''Ramprasad Ki Tehrvi '' is a 2019

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film directed by

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and produced by Jio Studios and Drishyam Films. It features an ensemble cast of

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. The film also marks the directorial debut for actress

, who also wrote the film, based on her own play, ''Pind Daan''. The film premiered at the

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on 17 October 2019. It was released theatrically on 1 January 2021. The movie received critical acclaim from the critics who praised the story, screenplay, performances, themes and the family dynamic at play.

Synopsis

Ramprasad's entire family gathers at their ancestral home in Lucknow "The film Ramprasad Ki Tehrvi is an engrossing drama"
/ref> for 13 days after his death, to perform 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

as Ramprasad Bhargava (Bauji) *

as Amma (Ramprasad's wife) **

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as Young Amma *

as Seema (Nishant's wife) *

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as Nishant aka Neetu (Ramprasad's youngest son)/ Young Ramprasad *

as Rahul (Gajraj's son) *

as Gajraj (Ramprasad's eldest son) * Ninad Kamat as Manoj (Ramprasad's second son) *

as Pankaj (Ramprasad's third son) *

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as Sushma (Gajraj's wife) *Divya Jagdale as Sulekha (Manoj's wife) *

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as Pratibha (Pankaj's wife) *Anubha Fatehpura as Rani (Ramprasad's elder daughter) *Sarika Singh as Dhaani (Ramprasad's younger daughter) *

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as Prakash (Rani's husband) *Shrikant Verma as Basant (Dhaani's husband) *

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as Tauji (Ramprasad's elder brother) *Pushpa Joshi as Bua Ji (Ramprasad's elder sister) *

as Mamaji (Amma's brother) *

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as Sheila (neighbour) *Manukriti Pahwa as Bitto (Sheila's daughter) *Sawan Tank as Samay (Manoj's son) *Neivan Ahuja as Saksham *Yamini Das as Mamiji *Mahesh Sharma as Vinod (Tauji's son, who also drives him around)

Release

The film was 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 written by Neeraj Pandey.

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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