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Kapoor & Sons (Since 1921) : As Good as Bollywood Gets

I am really amazed to find out that in a country as mad as us for films, no one is showing any kind of enthusiasm for the recently released film, Kapoor & Sons (Since 1921). The film epitomizes everything Bollywood stands for and also for everything we love about Bollywood. Most importantly, it celebrates that ingredient in abundance that Hollywood finds only in its glory. Family and the love for it. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, Kapoor and Sons celebrates the very essence of family. There is gotta be a reason why family and not anyone else stands tall when things go heywire in a particular individual's life. It might have something to do with the 'selflessness' of family-persons or their love but there is something which helps. Kapoor and Sons emphasizes that having a family is important and almost necessary. I'm saying almost for there are very successful individuals out there who are living a successful 'solitary' life. I can clearly remember a film (but not its title, sorry) by Kevin Costner where Gene Hackman portraying the character of Kevin and his four brothers' father delivers a towering surmon about family's and its bloodline's importance. Then there is Godfather where Brando The Greatest does everything in his power to preserve the legacy of his gangster and influential family. I shall not name any Bollywood films here for almost everyone of them has got 'family' at their centre. The Golden Period of both Hollywood and Bollywood put families at their center-plot and strung a story around them. Kapoor and Sons is not only a fantastic film with a very competent starcast but also a rare Bollywood film that doesn't have a single boring moment in it. Rishi Kapoor, hands down, is memorable in it and so are Rajat Kapoor and Ratna Pathak Shah. Fawad has done justice to his precocious talent and Siddharth, my favorite, does a 'Hasee to Phansee' character again to great impact. Alia has certainly peeped Parineeti here in the race for being the most versatile young actress going around right now in Bollywood. Though I can understand that all of you are now watching India playing the World in World T20 currently but as soon as that hangover fumes away, please run to your nearest theater and watch this movie. You will be moved to tears, that's a guarantee but if you don't like being all like that (teary, messy wreck), you will find just enough genuine laughter moments in Rishi Kapoor's character to recommend it to your friends and all the other ones. Family is important. You can watch it for the sake of your family at least......‪#‎Blockbuster‬.......‪#‎Kapoor‬&Sons

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