Dear Dad movie review: It’s good to see Arvind Swamy back again

‘Dear Dad’ makes a stab at it, and the intention is great : there’s a welcome beginning in Bollywood of examining family and relationships and the complications which arise from just something as simple as different people who are wired differently living together. But the execution is half-baked.

There are a few moments between father and son which feel as if something real is going on – resentment and anger have a way of boiling up to the surface in strange ways between parents and children. But the rest of it is clunky and contrived, and the sudden switch between moods—from dad being foe to friend—feels too hurried.

A definite plus point is Daddy dear. It’s good to see Arvind Swamy back again, in what is only his second Hindi film. After a long hiatus from cinema ( because of a serious injury), he returned in Mani Ratnam’s 2013 ‘Kadhal’, and was the only thing worth seeing in that one.

Hindi cinema could do with an actor like him, understated and effective, not just in daddy roles but anything that requires a grown-up presence.

Cast: Arvind Swamy, Himanshu Sharma

Director: Tanuj Bhramar

Two stars

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