Serious Men (2020)
Director: Sudhir Mishra · Writers: Abhijeet Khuman, Bhavesh Mandalia, Niren Bhatt, Nikhil Nair
Tormented with his 'under-privileged' societal status, a father capitalizes on his son's newfound fame as a boy-genius. Little does he realize that the secret he harbors will destroy the very thing he loves the most.
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Netflix
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Director
Sudhir Mishra
Cast
Nawazuddin Siddiqui
Ayyan Mani 
Nassar
Dr. Arvind Acharya 
Indira Tiwari
Oja Mani 
Aakshath Das
Adi Mani 
Sanjay Narvekar
Keshav Dhavre 
Shweta Basu Prasad
Anuja Dhavre User Reviews (1)
The kid (Aakshath Das) shines in Serious Men, a social drama that reminded me of Malayalam comedy Salt Mango Tree (2015), and which is more about the stress that children feel at the hands of their ambitious and competitive guardians and less about class divide despite the montages that show otherwise. Here, the kid's father (Nawazuddin Siddiqui), hailing from a backward caste and having an antagonistic view of the world, uses the caste card and his child to aim for the stars, garnering applause and hollow fame on the way. But for what? Serious Men goes on to throw social commentary at you on how the rich and the influential act as parasites on the downtrodden with ample amounts of quirky humour and useless fillers. But, notably, it also gives you a peek into the ill effects of over ambition, giving a spine-tingling climax to an otherwise humdrum proceedings. Siddiqui, Indira Tiwari, and…
