List of The Family Man episodes
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The Family Man is an Indian espionage action thriller streaming television series on Amazon Prime Video[1] created, directed, and produced by Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K. except for five episodes of the second season, which were directed by Suparn S. Varma. The duo also co-wrote the story and screenplay with Suman Kumar, with dialogue penned by Sumit Arora and Suman Kumar. It 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.[2] Other cast members include Priyamani, Sharad Kelkar, Neeraj Madhav, Samantha Akkineni, Sharib Hashmi, Dalip Tahil, Sunny Hinduja, Shreya Dhanwanthary. The series also marked Akkineni's debut in digital medium.[3] As of June 2021, a total of 19 episodes were aired.
The series was announced in June 2018, with the filming of the first season began simultaneously in Mumbai, Delhi, Kerala, 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.[4] The cinematography was handled by Azim Moolan, Nigam Bomzan, Cameron Eric Bryson and was edited by Sumeet Kotla, while Ketan Sodha composed the background score. The show is inspired by real-life newspaper articles.[5]
The first season of The Family Man featuring 10 episodes was aired on 20 September 2019 and was praised for the performance of the cast members, the writing, and execution. It eventually became the most-watched web series on Amazon Prime Video.[6] Following the reception, Raj and DK had developed the script for the consecutive second and third seasons, and the second season of the series having 9 episodes, eventually aired on 4 June 2021,[7] after being eventually delayed from the original release date of 12 February 2021.[8] In June 2021, the series was renewed for the third season.[9]
Series overview[edit]
| Series | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | 20 September 2019 | ||
| 2 | 9 | 4 June 2021[10] | ||
Episodes[edit]
Season 1 (2019)[edit]
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Length (Minutes) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The Family Man" | Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K. | Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K. Suman Kumar Dialogues: Sumit Aroraa | 20 September 2019 | 53 Minutes | |
| The Indian Coast Guard captures three ISIS terrorists in Arabian Sea near Kochi. Force One is tasked to handle the transportation of these personnel under TASC supervision. Meanwhile, Dhriti, daughter of Srikant Tiwari (Manoj) who works for TASC, is on the brink of suspension from school for her activities. The ISIS personnel tries to escape in Mumbai which results in a shooting by Force One. Srikant convinces Moosa, one of the ISIS operatives to surrender. Meanwhile, in Pakistan, Major Sameer is planning a mission in India to force India into taking military action. One of the ISIS militant plants a scooter bomb and is considered by Sameer for Mission Zulfiqar. | ||||||
| 2 | "Sleepers" | Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K. | Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K. Suman Kumar Dialogues: Sumit Aroraa | 20 September 2019 | 47 Minutes | |
| The bomb planted by ISIS militants in the scooter near Black Horse (Kaala Goda) statue explodes even after the security forces try to defuse it. Pressure increases to find the bomber. Chief analysts of T.A.S.C receive information about three gaming engineers who are linked with ISIS. Srikant plans to arrest them. After arresting them at their company, on interrogation, they mention a dropbox and strongly suspect it is a student in Victoria College but they reveal that they have never met him face to face. | ||||||
| 3 | "The Anti-National" | Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K. | Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K. Suman Kumar Dialogues: Sumit Aroraa | 20 September 2019 | 46 Minutes | |
| Under the instructions of T.A.S.C., local police monitors the dropbox. Meanwhile, in college, Karim is contacted by ISIS for a mission. In Pakistan, Major Sameer plans to misguide the intelligence of India to throw them off their trail. Karim, at Victoria College, picks up a message from the dropbox and hence falls on the radar of T.A.S.C. T.A.S.C sets up surveillance at Karim's room and finds that he is planning something with a floor plan and guest list. However, Karim has his suspicions that he is being watched and gives T.A.S.C the slip. Karim with two of his friends is shown preparing a van to get into a party. T.A.S.C scrambles to find his location otherwise they will have to evacuate the market. | ||||||
