Before 2016, Bollywood families were often depicted as either perfectly harmonious or divided by singular, black-and-white conflicts. Kapoor & Sons introduced us to a "functional-dysfunctional" family.
two estranged brothers as they return to their childhood home in Coonoor to visit their ailing grandfather
is a definitive modern Bollywood family drama that stripped away the glossy veneer of traditional cinema to reveal the messy, often painful truth of familial bonds. Directed by and produced under Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions , the film became a critical and commercial blockbuster, earning ₹1.48 billion worldwide.
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