Published on Oct 08, 2021
The Family Man Season 2 Hotstar : The Family Man is an Indian espionage action thriller streaming television series on Amazon Prime Video created, directed and produced by Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K. who also co-wrote the story and screenplay with Suman Kumar, and dialogues were penned by Sumit Arora and Suman Kumar.
The series features Manoj Bajpayee as Srikant Tiwari, a middle-class man secretly working as an intelligence officer for the Threat Analysis and Surveillance Cell (TASC), a fictitious branch of the National Investigation Agency.
It also stars Priyamani, Sharad Kelkar, Neeraj Madhav, Sharib Hashmi, Dalip Tahil, Sunny Hinduja and Shreya Dhanwanthary. Samantha Akkineni was hired for the second season of the series making her foray through digital medium.
The series was announced in June 2018, with filming of the first season began simultaneously in Mumbai, Delhi, Kochi, Kashmir, Ladakh and was wrapped up within May 2019. Filming for the second season began in November 2019, and was wrapped up in September 2020. The cinematography for the first season was handled by Azim Moolan and Nigam Bomzan, with Cameron Eric Bryson hired for the second season. Sumeet Kotla edited the series, while Ketan Sodha composed the background score.
The Family Man: Season 1 was showcased at the Television Critics Association's summer press tour held in Los Angeles in July 2019, and was eventually premiered on Amazon Prime Video on 20 September 2019. It received positive response from critics and audiences, praising the performance of the cast members, and writing and execution. It eventually became the most viewed web series on Amazon Prime Video. The second season was scheduled to be aired on 12 February 2021 but was delayed, and it was finally released on 4 June 2021.
The Family Man, received eleven nominations at the Filmfare OTT Awards. It eventually won five awards – Best Actor (Crtitics) for Manoj Bajpayee, Best Actress (Critics) for Priyamani, Best Series (Critics), Best Director (Critics) and Best Dialogues. In May 2020, Raj and D. K. announced that the third season of The Family Man, is to be conceptualised.
The Family Man follows the story of Srikant Tiwari, who works as a senior analyst in the fictional Threat Analysis and Surveillance Cell (TASC), which is a part of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) of India. He is a married man with two kids, and the first season follows an investigation of a potential terrorist attack, while simultaneously following his slightly unsettled family life. The show is inspired by real life newspaper articles.
| Character | Portrayed by | Season 1 (2019) |
Season 2 (2021) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Srikant Tiwari | Manoj Bajpayee | Main | |
| Rajalekshmi Chandran (Raji) | Samantha Akkineni | Main | |
| Suchitra Iyer Tiwari | Priyamani | Main | |
| JK Talpade | Sharib Hashmi | Main | |
| Moosa Rahman | Neeraj Madhav | Main | |
| Sajid | Shahab Ali | Main | |
| Major Sameer | Darshan Kumar | Main | |
| Zoya | Shreya Dhanwanthary | Main | |
• Manoj Bajpayee as Srikant Tiwari, Senior Agent and Analyst in T.A.S.C
• Samantha Akkineni as Rajalekshmi Chandran (Raji) (Season 2)
• Priyamani as Suchitra Iyer Tiwari, Srikant's wife
• Sharib Hashmi as JK Talpade, Srikant's colleague at T.A.S.C
• Neeraj Madhav as Moosa Rahman (Al Qatil) (Season 1)
• Shahab Ali as Sajid
• Darshan Kumar as Major Sameer
• Shreya Dhanwanthary as Zoya (Season 1)
• Vedant Sinha as Atharv Tiwari, Srikant's son
• Ashlesha Thakur as Dhriti Tiwari, Srikant's daughter
• Pawan Chopra as Sharma
• Sharad Kelkar as Arvind
• Vijay Vikram Singh as Ajit
• Dalip Tahil as Kulkarni
• Aritro Rudraneil Banerjee as Punit
• Ravindra Vijay as Muthu
• Devadarshini as Umayal, Chennai Police
• Mime Gopi as Bhaskaran
• Azhagam Perumal as Deepan
• Anandsami as Selvarasan
• Abhay Verma as Kalyaan (Salman)
• Kaustubh Kumar as Tanmay, Srikant's Boss
• Sunny Hinduja as Milind
• Asif Basra as Counsellor
• Seema Biswas as PM Basu
• Uday Mahesh as Chellam
• Vipin Sharma as Sambit
• M. Ranjith as Karthik
• Tawhid Rike Zaman as Deepan's Friend
• Srikrishna Dayal as Subbu
• Rajesh Balachandiran as Prabhu
• Prakash Rajan as Nandhaa
• Shruti Bisht as Mahima
• Patrali Chattopadhyay as Gunjan
• Sohaila Kapur as School Principal
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Exile" | Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K. | Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K. Suman Kumar |
4 June 2021 |
| 2 | "Weapon" | Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K. | Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K. Suman Kumar |
4 June 2021 |
| 3 | "Angel Of Death" | Supan S. Varma | Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K. Suman Kumar |
4 June 2021 |
| 4 | "Eagle" | Supan S. Varma | Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K. Suman Kumar |
4 June 2021 |
| 5 | "Homecoming" | Supan S. Varma | Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K. Suman Kumar |
4 June 2021 |
| 6 | "Martyrs" | Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K. | Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K. Suman Kumar |
4 June 2021 |
| 7 | "Collateral Damage" | Supan S. Varma | Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K. Suman Kumar |
4 June 2021 |
| 8 | "Vendetta" | Supan S. Varma | Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K. Suman Kumar |
4 June 2021 |
| 9 | "The Final Act" | Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K. | Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K. Suman Kumar |
4 June 2021 |
The Family Man: Season 1, consists of fourteen songs used in the series. One song "Dega Jaan" composed by Sachin-Jigar, was released as the promotional single track on Amazon Music. It was unveiled on 16 September 2019, through music streaming platforms and as a video song through YouTube.
The soundtrack has music composed by Sachin-Jigar, Divya Limbasia, Mahesh Shankar, The Local Train, Jaan Nissar Lone, Aabha Hunjara, Thaikkudam Bridge and Underground Authority, with lyrics written by Irshad Kamil, Divya Limbasia, Gulshan Irfan Khanday, Mahesh Shankar, Piyush Kapoor, The Local Train, Jaan Nissar Lone, Aabha Hunjara, Thaikkudam Bridge and Underground Authority.
The background score is composed by Ketan Sodha. The album consists of songs with Balochi, Kashmiri, Malayalam and Tamil lyrics, apart from featuring songs written in Hindi languages. Two of the band Thaikkudam Bridge's independent music album "Aarachar" and "Navarasam" were reused in the series.
