Dear Dad movie review: Gay theme saved, but barely
Shivam's vision of a perfect family comes crashing. Will he be able to accept his father again?
Director: Tanuj Bhramar
Star cast: Arvind Swamy, Himanshu Sharma, Ekavali Khanna, Aman Uppal
Nitin (Arvind Swamy) and his son Shivam (Himanshu Sharma) share a warm, almost humdrum father-son relationship till the day Nitin decides to drop off Shivam to boarding school.
On the way to school, they stop at Nitin’s parents house where Shivam gets to know about his father’s alternate sexuality. His vision of a perfect family comes crashing. Will he be able to accept his father again?
There are moments when Shivam is angry and hurt. He wants his family to be perfect; he is not ready to accept the fact that his parents will now go through a divorce and he is naturally angry.
Director Tanuj Bhramar could have explored gay relationships deeper. But in this film, he is almost content to let it all rest with a son's acceptance -- if willy-nilly -- of his father's sexuality.
It’s good to see Arvind Swamy come back after so many years with a different yet powerful role.