The Family Man (Indian TV series)
The Family Man is an Indian action drama web television series on Prime Video created by Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K. Starring Manoj Bajpayee and Priyamani, it tells the story of a middle-class man secretly working as an intelligence officer for the T.A.S.C, a fictitious branch of the National Investigation Agency. The series was announced in June 2018 and showcased at the Television Critics Association's summer press tour held in Los Angeles in July 2018. The Family Man premiered on Prime Video in September 2019. The series has been renewed for 2 more seasons. Filming for season 2 began on November 2019 and is expected to be aired in 2020.
Premise
The family man follows the story of Srikant Tiwari, who works as a senior analyst in the fictional Threat Analysis and Surveillance Cell, which is a part of the National Intelligence Agency of India. He is a married man with two kids, and the first season follows an investigation of a potential terrorist attack, while simultaneously following his slightly unsettled family life. The show is inspired by real life newspaper articles.Cast
Main
Recurring
- Vedant Sinha as Atharv Srikant Tiwari
- Ashmith Kunder as Bilal
- Mehak Thakur as Dhriti Srikant Tiwari
- Shahab Ali as Sajid
- Pawan Chopra as Sharma
- Shreya Dhanwanthary as Zoya, intern
- Sharad Kelkar as Arvind
- Darshan Kumaar as Major Sameer
- Vijay Vikram Singh as Ajit
- Arpit Singh as Hussain
- Dalip Tahil as Kulkarni
- Aritro Rudraneil Banerjee as Punit
- Sundeep Kishan as Major Vikram
- Abrar Qazi as Kareem
- Mir Sarwar as Faizan
- Sanyukta Timsina as Jonali
- Sunil Gupta as Ansari
- Sunny Hinduja as Milind
- Zarin Shihab as Mary
- Dinesh Prabhakar as Asif
Soundtrack
| No. | Song | Music | Singer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kiske Liye Tu Dega Jaan | Sachin-Jigar | Shreya Ghoshal and Mellow D |
| 2 | Banjara | Divya Limbasia | Ved Jamsandekar |
| Gol O Pullani Saheg Bebat E | Mahesh Shankar | Gulshan Irfan Khanday | |
| 3 | Khudi | The Local Train | The Local Train |
| 4 | Harmukh Bartal | Jaan Nissar Lone | Jaan Nissar Lone and Sniti Mishra |
| 5 | hukus Bukus | Aabha Hunjura | Aabha Hunjura | Navrasam | Thaikkudam Bridge | Thaikkudam Bridge |
| Inbam | Mahesh Shankar | Mahesh Shankar | |
| 6 | Aarchar | Thaikkudam Bridge | Thaikkudam Bridge |
| Naalai | Mahesh Shankar | Mahesh Shankar | |
| 7 | Ilaahi | Divya Limbasia | Piyush Kapoor |
| 8 | Pehchaan | Underground Authority | Underground Authority |
| 9 | Hukus Bukus | Divya Limbasia | Suraj Biswas |
| 10 | Kiske Liye Tu Marega | Sachin-Jigar | Shreya Ghoshal and Mellow D |
Episodes
Season 1 (2019)
Reception
Season 1 (2019)
Rohan Naahar of the Hindustan Times wrote "Without ever parodying the genre, The Family Man succeeds at being a surprisingly funny spy series; equally capable of snappy one-liners as it is of slick thrills." Karan Sanjay Shah of Rediff.com rated it 4/5 and called it a "raw, engaging, well-written espionage drama that will keep you on the edge of your seat". Suresh Mathew of The Quint gave it a 3.5/5 rating and distinguished it from Sacred Games by saying, "What makers Raj and DK bring to The Family Man is a total mastery over the craft of storytelling. Unlike, say a Sacred Games, The Family Man manages to remain eminently accessible while still retaining its finesse." Ektaa Malik of The Indian Express gave it 3 out of 5 stars, particularly praising Manoj Bajpayee and Sharib Hashmi for their stellar performances and Sumit Arora for the dialogues. Raja Sen of Livemint also appreciated Bajpayee's role saying, "Bajpayee is alone reason enough to keep watching The Family Man."Akhil Arora of NDTV wrote "On one hand, The Family Man shows itself to be very socially and politically aware but its inelegant handling of exposition, and inability to be tonally cohesive lets it down." Ananya Bhattacharya of India Today wrote "Despite Manoj Bajpayee's work, The Family Man is really a dampener." Devansh Sharma of Firstpost writes how the web series "reminds that section of society how privileged they are."