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Filmi Score
Very good
13 reviews
79
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Critics praise this family drama's writing and ensemble cast, especially Fawad Khan, Rishi Kapoor and Ratna Pathak Shah, for feeling honest and true to life, though several flag an overstuffed first half and uneven pacing.
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Summary
Kapoor & Sons (2016, Hindi) has a Filmi Score of 79 from 13 critic reviews, is rated 12+ by Filmi (CBFC: U/A), and streams on Netflix in the US.
Returning home to visit their ill grandfather, two estranged brothers must confront their unresolved rivalry while their parents’ marriage frays.
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Cast & crew
Cast
Directed by Shakun Batra · written by Shakun Batra & Spandan Mishra & Ayesha DeVitre · music Amaal Mallik & Arko Pravo Mukherjee & Nucleya & Badshah & Benny Dayal & Tanishk Bagchi
Shakun BatraDirector · Writer
Spandan MishraWriter
Ayesha DeVitreWriter
Amaal MallikMusic
Arko Pravo MukherjeeMusic
NucleyaMusic
BadshahMusic
Benny DayalMusic
Tanishk BagchiMusic
Jeffery F. BiermanCinematography
Shivkumar V. PanickerEditing
Sidharth MalhotraLead
Fawad Khan
Alia Bhatt
Ratna Pathak Shah
Rishi Kapoor
Rajat Kapoor
Anahita Oberoi
Vikram Kapadia
Pradeep Pradhan
Fahim Shaikh
Niti Apurva Patel
Aalekh Kapoor
Full crew
SoundKunal Sharma
Production designSarada Ramaseshan
CostumeNikita Mohanty · Natascha Charak · Archana Walavalkar
ChoreographyAdil Shaikh
LyricsBadshah · Manoj Muntashir · Kumaar
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Summary
Returning home to visit their ill grandfather, two estranged brothers must confront their unresolved rivalry while their parents’ marriage frays.
Kapoor & Sons (2016, Hindi) has a Filmi Score of 79 from 13 critic reviews, is rated 12+ by Filmi (CBFC: U/A), and streams on Netflix in the US.
Where to watch
Availability by JustWatch · some watch links pay filmi.ai a small commission; it never changes what we show or how we score.What the critics said
13 reviews · the critic’s own number where they gave one
Five of 13 · the critic’s own number where they gave one
Stutee Ghosh · 18 Mar 2016
4.5/5, stated in the text — not a formal rating. Read it there →
Stated in text
Filmi’s reading 90
90
Rachit Gupta · 18 Mar 2016
Movie Review: Kapoor & Sons | Filmfare.com Read it there →
Published · 2.5/5
Filmi’s reading 88
50
18 Mar 2016
The critic calls Kapoor & Sons a seamless, ensemble-driven family drama that feels painfully true to life, praising the writing, cast,… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
87
Mehul S Thakkar · 18 Mar 2016
Thakkar praises the writing, score and cast without naming a single flaw, crediting Batra for holding the family drama together and calling it a… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
86
Manjusha Radhakrishnan, Senior Reporter · 17 Mar 2016
Calls it a touching, terrific film anchored by strong ensemble performances, especially Fawad Khan; notes Sidharth Malhotra is comparatively raw… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
83
Rohit Vats · 18 Mar 2016
Kapoor & Sons review: This is family drama at its best | Entertainment News Read it there →
Published · 4/5
Filmi’s reading 82
80
Srijana Mitra Das · 18 Mar 2016
Movie Kapoor & Sons, Story, Trailers | Times of India Read it there →
Published · 4.0/5
Filmi’s reading 80
80
Anupama Chopra · 18 Mar 2016
Chopra admits the first half is a slog with a random, repetitive narrative, but says the second half develops real heft, closing on the film's… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
78
Shubha Shetty-Saha · 18 Mar 2016
The critic praises the precisely etched, believable Kapoor family and the ensemble cast, especially Fawad Khan and Rishi Kapoor, but flags that… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
78
Rachel Saltz · 20 Mar 2016
Praises Shakun Batra's naturalistic handling of a dysfunctional family drama and its unshowy performances, especially Rishi Kapoor's hammy… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
78
Surabhi Redkar · 18 Mar 2016
Kapoor And Sons Review Read it there →
Published · 3.5/5
Filmi’s reading 68
70
Sen finds a finely crafted, likeable film with strong performances undone by an overstuffed first half and a clunky pivot into melodrama by the… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
52
How this number was made. We read every review and derive a 0–100 reading from each — including where the critic printed a number, which stays first on its row, because it’s theirs. The Filmi Score is the mean of 13 readings; 6 of those rows also carry the critic’s own rating, shown beside ours. Rubric v2.1, computed 26 Oct 2026. Any critic can ask us to remove a derived reading.
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Where can I watch Kapoor & Sons?
Kapoor & Sons is streaming on OTT: Netflix (India, the US, the UK and Canada) and Prime Video (India, the US, the UK and Canada). It can also be rented or bought on Apple TV (India, the US, the UK and Canada). Availability comes from JustWatch and is checked every Friday.
What did critics say about Kapoor & Sons?
Kapoor & Sons has a Filmi Score of 79 (Very good), the mean of 13 readings of critic reviews, one per review. Readings run from 52 (Rediff) to 90 (The Quint). Every review and how it was scored is listed below.
What readers say
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