The Hindi comedy makes its streaming debut
Parivarik ManuRanjan, a Hindi romantic comedy led by Pankaj Tripathi and Aditi Rao Hydari, makes its streaming debut on SonyLIV on November 13. The Times of India listed the film among Friday’s releases, and India Today’s review also gives November 13 as the release date. Varun V. Sharma directed the film and worked on its screenplay with Brijendra Kala and Ali Abbas Zafar, according to India Today.
[1][2]A relationship takes shape in a Lucknow haveli
Tripathi plays Ranjan Dubey, a bachelor who lives in his family’s home in Lucknow. Hydari plays Manu Joshi, who goes by Helen and comes to look after the house. The film’s title combines the names Manu and Ranjan, as India Today notes. Their relationship develops gradually as they spend time together in the house. Filmfare describes Ranjan as an electricity board employee who has spent years putting his sisters’ needs ahead of his own plans.
Kala plays Rajaram, Ranjan’s friend and neighbour. Filmfare describes him as wary of Helen, and says Ranjan’s relatives are also uneasy about the relationship. The haveli is where much of the film unfolds, giving the family’s questions and the couple’s growing attachment a shared setting.
[2][3]Critics differed on the central pairing
Filmfare lists the film at one hour and 56 minutes. Its reviewer Devesh Sharma found the gradual romance the strongest part of the story and highlighted how the leads’ characters respond to each other’s circumstances. India Today’s Shweta Keshri found their exchanges too formal to make the relationship convincing and felt that the film lost momentum once the characters were together. Both reviews describe the same premise, with much of the drama carried by conversations between two people sharing a home.
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