There are characters we never see or only sparingly - Timmy, Anu, Boobly and all the miscellaneous Kapoors that render the story a reality outside the visible.Īlia Bhatt’s presence acts as sunshine in Kapoor & Sons even if she’s not central to story nor a catalyst. Batra weaves a fine moment around it when they all gather in their cosy Coonoor home to chuckle and chatter about everything from old photo albums and family recipes to potty-themed challenges and Himalay Ki God Mein sing-alongs.
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The only thing that binds the Kapoor kin together is nostalgia. He’s lived long enough to devalue the present and not waste his energy in tying himself into knots over disappointments, jealousy, guilt or regrets. The senior-most Kapoor (Rishi Kapoor) in the household, at 90, is a lively old man and the only one with a sense of humour - quite a raunchy one at that - in a room full of hostile people. Their father Mr Kapoor (Rajat Kapoor’s dignified in his though vanquished could still argue) grumbles about the weak finances but never has the last word around his indignant wife (Ratna Pathak Shah) whom he’s obviously wronged. Except that I knew about this 'secret' all along and it’s not the reveal but his handling of it that deserves kudos. One harbours resentment over a dark betrayal the other holds a personal secret.
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His older brother, Rahul (Fawad Khan), based in London, is a calm, cultured best-selling author. There’s Arjun, the quintessential black sheep, a wannabe writer who’s down from New Jersey after learning about his grandfather’s heart attack. He’s talking about what would have been named The One Where Grandpa Kapoor Is Gifted A Mandakini Cut-Out On His 90th Birthday if not for a public spat between his endlessly warring parents. 'My family fights all the time but this is the first time they fought in public,' is Arjun’s (Sidharth Malhotra) embarrassed admission to Tia (Alia Bhatt). Batra recognises the humour in the hopeless and taps it delightfully for an episode that’s best described as The One With The Plumber. On occasions, things get so out of hand, they begin to seem funny.
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That jittery feeling of playing a mute spectator to a loud, ugly quarrel is how authentic the fight sequences in Kapoor & Sons get. It’s a remarkably active screenplay there must have been pages and pages, filled with a constant flurry of breathing, breathless folk - angry at one another, angry with themselves.