Kehvatlal Parivar (transl. Kehvatlal Family) is a 2022 Indian Gujarati comedy drama film written and directed by Vipul Mehta and produced by Rashmin Majithia under the banner Coconut Motion Pictures. It stars Siddharth Randeria, Supriya Pathak, Vandana Pathak, Sanjay Goradia, Bhavya Gandhi and Shraddha Dangar. The film was released on 6 May 2022 and was reviewed positively by critics and was one of the highest grossing Gujarati film of all time.
| Kehvatlal Parivar | |
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 Official US release poster | |
| Directed by | Vipul Mehta |
| Written by | Vipul Mehta |
| Produced by | Rashmin Majithia |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Rahul Negi |
| Edited by | Jitendra K Shah |
| Music by | Sachin–Jigar |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Coconut Movies Release |
Release date |
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Running time | 135 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Gujarati |
Cast
edit- Siddharth Randeria as Raju Bhai Thakar
- Supriya Pathak as Kalindi Thakar
- Vandana Pathak as Bhadra
- Sanjay Goradia as Shamu Thakar
- Bhavya Gandhi as Himesh Thakar
- Shraddha Dangar as Heta Thakar
- Neel Gagdani as Sam Thakar
- Aakash Zala as Natu
- Meghana Solanki as Falguni
Pratik Gandhi, Esha Kansara, Vyoma Nandi and Parth Oza performed cameos in "Holi Aavi Aavi" song.
Plot
editKehvatlal Parivar is a fun-packed story of Raju Bhai Thakar (Siddharth Randeria) and his family. Raju Bhai is glued to his family values and is quite steady about following his old-fashioned/traditional ideas. He has Kehvats for every moment and situation. His son (Bhavya Gandhi) shares his modern and relevant business ideas and the daughter (Shraddha Dangar) has some interesting cooking recipes but Raju Bhai never allows them to experiment. His sister (Vandana Pathak) who is lazy, lives with Raju Bhai. She spends her time playing games and on social media. His cousin (Sanjay Goradia) adopts modern ideas and hence always challenges Rajubhai in business. Their life takes interesting turn when Raju Bhai's wife Kalindi (Supriya Pathak) returns in their house. Infused with laughter, Kehvatlal Parivar is a story of an extraordinarily crazy family who despite the difficulties and differences they always stick together.[1]
Production
editThe film is written and directed by Vipul Mehta. It is produced by Rashmin Majithia under the banner of Coconut Motion Pictures.[1] It stars Siddharth Randeria, Supriya Pathak, Vandana Pathak, Sanjay Goradia, Bhavya Gandhi and Shraddha Dangar in lead roles.[2][3]
Soundtrack
edit| Kehvatlal Parivar | |||||
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| Released | 2 April 2022 | ||||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | ||||
| Length | 16:41 | ||||
| Language | Gujarati | ||||
| Label | Zen Music Gujarati | ||||
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All lyrics are written by Bhargav Purohit; all music is composed by Sachin–Jigar[4]
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Utho Utho" | Aditya Gadhavi | 3:15 |
| 2. | "Vahurani" | Falguni Pathak | 3:35 |
| 3. | "Holi Aavi Aavi" | Divya Kumar, Bhoomi Trivedi, Madhubanti Bagchi, Tanishka Sanghvi, Hariom Gadhvi | 4:02 |
| 4. | "Jode Tame Rahejo Raaj (Male Version)" | Sachet Tandon | 3:05 |
| 5. | "Jode Tame Rahejo Raaj (Female Version)" | Priya Saraiya | 2:44 |
| Total length: | 16:41 | ||
Release
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The film was initially slated for release in January 2022.[7] However, it was released on the 6 May 2022.[1]
Reception
editAccording to Box Office Mojo, the film earned $52,842 in international markets.[8]
Komal Nahta reviewed the film positively for its direction and performances.[9] Keyur Seta writing for Cinestaan rated the film 3 out of 4. He praised the performances, direction, story, music and climax but criticised the reaction of the family when a dead member reappears.[10] Parakh Bhatt of Sanj Samachar rated it 3.5 out of 5. He praised the performances of Randeria and Gandhi, music, comedy and choreography in songs.[11] Gujarati Bhasha portal rated it 4 out of 5 but criticised the stuttering character of Goradia calling it cliché for evoking laughter.[12] Carla Hay of Culture Mix praised performance, visuals and direction while criticising "mushy" sentimental moments and characters of Shamu and Natu "close to being shrieking caricatures".[13]
References
edit- ^ a b c Seta, Keyur (12 April 2022). "Kehvatlal Parivar trailer: Siddharth Randeria is in good form in this family laugh riot". Cinestaan. Archived from the original on 30 April 2022. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
- ^ "Kehvatlal Parivar promises to create history". The Times Of India. 6 April 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
- ^ "Shraddha Dangar shares BTS video and character details of her next". The Times Of India. 11 March 2022. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
- ^ a b "Kehvatlal Parivar's first song 'Utho Utho' gets a thumb up by the listeners, watch the video here!". The Times Of India. 4 April 2022. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
- ^ "ગરબા ક્વીન ફાલ્ગુની પાઠકનો મનમોહક અવાજ ફરી પહોચ્યો રૂપેરી પરદે , કહેવતલાલ પરિવાર' નું મજાનું ગુજરાતી ગીત 'વહુરાણી' થયું સુપરહીટ". Abtak Media (in Gujarati). 26 April 2022. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
- ^ Rathod, Vaishali (5 May 2022). "Rashmin Majithia, Siddharth Randeria, and Vipul Mehta speak about 'Kehvatlal Parivar'". The Times of India. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
- ^ "Siddharth Randeria reunites with director Vipul Mehta's next 'Kehvatlal Parivar'". The Times of India. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
- ^ "Kehvatlal Parivar". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
- ^ ‘Kehvatlal Parivar’ review (video) (in Hindi). Komal Nahta Official. 12 May 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
- ^ Seta, Keyur. "Kehvatlal Parivar review: Siddharth Randeria shines in this family entertainer". Cinestaan. Archived from the original on 7 May 2022. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
- ^ "સંબંધોનું મૂલ્ય સમજાવતો 'કહેવતલાલ પરિવાર'!". Sanj Samachar (in Gujarati). Retrieved 9 May 2022.
- ^ "કહેવતલાલ પરિવાર રીવ્યુ: કહેવતલાલ પરિવાર ફિલ્મ જોવા જાવ એના પેહલા આ રીવ્યુ વાંચી લેજો". Gujarati Bhasha (in Gujarati). 6 May 2022. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
- ^ Hay, Clara (10 June 2022). "Review: 'Kehvatlal Parivar,' starring Siddharth Randeria, Supriya Pathak, Bhavya Gandhi, Shraddha Dangar, Vandana Pathak and Sanjay Goradia". Culture Mix. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
