Dear Dad

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Dear Dad

2016

1h 35m

Drama

Adventure

LGBTQ+

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9 Reviews

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A teenager and his father form a special bond with each other while on an unplanned road trip from their home in Delhi to the former's boarding school in Mussoorie.

Udita Jhunjhunwala

Firstpost

12/08/2017

There's only so much the actors can do with a script that started off boldly but blinked when it mattered most.

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Shubhra Gupta

The Indian Express

12/08/2017

2/5

There are a few moments between father and son which feel as if something real is going on...but the rest of it is clunky and contrived, and the sudden switch between moods-from dad being foe to friend-feels too hurried.

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Namrata Joshi

The Hindu

12/08/2017

The slow and steady passage from love to hatred and pride would have been a profound and poignant journey that the film doesn't quite embark on. It's in too much of a hurry to reach nowhere.

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Anna M.M. Vetticad

annavetticadgoes2themovies

11/05/2021

2/5

Dear Dad is pleasant, brave and fresh to begin with ... there is just not enough of anything in the film and only so much the endearing Arvind Swamy can do for it.

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Rahul Desai

CatchNews

02/06/2019

2/5

Even though it means well, I can't even end the review by saying that Dear Dad could have been so much more. It couldn't have.

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Nandini Ramnath

Scroll.in

12/08/2017

The movie wants to say something poignant and profound about the need for sons to accept their father's decisions, but it doesn't have the material to do so.

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Tanuj Bhramar

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Ekavali Khanna

Nupur

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Nitin

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Synopsis

A teenager and his father form a special bond with each other while on an unplanned road trip from their home in Delhi to the former's boarding school in Mussoorie.

Director: Tanuj Bhramar
Producer: Shaan Vyas, Ratnakar M.
Screenwriter: Tanuj Bhramar
Production Co: Indian Film Studios
Genre: Drama, Adventure, LGBTQ+
Original Language: Hindi
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 29, 2019
Runtime: 1h 35m