Happy Family: Conditions Apply

Happy Family: Conditions Apply
Release poster
GenreComedy
Directed byJamnadas Majethia
Aatish Kapadia
StarringRatna Pathak Shah
Raj Babbar
Atul Kulkarni
Ayesha Jhulka
Music byHiral Viradia
Sony Music India
Country of originIndia
Original languageHindi
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes10
Production
ProducersJamnadas Majethia
Aatish Kapadia
Camera setupMulti-camera
Production companyHatsoff Production
Original release
NetworkAmazon Prime Video
Release10 March 2023 (2023-03-10) –
present

Happy Family: Conditions Apply is a 2023 Indian Hindi language comedy family-based television series for Amazon Prime Video. The series is directed and produced by Jamnadas Majethia and Aatish Kapadia.[1] It stars Ratna Pathak Shah, Raj Babbar, Atul Kulkarni and Ayesha Jhulka.[2][3]

At the 2023 Filmfare OTT Awards, Happy Family: Conditions Apply received 4 nominations – Best Comedy Series, Best Actress in a Comedy Series (Pathak Shah), Best Actor in a Comedy Series (Kulkarni) and Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series (Das).

Plot

Revolving around the lives of four generations of the Dholakias, Happy Family shows how most families are dysfunctional, and are a blend of traditional and modern values. The Dholakias are known for their high-spirited personalities and inimitable idiosyncrasies. These quirks land them in situations that are hilarious and quirky.[4]

Main plot

The story starts with Hemlata Dholakia waking up in the late night, hearing the voice of pigeon inside the house. Following that, she screamed and woke up everybody in the house. Everybody tries to find the pigeon in the house. However, after that they were successful in sending the pigeon outside the house. After which, Ramesh tells Tisca about living together in the family. But, Sanjuoy and Tisca had a different plan about which they are finding a suitable time to reveal it to others. On the next day, during their weekly Sunday meet in a place, they reveal their plan of shifting, with buying a new flat, which was already happened one year back, through a game made by Ayushi. Hearing this news, Ramesh gets shocked. But he is more shocked to know that except he, everybody knows about this decision. However, on the other side, Hemlata tries to convince Pallavi to stop giving nod to everything said by Tisca. She also alleged that Tisca has given Pallu the temporary job of babysitting and she should take salary from Tisca for doing this. Hearing this, Pallavi becomes sad and angry on Tisca at the same time. Seeing this situation, Mansukhlal scolds Hemlata of brainwashing Pallu.

Back at home, Ramesh and Pallu have regret of becoming separate from their grandson, Aryan. Pallu starts more caring of Aryan, saying that only few days are left to become separate, so let her take care. To manage this situation, Mansukhlal intervenes between them. He calls them both to the garden and talks with them and make understand Pallu that there has been some confusion. Thus, Mansukh was successful to remove the conflict between both of them.

In the late that night, his elder son Suresh who lives in US, calls Mansukh, revealing a secret about him only to him. Next day, Suresh again calls her mother Hemlata to reveal his secret, which was already told to his father. His father tells him to reveal the secret. Before he tells something, Hemlata tells Suresh to marry to a Gujarati girl, as early as possible until she gets more old. Then Suresh tells his mother that he already married a woman last week while living in Las Vegas. After hearing the news, she gets shocked and asks whether he married a Gujarati girl or not. He said to meet by her own. Then he introduces his wife, Kwamboka, who is a Kenyan-American, but now she is Indian-Gujarati. She gets another shock and sad at the same time of Suresh for not being married to a Gujarati girl. However, everybody except her was very excited to meet her.

Meanwhile, next day, Hemlata threatens of doing suicide to the family if they recognise Kwamboka as the wife of Suresh. But nobody takes her seriously as she is not taking such steps at all. She calls her daughter Falu and her son-in-law Dr. Jatin Kumar to her house to come in their doctor's dress.

On the other hand, Ramesh still angered on Sanjuoy for getting separate to a different house. He said of his dream to his father of making a separate house and living with his wife and son.

