The Family Man review: Manoj Bajpayee terrific digital debut in a fantabulous espionage thriller

OTT web series The Family Man Season 1 review

Sly, humorous, nail-biting, with a constant check on morality with a heartfelt touch of humanity, The Family Man is a captivating espionage thriller that excels with some outstanding performances.

Raj Nidimoru, Krishna D.K., Suman Kumar & Sumit Arora’s screenplay is tight and finely established. The 10-episode series does take some time to set the mood but that is perfectly organised with believable straight from life characters.

A perfect blend of entertainment and patriotism, The Family Man is also a character study of different individuals in similar/different situations and their reactions.

The characters are believable, the situations are inspired from actual events which make The Family Man relevant to the core.

Performances

Manoj Bajpayee in his digital web series debut gives an outstanding display of acting that is sheer brilliance.

Neeraj Madhav as Moosa Rahman is superb.

Sharib Hashmi is incredible as J.K. Talpade and his bonding with Srikant is a major highlight.

Priyamani is fantastic.

Sharad Kelkar is fine.

Gul Panag impresses.

Solid support comes from Sunny Hinduja, Shahab Ali, Shreya Dhanwanthary, Dalip Tahil, Darshan Kumaar, Pawan Chopra and Krishna D.K

The kids Ashlesha Thakur and Vedant Sinha are fantastic.

Kishore Kumar as Imran Pasha makes an impression.

Bottom line

The Family Man is a nicely layered, sly, humorous and nail-bitingly entertaining espionage thriller drama, Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K had delivered a super hit Indian series with Manoj Bajpayee in top form.