Review Of Movie Shashtry Virudh Shastry – A Good Family Movie

Director : Nandita Roy &Shibo Prasad Mukherjee

Star Cast : Paresh Rawal , Neena Kulkarni , Shiv Pandit , Mimi Chakraborty , Kabir Pahwa

Overview : A Reality Check for todays young family and their priorities vs old people and their conviction

Storyline : The Story is set in Panchgani Maharashtra wherein Manohar Shastry ( Paresh Rawal ) and Urmila Shastry ( Neena Kulkarni) are taking care of their grandson yaman urf momoji (Kabir Pahwa) , Urmila Shastry had brought yaman from mumbai when he was 3 months old and brought him up for 7 years while her son Malhar  ( Shiv Pandit ) and daughter in law Mallika ( Mimi Chakraborty) are both busy in their work front and unable to take care of child , .Parents visit them as and when possible .

There is already some strain in the relationship between Malhar and his father over unresolved emotional baggage from the past. So when Malhar gets a dream offer to set up a gaming start up along with his friend in USA , he is overjoyed and wants to take his wife and son yaman along with him but senior shastry is against him taking yamen to America and disrupting his life , this leads to tension between senior shastry and his son so much so that a case of guardianship of yaman is filed by senior shastry , there on court room drama commences and ego clash between father and son takes an ugly battle  in court which forms the crux of the film

Direction & Technical Review : Nandita Das Shibo Prsad Mukherjee have very well directed the movie ..They have highlighted the issue of working parents busy schedule which leads to negligence in upbringing of the children , In these tough times to meet ends how children are placed at  day care centers and the child does not get any love  affection and attention of parents at all all this is shown in a suttle manner by the director. How earning money has become top priority and nothing else matters. 

Performances : Paresh Rawal is brilliant in his role ,Shiv Pandit is also good but trying very hard to portray himself perfectly , mimi is too good so is neena kulkarni , both lawyers have given powerful performances played by manoj joshi & Amruta Subhash.. The cinematography by Sanu John Varughese is commendable, with each frame capturing the essence of the story

Child artist Kabir is too adorable to be missed.

Final Words :  The film explores the beautiful bond between grandparents and grandchildren which will connect with all families .

Ratings :3.5*/5*

Watch Trailer here