| 4 | "Patriots" | Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K. | Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K. Suman Kumar Dialogues: Sumit Aroraa | 20 September 2019 | 42 Minutes | |
| Srikant suspects that his wife is having an affair with Arvind, whereas Suchitra is just meeting Arvind for a new job offer. However, Srikant traces her phone and confronts her at the hotel, where Suchitra and Arvind are just having drinks. T.A.S.C is meanwhile able to hack into Karim's hard drive and they figure out the location of the strike. On the night of the attack by him, Karim and his friends run into the roadblocks set up by T.A.S.C. One of Karim's friends starts shooting and hence all three are shot down in the return fire. T.A.S.C finds out that their plan was to just feed beef to the guests in the party and not to bomb the place. Srikant reaches home drunk and accuses Suchitra of having an affair. Karim and his friends are branded as terrorists to save T.A.S.C's face. In the last scene, it is shown that the actual person responsible for the scooter bombing is, in fact, Sajid, also a student from Victoria College, who has just been released from jail after a rough interrogation. | ||||||
| 5 | "Pariah" | Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K. | Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K. Suman Kumar Dialogues: Sumit Aroraa | 20 September 2019 | 48 Minutes | |
| Sajid meets with ISIS agents who tell him that they have bigger plans for him and Karim was sacrificed to protect his identity. Srikant is under investigation and during interrogation assumes all the blame on himself. On the other hand, Moosa seduces nurse Mary to meet his ends. He is able to make a call using Mary's cellphone and informs ISIS militants that he will escape from the hospital in 2-3 days. In the middle of having sex with Mary, he leaves his hospital room to see Asif. There Moosa kills Asif by injecting Potassium into his blood. Sajid's next task is to go to Srinagar for Mission Zulfiqar. Meanwhile, Srikant is temporarily transferred to Srinagar as punishment. He and Suchitra are still not on speaking terms. When Srikant reaches Srinagar, Kulkarni then tells him that there is a reason for his transfer as they received intel from RAW about a key terrorist sleeper agent coming to Srinagar. | ||||||
| 6 | "Dance of Death" | Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K. | Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K. Suman Kumar Dialogues: Sumit Aroraa | 20 September 2019 | 40 Minutes | |
| In flashback, it is shown that Moosa is one of Faizan's top ISIS agents and he had orchestrated a terrorist attack in Istanbul in which he killed 270 people with nerve gas. Major Sameer recruits him for Mission Zulfiqar. At present nurse Mary is scared when she learns about Asif's death but does not reveal the truth to T.A.S.C or any other authorities. Asif's death is attributed to cardiac arrest and the security force is substantially reduced in the hospital while Pasha is suspended. Meanwhile, Srikant flirts with his current CO, Saloni Bhatt, who is coincidentally also his ex-girlfriend. The team at Srinagar is tracking Basharat who supervises every terrorist activity in Kashmir. Srikant has doubts that Moosa is Al Qatil and asks Talpade and Pasha to rush to the hospital. At the hospital, Jayesh, Zoya, and Milind are guarding Moosa, when four armed men attack the hospital in order to free Al Qatil (Moosa). In the fighting that ensues, Jayesh and Pasha are killed along with the four attackers. During the ensuing firefight in hospital, Moosa is able to escape from the hospital but only after brutally murdering Mary with a surgical knife and leaving a trail of bodies behind him. | ||||||
| 7 | "Paradise" | Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K. | Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K. Suman Kumar Dialogues: Sumit Aroraa | 20 September 2019 | 39 Minutes | |
| As the news of the attack at the hospital spreads, T.A.S.C. faces criticism and investigation. Suchitra goes to help Arvind when his daughter falls sick. In Srinagar, Sajid gets impatient and demands a call with Faizan. Meanwhile, the Indian security forces team gets the intel that Basharat is attending a wedding in Baramulla; however, the residents of Baramulla recognize themselves as Pakistanis and the army cannot enter that area without upsetting the status quo. Basharat attends the wedding to meet Sajid and to get him in touch with Faizan. Srikant, being anxious, enters the wedding in disguise and recognizes Sajid as one of the suspects arrested by Mumbai police. But Srikant continues to pursue Sajid ignoring the warning and orders from Saloni and Major Vikram. Srikant's impulsive actions cause the army to lose Basharat's trial and Sajid easily escapes in Baramulla with support from the locals. | ||||||
