Dear Dad (film)

Dear Dad is a 2016 drama film written and directed by Tanuj Bhramar. The film narrates the tale of a father-son duo – 14 year old Shivam (Himanshu Sharma), and his 45 year old dad Nitin (Arvind Swamy). The film released on 13 May 2016.The film is one of the few in india to display homosexuality.
 It is a an Arvind Swamy comeback hindi-film.The newcomer director wanted to show the relationship crisis of Nitin. Within the first 7 minutes tension between the couple Nitin-Nupur arises deeply. Story travels to Shivam's school hostel and Shivam had some dialogues with his friends. Nitin is so hesitant to tell the truth to his son, but Shivam discovered it otherwise at the moments Nitin was sharing with his mute father,the rudeness of Shivam made his father about to break mentally at his parent's house. His conversation with his mother played by Indu Ramchandani was cordial and funny but Arvind acted so nicely where he was suffering inside.
 The locations played a very nice view,photographic quality of the movie is praiseworthy by Mukesh G, music is also had a good match with the pace of the movie. On the way to Dehradun they showed uneasiness and Nitin tried to converse with his son, but he was unmindful. Shivam looks matured enough after the shock. Aditya Taneja a TV celebrity asked lift and Nitin allowed him,but they met before then Nitin left him intentionally,but Shivam was not liking his father's company so he talked his friend Arun to share a seat in their car. there Aditya played by Aman Uppal get down from the car to take some pictures,that time Shivam asked about his mom, Nitin expresses they decided to go for divorce. Ekavali Khanna as Nupur played a strong role in this movie. Here, Shivam just made his father embarassed saying when they will need him, he will come to finish the matter. The nice things of the movie is, it has a good pace with time when story advances, their eye expressions, Himanshu Sharma's acting with a confused father is a bright side of the story. Then Arun gives news that a landslide event has occured on the way to Dehradun and they halted the journey on a bridge, Shivam was ready to leave his father but Nitin took information that they have to stay till next day. With the other boys Nitin reached a rest house.
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"The Times of India" gave the film a rating of three out of five stars and stated that "Dear Dad deserves a watch simply for the profound point it makes about accepting people for who they are and loving them unconditionally". "The Hindustan Times" gave the film a rating of three-and-a-half out of five stars and wrote that "Luckily, “Dear Dad” is strong enough to withstand extraneous attacks. It is a strong subject and a potentially powerful film replete with the tenderness and brutality that those whom we love tend to thrust on us when pushed to the wall". "The Hindu" wrote that "So once the disclosure is over and done with there’s nothing else to keep you hooked, Arvind Swamy’s pleasing presence and earnest effort notwithstanding".