FILM REVIEW: Angrezi Medium

Cast: Irrfan Khan, Radhika Madan, Deepak Dobriyal, Kareena Kapoor, Dimple Kapadia, Kiku Sharda, Ranvir Shorey and Pankaj Tripathi

- Atishay Jain

Director: Homi Adajania

The outbreak of COVID-19 led to shutting down of multiplexes across India leading to huge box office losses for recently-released films like Angrezi Medium. It was released under the banner of Maddock Films Pvt. Ltd. on 13 March 2020 in India as well as internationally. Plans for a re-release were cancelled due to the uncertainty in the lifting of the lockdown but to our great luck it is available on Disney+Hotstar VIP and Premium versions from 6 April 2020 without any additional charges so that we can enjoy this latest comedy-drama from the comfort of our rooms while staying safe.

Its first day collection at the domestic box office was ₹4.03 crore net. On the second day, the film collected ₹2.75 crore and ₹2.25 crore on the third day, taking total opening weekend collection to ₹9.03 crore. As of 15 March 2020, with a gross of ₹10.75 crore in India and ₹2.40 crore overseas, the film has a worldwide gross collection of ₹13.54 crore.

Although it counts as a sequel to the 2017 hit Hindi Medium, it is totally unrelated to the previous one, exceptions for Irrfan Khan’s mesmerizing performance and the beautiful emotion of selfless love of parents for their offspring. The spirit of