A family man vs a reluctant family man

That’s the conflict at the centre of “The Family Man 3’, where Manoj Bajpayee’s Srikant Tiwari takes on Jaideep Ahlawat’s Rukma

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A family man versus a reluctant family man. That’s the conflict at the centre of the third season of “The Family Man, where Manoj Bajpayee’s Srikant Tiwari takes on Jaideep Ahlawat’s Rukma. One is a spy hero balancing work, children and wife and the other is a drug and arms dealer forced to take care of a child.

“There is one reluctant family man who doesn't know that he’s a family man and he doesn't want to be one either,” Krishna DK, who has created the popular show with Raj Nidimoru, told PTI in an interview.

Nidimoru added that Rukma’s character, who confronts unfamiliar feelings of paternal affection for a young boy after his girlfriend is Killed, was a tough one to crack and, for a while, was completely different from what they show finally.

“At some point, it became the shadow of a family man. We didn't want to underline it. But it's an approximate idea that it’s been forced on him. We just knew that we had the character at that point. And the kid (Riyan Mipi) is such a good actor. Rukma hates the fact that he has a kid now that’s been thrust on him,” Nidimoru said.

In the new season, Tiwari is tasked with cracking the mystery behind the derailment of peace talks in the Northeast. His family comes under attack as he combats the formidable Rukma, who believes Tiwari is responsible for his girlfriend’s death.