The Great Indian Dysfunctional Family
Genre	Drama
Created by	Dipika Bajpai
Developed by	Ekta Kapoor
Written by	Dialogues Shantanu Srivastava
Screenplay by	Shantanu Srivastava
Story by	Eisha Chopra Tanveer Bookwala
Directed by	Rajlaxmi Ratan Seth
Creative director	Nimisha Pandey
Starring	see below
Composer	Pranaay
Country of origin	India
Original language	Hindi
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	10
Production
Executive producer	Vishal Manwar
Producer	Tanveer Bookwala
Production locations	Mumbai, India
Cinematography	Abhimanyu Sengupta
Editor	Ajay Sharma
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	18-23 minutes
Production company	DING Entertainment
Original release
Network	ALT Balaji
Release	10 October 2018 (2018-10-10)

The Great Indian Dysfunctional Family is a 2018 Hindi web series created by Dipika Bajpai for video on demand platform ALTBalaji. The series stars Kay Kay Menon and Barun Sobti as protagonists^[1][2] and revolves around the relationships between the brothers and their families, heartbreaks and breakdowns.^[3][4]

The series is available for streaming on the ALT Balaji App and its associated websites since its release date.^[5]

Plot

The series revolves around a Ranaut family and explores the estranged relationships between two brothers Samar Ranaut (Barun Sobti) and Vikram Ranaut (Kay Kay Menon). The story begins when Samar, Vikram's estranged brother returns home with his wife after having fled both from home and the army 8 years ago. After his return begins an unusual family reunion that escalates into a series of heartbreaks, betrayals, and emotional breakdowns, questioning the trust in every relationship.^[6][7]

Cast

• Kay Kay Menon as Vikram Ranaut (Ex.Army Officer), Samar's elder brother
• Barun Sobti as Samar Ranaut, Vikram's younger brother
• Swaroop Sampat as Premlata Ranaut, mother of Vikram and Samar
• Shriswara as Geeta Ranaut, wife of Vikram Ranaut
• Eisha Chopra as Sonali Ranaut, wife of Samar Ranaut
• Sanaya Pithawalla as Aditi Ranaut (daughter of Vikram and Geeta Ranaut)
• Prithviraj Sarnaik as Mridual Ranaut (son of Vikram and Geeta Ranaut)

Episodes

• Episode 1: Meet The Ranauts.
• Episode 2: The Wedding Fiasco.
• Episode 3: The Aftermath.
• Episode 4: A Deadly Secret.
• Episode 5: Wounds of the Past.
• Episode 6: It Happened One Night.
• Episode 7: Testing Times.
• Episode 8: The Beginning of the End.
• Episode 9: A Life Less Ordinary.
• Episode 10: A Glimmer of Hope.

Reception

Nicole of The Quint writes "Beyond its contemporary packaging, TGIDF doesn’t reinvent the wheel. But it’s entertaining nonetheless much in a way that watching a mindless Bollywood flick is."^[8]

References

External links

• Watch The Great Indian Dysfunctional Family on ALT Balaji website
• The Great Indian Dysfunctional Family at IMDb