul (Fawad Khan) and Arjun Kapoor (Sidharth Malhotra) are estranged brothers and their grandfather forces them to return to their childhood home. While living under one roof, family secrets unravel and misunderstandings are on the verge of turning into tragedy. Adding to this, both Rahul and Arjun fall in love with the same girl (Alia Bhatt).

Sidharth Malhotra, Fawad Khan and Alia Bhatt have delivered brilliant performances and the chemistry between them is the highlight of “Kapoor and Sons.” Daddu (Rishi Kapoor), father Harsh (Rajat Kapoor) and mother Sunita (Ratna Pathak Shah) have done justice to their roles and their performances are also among the big assets of the film. It’s a dysfunctional family which doesn’t think twice before yelling or throwing an angry cookie jar at each other. And no, they don’t do it in jest.

Nonetheless, the story manages to descend bare into the psyche of audiences with debonair imagery tied with picturesque beauty, keeping you mesmerized. After a while, if you wish to see a congenial movie with a bottom of gravitas sans the glamour and glitz, then you must not miss ‘Kapoor and Sons’ since 1921 The movie has rich production values and melodious music and beautiful picturisation are the highlights on the technical front. In short Kapoor And Sons is a winner all the way.