Genre: Family Drama
Duration: 115 minutesRamprasad passes away and his entire family comes together to mourn his death and follow the 13 day ritual that follows. This is when the chaos starts as the family is completely dysfunctional.The film starts following the death of the eldest family member Ramprasad whilst he teaches the piano to a young child from the neighbourhood. This brings his 4 sons and 2 daughters, their spouses and kids back to Lucknow, to the family home, to mourn his death which is the 13 day Hindu ceremony called Tehrvi. This brings about discussions, conversations and arguments as the kids find out their father has left them a bank loan that needs repaying and also who is going to now take care of their ageing mother now that she is a widow. Old wounds resurface and this is made even worse by the fact that the youngest sons wife did not comeback from Mumbai for the rituals as she pursues her career as an actress.A conversation that is prevalent is that of the final day falling on the 1st of Jan which seems like a strange day being the start of the new year to mourn a death of the past. Like in all households there are jones between the siblings with blames being thrown all over the place as to why their father needed to take out such a large loan in the first place. Especially seeing as they find his diary which states that the kids were asking for money all over the place. Each character works really well in their role, each having their time to shine through the film which is really important when their is such a large ensemble cast. The film makes you feel right at home as you will be able to relate to one or more the characters and maybe be feel like you have been in their shoes once before in your own life. If from the trailer you think this is going to be a funny light hearted film you will be surprised by the seriousness of the script but it will entertain you for sure with some brilliant acting from some great actors.
