Ramprasad Ki Tehrvi is a 2019 Indian Hindi-language family drama film directed by Seema Pahwa and produced by Jio Studios and Drishyam Films. It features an ensemble cast of Naseeruddin Shah, Vikrant Massey, Konkona Sen Sharma, Parambrata Chatterjee, Vinay Pathak, Supriya Pathak, Manoj Pahwa, and Vineet Kumar. The film also marks the directorial debut for actress Seema Pahwa, who also wrote the film, based on her own play, Pind Daan.
The film premiered at the Mumbai Film Festival on 17 October 2019. It was released theatrically on 1 January 2021.
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Synopsis
Ramprasad's entire family gathers at their ancestral home in Lucknow for 13 days after his death, to perform Pind Daan an after-life ritual that is performed after someone's demise and observe the Hindu traditions and death rituals called the tehrvi. During the course, the family's dynamics, politics, and insecurities come out, and then they realise that the importance of people and things are only evident in retrospect.
Cast
Naseeruddin Shah as Ramprasad Bhargava (Bauji)
Parambrata Chattopadhyay as Young Ramprasad Bhargava
Supriya Pathak as Amma (Mrs. Bhargava - Ramprasad's wife)
Sanah Kapur as Young Amma
Konkona Sen Sharma as Seema Bhargava (Nishant's wife)
Parambrata Chattopadhyay as Nishant Bhargava aka Neetu (Ramprasad's youngest son)
Vikrant Massey as Rahul Bhargava (Gajraj's son)
Manoj Pahwa as Gajraj Bhargava (Ramprasad's eldest son)
Ninad Kamat as Manoj Bhargava (Ramprasad's second son)
Vinay Pathak as Pankaj Bhargava (Ramprasad's third son)
Deepika Amin as Sushma Bhargava (Gajraj's wife)
Divya Jagdale as Sulekha Bhargava (Manoj's wife)
Sadiya Siddiqui as Pratibha Bhargava (Pankaj's wife)
Anubha Fatehpura as Rani (Ramprasad's elder daughter)
Sarika Singh as Dhaani (Ramprasad's younger daughter)
Brijendra Kala as Prakash (Rani's husband)
Shrikant Verma as Basant (Dhaani's husband)
Rajendra Gupta as Tauji (Mr. Bhargava - Ramprasad's elder brother)
Pushpa Joshi as Bua Ji (Ramprasad's elder sister)
Vineet Kumar as Mamaji (Amma's brother)
Alka Kaushal as Sheila (neighbour)
Manukriti Pahwa as Bitto (Sheila's daughter)
Sawan Tank as Samay Bhargava (Manoj's son)
Neivan Ahuja as Saksham
Yamini Das as Mamiji
Mahesh Sharma as Vinod Bhargava (Tauji's son, who also drives him around)
Release
The film premiered at Mumbai Film Festival in Mumbai on 17 October 2019.
The film was released theatrically on 1 January 2021.
Soundtrack
The film's soundtrack was composed by Sagar Desai, while lyrics were written by Neeraj Pandey.
Critical reception
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 78% of 9 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.1/10.