Story
Amreek
(Arjun
Kapoor),
a
butter-fingered
guy
runs
a
movers
&
packers
business
with
his
fiancée
Radha
(Rakul
Preet
Singh)
in
Los
Angeles.
After
a
messy
breakup
with
her,
Amreek
flies
back
to
his
hometown
Amritsar
to
meet
his
ailing
90-year-old
grandmother
Sardar
Rupinder
Kaur
(Neena
Gupta),
who
owns
a
bicycle
company.
On
his
arrival,
Sardar
expresses
her
desire
to
revisit
the
house
she
had
built
with
her
late
husband
Gursher
Singh
(John
Abraham)
on
the
other
side
of
the
Indo-Pak
border,
Lahore.
However,
Amreek
soon
discovers
that
his
grandmother
has
been
blacklisted
by
the
Pakistani
government
after
her
tiff
with
a
senior
Pakistani
official
during
a
friendly
Indo-Pak
cricket
match
in
the
past.
Determined
to
fulfill
her
last
wish,
Amreek
decides
to
play
a
modern-day
Hanuman
and
sets
out
on
a
mission
to
reunite
his
whiskey-chugging
grandmother
with
her
ancestral
mansion.
Through
a
series
of
flashbacks,
we
learn
that
Sardar
and
her
infant
son
were
forced
to
flee
Lahore
on
a
bicycle
after
her
husband
lost
his
life
in
the
bloodbath
during
India-Pakistan
partition.
Since
then,
the
matriarch
has
been
craving
to
fill
the
void
in
her
life,
the
solution
of
which
she
believes
lies
in
her
ancestral
home
in
Lahore.
Will
Amreek
succeed
in
fulfilling
his
promise
to
his
grandmother?
Direction
Kaashvie
Nair's
directorial
debut
Sardar
Ka
Grandson
looks
promising
on
paper.
However,
it
fails
to
translate
that
magic
on
screen
because
of
the
sloppy
execution.
Since
the
film
revolves
around
a
Punjabi
family,
words
like
'oh
ho',
'khota' and
others
are
thrown
at
you
at
jet-speed.
The
idea
of
relocating
a
house
from
one
country
to
another
sounds
a
bit
absurd.
But
since
it's
a
cinematic
universe,
one
would
have
easily
gulped
down
this
cross-border
story,
had
Nair
focused
more
on
the
core-conflicts
between
the
characters
and
the
two
countries.
Sadly,
the
first-time
director
ends
up
offering
a
mishmash
that
simply
lacks
the
zing
of
'achaar'.
Performances
Arjun
Kapoor
as
the
easy-go-lucky
guy
barely
gets
to
tap
into
his
performer
side
owing
to
his
flimsy-written
role.
The
actor
barely
reaches
the
mark
when
it
comes
to
his
comic
timing.
Rakul
Preet
Singh
is
underutilized
in
her
role.
One
of
the
reasons
why
Sardar
Ka
Grandson
manages
to
hold
your
attention
despite
the
lousy
screenplay
is
Neena
Gupta.
The
veteran
actress
breathes
some
life
into
the
story
with
her
portrayal
of
a
feisty
90-year-old
grandmother
who
believes
in
living
life
to
the
fullest,
irrespective
of
being
diagnosed
with
a
tumour.
Seasoned
performers
like
Soni
Razdan,
Kanwaljit
Singh
and
Kumud
Mishra
end
up
with
monotonous
characters
which
don't
offer
them
a
scope
to
showcase
their
profound
talent.
John
Abraham
looks
miscast
as
a
Sardar.
On
the
other
hand,
Aditi
Rao
Hydari
makes
the
best
out
of
what's
offered
to
her.
Technical
Aspects
Mahendra
Shetty's
camera
work
has
nothing
new
to
offer.
Maahir
Zaveri's
editing
scissors
could
have
easily
snipped
the
film
shorter
by
a
few
more
minutes.
Songs
While
'Jee
Na
Karda'
song
has
been
picturized
in
an
interesting
way,
the
lyrics
barely
register
in
your
mind.
The
rest
of
the
songs,
'Main
Teri
Ho
Gayi'
and
'Bandeya'
merely
act
as
fillers.
Verdict
At
the
beginning
of
the
film,
Arjun
Kapoor's
character
Amreek
quotes
his
grandmother
as
saying,
"Jis
cheez
se
pyaar
karo
usse
yaadon
mein
sabhaal
ke
raho
aur
yaadon
ko
dil
mein." It's
sad
that
Kaashvie
Nair's
latest
outing
barely
gives
you
some
heartwarming
memories.