| 8 | "Act of War" | Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K. | Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K. Suman Kumar Dialogues: Sumit Aroraa | 20 September 2019 | 43 Minutes | |
| Faizan is captured in Pakistan in an operation by U.S. forces. Srikant enters Balochistan with the help of an undercover R&AW agent. They extract information out of Faizan posing as agents from the ISI, appealing to his patriotism towards Pakistan. It is found that the terrorists are planning to release nerve gas in New Delhi. The gas has been smuggled into Kashmir over time and is now being transported to Delhi. Sajid is supposed to transport the nerve gas and build the bomb together with Moosa. The PM of India is alerted about this plan. Suchitra goes to Lonawala for a conference and impresses the VCs. Dhriti being home alone goes to a late-night party at her friend's house and Atharv finds Srikant's revolver in the locked room; being curious, he starts playing with it, but puts it under the pillow, when Dhriti comes home. | ||||||
| 9 | "Fighting Dirty" | Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K. | Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K. Suman Kumar Dialogues: Sumit Aroraa | 20 September 2019 | 38 Minutes | |
| Some officials of T.A.S.C accidentally send an SMS to Jonali from Karim's phone. This makes Jonali curious and she goes on a search for Karim's body cam which is hidden in an abandoned car. Pakistan's PM makes a deal with General Ansari and General Ansari abandons Mission Zulfiqar. Major Sameer is arrested by 1/11 infantry of the Pakistan army and provides the details of the nerve gas attack when he finds out about General Ansari's deal, but is able to warn Basharat, who catches up with Sajid and warns him but the Indian army is able to procure all the nerve gas canisters and Basharat dies in a cross-fire. Moosa is planning another attack by blackmailing a chemical engineer, Vaibhav, in New Delhi. Sajid meets with Moosa in New Delhi where Moosa informs him that there is a plan B for Mission Zulfiqar. | ||||||
| 10 | "The Bomb" | Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K. | Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K. Suman Kumar Dialogues: Sumit Aroraa | 20 September 2019 | 48 Minutes | |
| T.A.S.C. realizes that Mission Zulfiqar is not over. Moosa's plan is to recreate the Bhopal Gas Tragedy in New Delhi. Sajid blackmails Vaibhav to gain entry into Orion chemical plant. Moosa's men commandeer a water tank which Moosa uses as a reagent for the toxic reaction. Moosa and Sajid get into the chemical plant and Moosa kills Vaibhav. Moosa sets up the plant to spew toxic gases which will kill everyone in Delhi within 2 hours. Zoya and Milind enter the chemical plant and end up in a cross-fire with Moosa's men disguised as security guards. Srikant meets Moosa's mother in Delhi and releases a video in the news in which Moosa's mother appeals to him to surrender. Moosa changes his mind and decides to stop the toxic gas from leaking but Sajid disagrees and kills Moosa. Srikant and Talpede again prematurely celebrate their victory when they find Moosa's dead body. Meanwhile, Zoya and Milind are pinned in the cross-fire and are unable to reach Srikant. In the last scene, it is shown that the pressure has reached the critical limit and the toxic gases have started leaking while Zoya cries in desperation. Suddenly, one of the containers bursts open after reaching the critical pressure, and the show ends on a cliffhanger. | ||||||
Season 2 (2021)[edit]
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Length (Minutes) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Exile" | Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K. | Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K. Suman Kumar | 4 June 2021 | 59 Minutes | |