Episodes

No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byOriginal release date
11"Truth, Dare, And Dhamaal"Jamnadas MajethiaMarch 10, 2023 (2023-03-10)
In the episode, the introduction has been done. Hemlata Dholakia and her husband Mansukhlal Dholakia lives with their son, Ramesh Dholakia who lives with his wife, Pallavi Dhokalia (Pallu) along with their daughter Ayushi Dholakia and son Sanjuoy Dholakia and his wife Tisca Dholakia and their son. On one day, they visit a park for a vacation, where Ayushi decides to play a game of 'Truth and Dare' where the water bottle has been moved towards Sanjuoy and forced him to say the truth, where he reveals the decision of buying a new flat which was done one year ago to the family. But, after hearing the decision, Ramesh gets shock and asked why Sanjuoy wants to buy a new flat, but he didn't answered. However, Ramesh tried hard to convince Sanjuoy not to buy flat. But he was not being convinced. Meanwhile, Hemlata continues to blame Tisca for the decision of buying new flat. But she denied. After some days, Hemlata's another son Suresh who lives in US gave another shock to Hemlata, saying that he married a Kenyan-American girl last week while in Las Vegas. She got disappointed and ashamed that instead of marrying a Gujarati girl, he married a foreigner.
22"Who Stole My Happiness?"Jamnadas MajethiaMarch 10, 2023 (2023-03-10)
33"Catch Me If You Can"Jamnadas MajethiaMarch 10, 2023 (2023-03-10)
44"Papa Do Preach, Don't Sing"Jamnadas MajethiaMarch 10, 2023 (2023-03-10)
55"To Go or Not To Go"Jamnadas MajethiaMarch 17, 2023 (2023-03-17)
66"Number 1 Bahu"Jamnadas MajethiaMarch 17, 2023 (2023-03-17)
77"A Reception, And A Deception"Jamnadas MajethiaMarch 24, 2023 (2023-03-24)
88"Trading Places"Jamnadas MajethiaMarch 24, 2023 (2023-03-24)
99"Happy Family, Conditions Apply"Jamnadas MajethiaMarch 31, 2023 (2023-03-31)
1010"The Last Supper"Jamnadas MajethiaMarch 31, 2023 (2023-03-31)

Cast

  • Ratna Pathak Shah as Hemlata Mansukhlal Dholakia (Hemu/Hemudi)
  • Raj Babbar as Mansukhlal Dholakia (Pappaji)
  • Atul Kulkarni as Ramesh Dholakia
  • Ayesha Jhulka as Pallavi Dholakia (Pallu)
  • Raunaq Kamdar as Sanjuoy Dholakia (Sanjay/Sanju)
  • Meenal Sahu as Tisca Singh Dholakia
  • Sanah Kapur as Ayushi Dholakia
  • Atul Kumar as Suresh Dholakia
  • Paresh Ganatra as Dr. Jatin Kumar
  • Pranoti Pradhan as Dr. Falguni Kumar "Falu" (nee Dholakia)
  • Karamjeet Madonna as News Reader
  • Margaret Wanjiku Kariuki as Kwamboka Dholakia
  • Vinayak Ketkar as Manager of the Hotel
  • Deepak Pareek as Dr. Popat
  • Pratish Vora as Inspector Mendoncca
  • Swati Das as Kanakavalli
  • Neha Jhulka as Diana Cabinetmaker
  • Waqar Khan as Gregory
  • Mahabanoo Mody-Kotwal as Sheela Maasi
  • Jatin Suri as Superstar Shalom Khan

Soundtrack

The tracks of this series were released on 13 March 2023 by Sony Music and Amazon Prime Video.[5][6]

