Kapoor & Sons

About the film

Kapoor & Sons, also known as Kapoor & Sons (Since 1921), is a 2016 Indian Hindi language family comedy drama film directed by Shakun Batra and produced by Hiroo Yash Johar, Karan Johar and Apoorva Mehta under Dharma Productions, with Fox Star Studios serving as distributor and co-producer. Exploring themes of a dysfunctional family, the film stars Rishi Kapoor, Sidharth Malhotra, Fawad Khan, Alia Bhatt, Ratna Pathak Shah and Rajat Kapoor. Marking the second collaboration between Malhotra and Bhatt after their debut together in Student of the Year (2012) and Mehta's first film to credit as a producer, the film follows two estranged brothers who return to their dysfunctional family after their grandfather suffers a cardiac arrest.

Made on a budget of ₹280 million, Kapoor & Sons released in cinemas on 18 March 2016 and earned ₹1.48 billion worldwide, and was declared a blockbuster at the box office. It received high critical acclaim from both Indian and international critics.

At the 62nd Filmfare Awards, Kapoor & Sons received 8 nominations, including Best Film, Best Director (Batra) and Best Supporting Actress (Pathak Shah), and won 5 awards with Rishi Kapoor winning Best Supporting Actor over his co-stars and fellow nominees Khan and Rajat Kapoor. The film is available on Netflix and Amazon Prime Video.

Cast and crew

Kapoor & Sons was directed by Shakun Batra, and released in 2016.

The film features Alia Bhatt, Sidharth Malhotra, Rishi Kapoor, Fawad Khan, Ratna Pathak Shah, Rajat Kapoor in its principal cast.

Key details