Happy Family Conditions Apply

Having watched just the first 2 episodes of this series, It's safe to say that Jamnadas Majethia needs to refresh his fictional family setup. This easily passes off as a stale Sarabhai knockoff. To avoid being this it needs a totally new outlook.

Multiple similarities with Sarabhai of which a few are: Rich & high class Gujarati family in Mumbai, English correction & teaching amongst family members, getting lost in their own idiosyncrasies, daughter with a funny/weird, thinking/replying approach in son-in law etc.

I have no issue in him repeating few of his previous actors in his new works - he does the same in his present other work Wagle ki Duniya (which seems better than this as of now?) Have to wait & watch, maybe this will get better down the line?

Sameer lodaya

The series is titled HAPPY FAMILY but for sure it will not make you happy

Firstly you cannot see this series with your family as there is much of foul language secondly there is no such major topic to bang on thirdly the expected humour was below expectations it's not that fresh like sarabhai which you see midnight and get really happy

Major mistake they made by only releasing 4 episodes whereas I think a comedy or a thriller should be released entirely season to season

Only the 4 th episode made me laugh rest first there were just too loud

Atul Kulkarni was marvellous and others were just ordinary.

If you are a fan of JD and Aatish Kapadia's universe. This show will give you lots of deja vu moments from khichdi, baa bahu aur baby, Sarabhai vs Sarabhai and from lots of there other shows.

Light-hearted comedy scenes, quirky one-liners, nok jhok between characters (not forced felt organic), and a perfect amount of emotions are trademarks of hat's off-production and you will find them here as well.

Everyone is perfect in their characters, Atul Kulkarni is perfect, and lovely to see him in a different avatar but Ratna mam 1 hi dil he kitni baar jeetegi aap.

Waiting for the rest of the episodes.

Anwar Says: Reviewing it after all the episodes of first season are streaming . From the house of SARABHAI vs. SARABHAI and KHICHDI , the creator Atish Kapadia has been able to create the magic of humour and which does not sound stale. Story of four generation of a Gujju. Family, dysfunctional but staying together. Introduction of characters in the first episode is quick and smart and punch lines continued in almost every second dialogue.

Took off well but slowed down a bit with some repetition from sixth episode and the climax could have been better written. Dialogues are mundane and even non- Gujarati audience relate . Ratna Patna Shah, the Baa, who drinks champagne in a steel glass but doesn't eat onion, played the character different from Mrs. Maya Sarabhai. Other women characters like Ayesha Julka, Sanah Kapur and Minal Sahu are dominant. Raj Babbar is extra subdued and Atul Kulkarni initially struggles to gel but picks up after two episodes with the script.

Overall a fresh wind after so much of violence, sex and foul language on OTT, post Panchayat and Gullak . Watch two episodes every night while having dinner, even on weekdays, if not finished this weekend.

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Very well executed the concept of dysfunctional family with very good comic timing.

However I felt the show could have been @ Sarabhai vs Sarabhai level if the following points would have been addressed: 1. Intro of the family was very quick so it takes some time to get familiar with the characters. A narrator could have filled the gap though, Atul Kulkarni would have been a very good narrator.

2. Satish Shah would have been a better choice than Raj Babbar as he would bring better humor to the character 3. Ratna pathak character is my personal favorite but only once we get familiar with her humor. And once we do she is a real star.

4. At some places the script becomes unrealistic especially the "terrorist attack". The attack looked totally FAKE. I believe creators tried something funny in the attack too.