Their parents (Rajat Kapoor and Ratha Pathak Shah), as well as an ailing, but young at heart grandpa (Rishi Kapoor) are staying in their family house at Coonoor. Rahul (Fawad Khan) and Arjun (Sidharth Malhotra) are siblings and novelists, settled in different parts of the world. The film is a heart-touching tale of a family that could be yours, but here it has a name - The Kapoor's. What's it about: Also Read - Ranbir Kapoor-Alia Bhatt, Sidharth Malhotra-Kiara Advani and more: 6 Bollywood couples who love vacationing in the wild – view pics Also Read - The Kapil Sharma Show: Angry Krushna Abhishek gives a stern warning to Kapil Sharma after he falls on stage Let's see if this film is as good as his first. The film is directed by Shakun Batra, who made the lovely but underrated Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu, that I totally adored. The film stars Sidharth Malhotra, Alia Bhatt, and Fawad Khan, along with Rishi Kapoor, Ratna Pathak Shah and Rajat Kapoor. It places its characters in seemingly mundane scenes that lead to ugly, socially awkward fights.Kapoor & Sons is the big release of the week, coming right from Karan Johar's Dharma Productions. And it says this through a screenplay that’s very clever and modern. Howsoever imperfect, at least they’ll be real. Kapoor & Sons says don’t look at old, happy photos longingly. So, either just get up and ask, or learn to live the life you have now.

There may not be time to get answers to all the questions you’ve been harbouring. If, like me, you draw life’s lessons from films (I cut a sorry figure as I write this, of course), Kapoor & Sons says just one simple thing: Life is just too short.

But it’s a photo that’s real in more ways than one. You first see the fissures, the cracks, the patch-up job. Dadaji’s photo, when it’s finally taken, is as if it’s held together by a band-aid. That’s Tia (Alia Bhatt), an orphaned princess of sorts. But not before sweet characters are introduced, some believable and one just, well, built around the emotion of the film’s one and only memorable song, Ladki beautiful kargi chull. Around organising the birthday and the family portrait, with Dadaji in his wheelchair, the family comes undone. Soon it’s time for Dadaji’s 98th birthday, a big family event where he wants his last wish fulfilled - a happy photo.

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