When legacy, lunch and loud laughter take the spotlight

Netflix's one-hour special Dining with the Kapoors promises a seat at the table of Bollywood's First Family, and for the most part, it delivers a buffet of nostalgia with a side of meticulously plated sentiment. This is not a show about stardom or red-carpet glamour. Instead, it treats viewers to the rare spectacle of India’s most storied acting dynasty doing the most radical thing celebrities rarely do: being ordinary.

- Troy Ribeiro

The show begins with a beautifully assembled prologue that instantly hooks the viewer before whisking them three weeks before Raj Kapoor's birth centenary. The plot is simple. Rima Jain floats the idea of an anniversary lunch to her son Armaan, who promptly executes a celebration befitting the Kapoor reputation for largeness of spirit that follows is a spirited family reunion featuring members across five generations who gather to eat, reminisce and gently roast each other with the casual ease of people who have been doing this forever.

Five minutes in, you cannot help thinking this could be a full-fledged series. With Ranbir, Kareena and others volunteering future holiday hosting duties on camera, the idea is clearly already in motion.