The Great Shamsuddin Family: Reasons to watch Kritika Kamra's comedy drama filled with chaos on OTT

Tired of endless scrolling and craving for a good dose of laughter? Stop hunting and let The Great Shamsuddin Family crash on your screens on December 12, 2025. Premiering directly on JioHotstar (accessible via OTTplay Premium), this movie is a total riot of joint family chaos, packed with chatty relatives and hilarious real-life dramas that might make you scream when you find it extremely relatable. The Great Shamsuddin Family promises to make you miss your family and the typical Indian culture if you are living miles away.

Reasons to watch The Great Shamsuddin Family:

Relatable family drama

The story centers on a young woman Bani Ahmed who's facing a tight 12-hour deadline at her work amidst a sudden chaotic family reunion at her place where she lives alone, creating loud arguments, dramatic meltdowns, opinion clash due to generational gap, emotional turning points, and more. Each and every moment in The Great Shamsuddin Family highlights typical Asian culture.

Strong female characters

The movie empowers women and their bonds with other people, showing them as flawed, funny, vulnerable and assertive, moving beyond stereotypes, especially Kritika Kamra, who shared that she feels privileged to be in such a narrative. The Great Shamsuddin Family has a huge female cast like Farida Jalal, Sheeba Chaddha, Shreya Dhanwanthary, Juhi Babbar Soni, Dolly Ahluwalia and Natasha Rastogi, while Kamra leading the flick.

National Award winning filmmaker

The Great Shamsuddin Family is directed by Anusha Rizvi, who made her debut with Aamir Khan's Peepli Live in 2010, for which she won a Gollapudi Srinivas National Award for Best Director. This accolade is given to the debutant filmmakers every year in India. Gollapudi Srinivas National Award is given out in the memory of Gollapudi Srinivas, who was the youngest son of the veteran Gollapudi Maruthi Rao.

A compelling dilemma youngsters struggle with

The Great Shamsuddin Family main focus is on a female writer who must decide between chasing her career in abroad and staying with her overwhelming family during a single, frenetic day, exploring universal themes of duty versus ambition. If you are a youngster and dreams of achieving something big in life, you might find this movie highly relatable with moral dilemmas and struggles Bani is going through.

The Great Shamsuddin Family FAQs

Q: Where to watch The Great Shamsuddin Family?

A: The Great Shamsuddin Family, a Hindi-language comedy drama, will land on JioHotstar (OTTplay Premium) on December 12, 2025.

Q: Who are the actors in The Great Shamsuddin Family?

A: The Great Shamsuddin Family casts Kritika Kamra, Purab Kohli, Farida Jalal, Shreya Dhanwanthary, Juhi Babbar, Sheeba Chaddha, Dolly Ahluwalia, Natasha Rastogi and Nishank Verma.