| Bhaskaran, Deepan, and Bhaskaran's brother Subbu escape an attack on their base from the Sri Lankan forces led by Lasit Rupatunga. They resolve to continue their fight for the Tamil Eelam while fleeing the country on a boat. Srikant Tiwari, the iconic T.A.S.C. agent, has quit T.A.S.C. and now works as an IT employee. Rupatunga asks the Indian PM Basu to hand over Subbu to them. Suchitra has left her job and is seeking counseling. It is revealed that T.A.S.C. averted the gas leak at Orion from turning into a major disaster. PM Basu asks Kulkarni to devise a plan to hand over Subbu to the Lankan government. JK is sent to Chennai to oversee a low-key operation to apprehend Subbu and bring him to Mumbai's T.A.S.C. office. Subbu overpowers T.A.S.C. officers, takes hostages, and refuses to negotiate. Srikant enlists the help of Chellam, a retired legendary agent who ran missions in Sri Lanka and a close friend of Bhaskaran, to end the crisis. Bhaskaran convinces Subbu to surrender and is taken into legal custody for killing T.A.S.C. officers. Kalyaan, a close friend of Srikant's daughter Dhriti, drops her home and is revealed to be in contact with Sajid, the terrorist from the Orion chemical fiasco, who is now in London. | ||||||
| 2 | "Weapon" | Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K. | Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K. Suman Kumar | 4 June 2021 | 50 Minutes | |
| Major Sameer, the man behind Mission Zulfiqar, meets his boss, General Ansari, in London, informs him of a new mission, Zulfiqar 2.0, and assassinates him. A woman, Raji, works in a garment factory where she faces harassment from her boss, Nanda. Srikant and Suchitra attend counseling. Sameer sends Sajid back to India to run the mission. T.A.S.C. officers take Subbu to court, where Sajid detonates a bomb in a scooter that kills Subbu. Bhaskaran quits the government in exile, paving the way for Deepan to be the prime minister. PM Basu wants bilateral talks with Ruptunga in Chennai. Bhaskaran holds PM Basu responsible for his brother’s death and wants to make her pay for it. Sameer meets Bhaskaran and extends his support to the cause. Bhaskaran activates an elite unit led by Selvarasan. Raji decides to end her life after the news of Subbu’s death and Bhaskaran quitting. Selvarasan calls Raji and asks her to quit her job and await instructions for a mission. | ||||||
| 3 | "Angel Of Death" | Suparn S. Varma | Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K. Suman Kumar | 4 June 2021 | 33 Minutes | |
| A few years ago, Selvarasan’s unit stole C4 explosives from the Sri Lankan Army and buried them in Point Pedro. Sambit informs PM Basu of the threat to her life; she remains adamant about changing neither the date and time nor the venue of the bilateral talks. A shopkeeper refers to Kalyaan as Salman, but he brushes it aside when questioned by Dhriti. Srikant takes Suchitra to a restaurant to celebrate her birthday, and they get into a fight about their marriage. Srikant quits his job and rejoins T.A.S.C. Before leaving for Chennai, Guilt-ridden, Srikant visits Karim's girlfriend Jonali and tells her that Karim is not a terrorist. Nanda knows of Raji’s secret and blackmails her into getting invited for dinner. Suchitra rejoins her job. Raji kills Nanda when he abuses her after dinner. | ||||||
| 4 | "Eagle" | Suparn S. Varma | Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K. Suman Kumar | 4 June 2021 | 49 Minutes | |
| In flashback, it is shown that Raji is the best fighter pilot amongst the rebels. Sameer purchases a flying school named Tigris Aviation from a friend of Bhaskaran. Srikant joins the T.A.S.C. team in Chennai. Inspector Umayal starts investigating Nanda’s disappearance. Chellam shares a list of the rebel safehouses with Srikant and his colleague, J.K. Talpade. Umayal interrogates Raji at her house and asks her not to leave the city without her permission. Srikant and J.K. run into Raji while she absconds from her house. Umayal gets suspicious about Raji and heads back to find Srikant and J.K. with the remains of Nanda. | ||||||
| 5 | "Homecoming" | Suparn S. Varma | Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K. Suman Kumar | 4 June 2021 | 43 Minutes | |
| Srikant and J.K. are arrested and spend the night in custody. Umayal joins the T.A.S.C. team. T.A.S.C. identifies Raji as a rebel operative. Raji, Selvarasan, and Sajid plan to meet at Vedaranyam, the rebel’s former base, and leave for Sri Lanka to pick up supplies for the mission. Noticing activity on rebel channels, Sambit and Kulkarni warn Deepan to stop Bhaskaran. Raji and Sajid retrieve the C4s from Point Pedro. | ||||||
| 6 | "Martyrs" | Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K. | Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K. Suman Kumar | 4 June 2021 | 40 Minutes | |
