Kehvatlal Parivar

Kehvatlal Parivar is a 2022 Indian Gujarati comedy drama film written and directed by Vipul Mehta and produced by Rashmin Majithia under the banner Coconut Motion Pictures. It stars Siddharth Randeria, Supriya Pathak, Vandana Pathak, Sanjay Goradia, Bhavya Gandhi and Shraddha Dangar. The film was released on 6 May 2022 and was reviewed positively by critics and was one of the highest grossing Gujarati film of all time.

Cast

 * Siddharth Randeria as Raju Bhai Thakar
 * Supriya Pathak as Kalindi Thakar
 * Vandana Pathak as Bhadra
 * Sanjay Goradia as Shamu Thakar
 * Bhavya Gandhi as Himesh Thakar
 * Shraddha Dangar as Heta Thakar
 * Neel Gagdani as Sam Thakar
 * Aakash Zala as Natu
 * Meghana Solanki as Falguni

Pratik Gandhi, Esha Kansara, Vyoma Nandi and Parth Oza performed cameos in "Holi Aavi Aavi" song.

Plot
Kehvatlal Parivar is a fun-packed story of Raju Bhai Thakar (Siddharth Randeria) and his family. Raju Bhai is glued to his family values and is quite steady about following his old-fashioned/traditional ideas. He has Kehvats for every moment and situation. His son (Bhavya Gandhi) shares his modern and relevant business ideas and the daughter (Shraddha Dangar) has some interesting cooking recipes but Raju Bhai never allows them to experiment. His sister (Vandana Pathak) who is lazy, lives with Raju Bhai. She spends her time playing games and on social media. His cousin (Sanjay Goradia) adopts modern ideas and hence always challenges Rajubhai in business. Their life takes interesting turn when Raju Bhai's wife Kalindi (Supriya Pathak) returns in their house. Infused with laughter, Kehvatlal Parivar is a story of an extraordinarily crazy family who despite the difficulties and differences they always stick together.

Production
The film is written and directed by Vipul Mehta. It is produced by Rashmin Majithia under the banner of Coconut Motion Pictures. It stars Siddharth Randeria, Supriya Pathak, Vandana Pathak, Sanjay Goradia, Bhavya Gandhi and Shraddha Dangar in lead roles.

Soundtrack
The songs were well received by the audience.

Release
The film was initially slated for release in January 2022. However, it was released on the 6 May 2022.

Reception
According to Box Office Mojo, the film earned $52,842 in international markets.

Komal Nahta reviewed the film positively for its direction and performances. Keyur Seta writing for Cinestaan rated the film 3 out of 4. He praised the performances, direction, story, music and climax but criticised the reaction of the family when a dead member reappears. Parakh Bhatt of Sanj Samachar rated it 3.5 out of 5. He praised the performances of Randeria and Gandhi, music, comedy and choreography in songs. Gujarati Bhasha portal rated it 4 out of 5 but criticised the stuttering character of Goradia calling it cliché for evoking laughter. Carla Hay of Culture Mix praised performance, visuals and direction while criticising "mushy" sentimental moments and characters of Shamu and Natu "close to being shrieking caricatures".