Happy Family: Conditions Apply
Soundtrack album by
Hiral Viradia, Vishal Mishra
Released13 March 2023[7]
Recorded2023
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length5:55
LanguageHindi
LabelSony Music
No.TitleLyricsMusicSinger(s)Length
1."Happy Family – Title Track"Hiral ViradiaSony MusicHiral Viradia
Vishal Mishra
Pooja Tiwari
Sarthak Kalyani		2:24
2."Gujarati Naar"Hiral ViradiaSony MusicHiral Viradia
Pooja Tiwari		3:31
Total length:5:55

Reception

The trailer was launched on 3 March 2023.[8] During the first screening of the series just before the release of it on 9 March 2023, several actors including Pankaj Kapur, Supriya Pathak, Aanjjan Srivastav, Sarita Joshi, Hussain Kuwajerwala and others were present in the screening in Mumbai, who have praised the series as a leading family comedy series that everyone should watch.[9] Archika Khurrana of Times of India gave it 4 stars out of 5 praising the direction, comedy and performance of the ensemble cast. she stated that this series did not a single dull moment.[10] Nirmal Gayatri of Pinkvilla also gave 4 stars out of 5 praises the Ratna Pathak Shah and in her final conclusion she said "Happy Family: Conditions Apply" is the ideal remedy for your yearning spirit if you want to binge on a weekend show during the workweek.[11] News18 gave the series 3.5 out of 5, and said it includes much comedy like Sarabhai vs Sarabhai and Khichdi, which were directed by Jamnadas Majethia and Aatish Kapadia. Happy Family puts an upper-middle-class Gujarati family's lives in focus, all while being relative.[12] Tushar Joshi of India Today rated the series 3.5/5 and wrote "The biggest USP of the show is the writing and the direction. Keeping the scenes as real and relatable as possible, you get drawn into the lives of these characters. Their fights, worries, wins and defeats suddenly seem to be all yours."[4]

Accolades

Year Award ceremony Category Nominee / work Result Ref.
2023 Filmfare OTT Awards Best Comedy Series Happy Family: Conditions Apply Nominated [13]
Best Actress in a Comedy Series Ratna Pathak Shah Nominated
Best Actor in a Comedy Series Atul Kulkarni Nominated
Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Swati Das Nominated

References

  1. ^ "'Happy Family: Conditions Apply' to premiere on March 10". The Times of India. 3 March 2023. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  2. ^ "Happy Family Conditions Apply trailer: Ratna Pathak Shah, Raj Babbar play Gujarati couple you will fall in love with". Hindustan Times. 3 March 2023.
  3. ^ "Amazon Prime Video to stream new original 'Happy Family Conditions Apply'". Mint. 9 March 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Happy Family Conditions Apply Review: Ratna Pathak shines in this old-school comedy that'll remind you of simpler times". India Today. 10 March 2023.
  5. ^ "Happy Family Conditions Apply (Original Series)". Spotify. 13 March 2023.
  6. ^ "Happy Family Conditions Apply (Original Series)". JioSaavn. 13 March 2023.
  7. ^ "Happy Family: Conditions Apply". 13 March 2023. Retrieved 13 March 2023 – via JioSaavn.
  8. ^ "Happy Family Conditions Apply Trailer: Raj Babbar, Ratna Pathak Shah Starrer Family Drama Is Loaded With Comedy". ABP Live. 3 March 2023. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  9. ^ "Celebs grace the special screening of Happy Family: Conditions Apply". The Tribune. 11 March 2023. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  10. ^ Khurrana, Archika (10 March 2023). "HAPPY FAMILY SEASON 1 REVIEW : NEVER A DULL MOMENT IN THIS FAMILIAL DRAMA". The Times of India. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
  11. ^ Gayatri, Nirmal (10 March 2023). "Happy Family: Conditions Apply Review: Want to de-stress? Watch this Ratna Pathak Shah's comedy show". Pinkvilla. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
  12. ^ "Happy Family Review: Good Old Sarabhai vs Sarabhai And Khichdi Days Return But Conditions Apply". News18. 10 March 2023.
  13. ^ "Nominations for the Filmfare OTT Awards 2023: Full List Out | Femina.in". www.femina.in. Retrieved 9 February 2024.

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