| Raji and Sajid return to Vedaranyam with the C4s. Chellam advises Srikant to find the unit and shares Jebraj’s (code name: Local 52) address at Vedaranyam. The T.A.S.C. team nabs Raji when she goes to Jebraj’s house to get the C4 detonator. Srikant and Umayal question Raji at the police station but failed to extract any information. Selvarasan mobilizes the locals and ambushes the police station. They escape with a wounded Raji, and Milind is killed in the attack. Annoyed by Srikant’s attempts to foil his plans, Sajid gets permission from Sameer to stop him. Sajid instructs Salman to kidnap Dhriti. | ||||||
| 7 | "Collateral Damage" | Suparn S. Varma | Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K. Suman Kumar | 4 June 2021 | 35 Minutes | |
| The T.A.S.C. team finds the C4 detonator at Jebraj’s house. Dhriti leaves the house after a fight with Suchitra. The assassination plan is to fly a plane laden with C4 into the convention center where the bilateral talks would occur. Sajid builds a new detonator and loads the plane with C4. Salman and Dhriti watch a film and head over to his house. Sajid bids adieu to Raji and goes to Mumbai. Suchitra is worried that Dhriti hasn’t returned home and informs Srikant. Ajit tracks Dhriti’s phone to a local train. Srikant realizes that his daughter has been kidnapped and heads to Mumbai. | ||||||
| 8 | "Vendetta" | Suparn S. Varma | Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K. Suman Kumar | 4 June 2021 | 42 Minutes | |
| T.A.S.C. suspects a kamikaze style attack. J.K. and Muthu are stopped from checking the plane at Tigris Aviation. Sajid calls Srikant and warns him to stay out of his way. J.K. sneaks into the covered plane and discovers the C4s. The rebels attack the duo, and they take cover. They split and make a successful escape, but J.K. is shot and faints. RPF shares a video of Salman at Dombivli station where he dumps Dhriti’s phone. The police start searching for Dhriti. Shinde gets a lead on the location of Dhriti’s kidnappers. Dhriti convinces Salman to free her and stabs him in the neck,then she tries to escape but Sajid came and stopped her. | ||||||
| 9 | "The Final Act" | Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K. | Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K. Suman Kumar | 4 June 2021 | 60 Minutes | |
| Shinde confirms the kidnapper’s house and informs Srikant of Sajid’s presence. Sajid is killed by officials as he tries to escape. J.K. is missing, while Srikant returns to Chennai to lead the T.A.S.C. team. The rebels dismantle the plane and take it to Kicha Farms near Sunguvarchatram. JK is found and admitted to a hospital. The plane is reassembled, the rebels plan to use an abandoned highway to fly the plane. Bhaskaran is captured in Normandy and kills himself by ingesting a suicide pill. Srikant, with Chellam’s help, reaches the farm. The rebels are neutralized, and Raji is killed. The bilateral talks proceed as planned. The T.A.S.C. team is honored by PM Basu for their efforts. Srikant shares his experience with his family, and the scene ends just as Suchitra starts to divulge. The season ends with details of how India was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. An agent in Kolkata gets the go-ahead from his Chinese handler for Project Guan Yu. | ||||||
References[edit]
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|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Samantha Akkineni on 'The Family Man' Season 2 and breaking the rules with OTT". The News Minute. 2020-11-18. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
- ↑ "Manoj Bajpayee, Samantha Akkineni Starrer The Family Man Season 2 is Now Filming". News18. 2019-11-29. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
- ↑ Ananya Bhattacharya (23 September 2019). "The Family Man Review: Damp dhamaka". India Today. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
- ↑ "Most Watched Indian Web Shows on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hotstar in 2019". News18. 2020-03-07. Retrieved 2021-07-03.
- ↑ "The Family Man 2 drops on Amazon Prime a day before schedule, fans celebrate on Twitter". Hindustan Times. 2021-06-03. Retrieved 2021-07-03.
- ↑ "The Family Man season 2 delayed till summer, Raj and DK announce; no mention of Tandav controversy playing a part". Hindustan Times. 2021-02-05. Retrieved 2021-07-03.
- ↑ "The Family Man season 3 story is ready: Manoj Bajpayee hints at how long fans will have to wait". Hindustan Times. 2021-06-09. Retrieved 2021-07-03.
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