Kapoor & Sons
Kapoor & Sons, also known as Kapoor & Sons (Since 1921), is a 2016 Indian Hindi language family-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), the film follows two estranged brothers who return to their dysfunctional family after their grandfather suffers a cardiac arrest.
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| Directed by | Shakun Batra |
| Written by | Shakun Batra Ayesha Devitre Dhillon |
| Produced by | Hiroo Yash Johar Karan Johar Apoorva Mehta |
| Starring | Rishi Kapoor Sidharth Malhotra Fawad Khan Alia Bhatt Ratna Pathak Shah Rajat Kapoor |
| Cinematography | Donald McAlpine (Credited as Jeffery F. Bierman) |
| Edited by | Shivkumar V. Panicker |
| Music by | Songs: Amaal Mallik Badshah Arko Tanishk Bagchi Benny Dayal Nucleya Score: Sameer Uddin |
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| Distributed by | Fox Star Studios |
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Running time | 140 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ₹280 million |
| Box office | est. ₹1.48 billion |
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.