Daadi Ki Shaadi REVIEW: Neetu Kapoor, Kapil Sharma, Sadia Khateeb’s Comedy Family Drama Is Baghban 2.0 Without The Performances, Music Or Story

Film:
Daadi Ki Shaadi

Director: Ashish R Mohan

Writers: Ashish R Mohan, Bunty Rathore, Saahil S Sharma

Cast: Neetu Kapoor, Kapil Sharma, R Sarath Kumar, Sadia Khateeb, Riddhima Kapoor Sahni, Yog Raaj Singh Khalsa, Deepak Dutta, Tejaswini Kolhapure, Jitender Hooda, Aditi Mittal, Nikhat Khan Hegde, Flora Jacob, Parveen Kaour, Ishan Chadha, Vidhaan Sanjay Sharma

Platform: In Theatres

Runtime: 150 minutes (2 Hours, 30 Minutes)

Daadi Ki Shaadi Review

Ashish R Mohan’s Daadi Ki Shaadi – starring Neetu Kapoor, Kapil Sharma, R Sarath Kumar and Sadia Khateeb, in lead roles has released and it feels like the 2026 version of Amitabh Bachchan, Hema Malini’s Baghban. The film is centred on the Ahujas and the drama that unfolds when Vimla Ahuja (Neetu Kapoor), aka Daadi announces on ‘Facelook’ that she’s going to get married soon.

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Vimla lives alone in Shimla in the same home she raised her three kids, surrounded by her group of female friends – Shakti Kapoor Aunty (Nikhat Khan Hegde), Malhotra Aunty (Flora Jacob), and Chauhan Aunty (Parveen Kaour). While her eldest son, the short-tempered Jeevan (Deepak Dutta) lives in Delhi with wife (Tejaswini Kolhapure) and their two kids Kannu (Sadia Khateeb), and Bittu (Vidhaan Sanjay Sharma), her younger son Naag (Jitender Hooda) is settled in Chandigarh with his rather dense wife Baby (Aditi Mittal) and a son Bobby Ahuja (Ishan Chadha). Her daughter, Sunaina (Riddhima Kapoor Sahni) lives in Singapore with her husband and daughter

The drama begins during the ‘roka’ ceremony of Tony Kalra’s (Kapil Sharma) and Kannu. Half way through the ceremony, the family get to know about dadi’s ‘marriage’ plans, leading to the engagement being called off. Kannu’s admirer since college days, Tony takes it upon himself to sort out the problem and repair the damage. The sons, irritated with their mother and her uncalled-for decision, head to Shimla to confront her and make her change her mind. While there, they meet retired Colonel Theeran Devarajan (R Sarath Kumar) posing as Captain Aadi Vishnu Reddy – Vimla’s apparent lover and soon-to-be husband.

What follows is tons of drama as secrets unfold and the cracks between family members widen as finance becomes the main topic of discussion and not spending time with one’s aged parent(s).

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What Works

Neetu Kapoor and R Sarath Kumar’s acting are the highlights of the story. Kapil Sharma’s comic timing – as always, is on-point and will make you chuckle.

What Doesn’t Work

The story is half baked and will have you questioning your life choices for saying yes to such a film. The preachiness gets too much, especially in the second half. You will laugh on-and-off but you won’t get emotional even when the characters are breaking down on screen.

Technical Analysis

Directing

Ashish R Mohan has done an okayish job but nothing that is going to earn his rave reviews or awards. Harsh, but true.

Story & Scriptwriting

The main essence of Daadi Ki Shaadi is how kids neglect their parents once they grow up and only return to them when they want something. It talks about how kids return to their parents after years of ignoring them (but only sending money on-and-off) for personal reasons and not out of gratitude or respect. While the story is good – and will remind you of Baghban, it fails to have the same impact. While in the 2003 film the kids separated the parents, this one sees the limits a single, aged mother has to go to and the lies she has to spin in order to have her family by her side for just 5 days.

While the story on paper seems beautiful, the screenwriting suffers. The film feel dragged, boring and pretty preachy after a while.

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Star Cast

Neetu Kapoor is an amazing actress and she’s proved that once again with subtle but impactful acting. Daadi Ki Shaadi sees her handle family drama with a maturity hard to find in reel and real life today. Kapil Sharma as Tony Kalra has a one-dimensional role but still manages to steal the show with his effortless comic timing. Sadia Khateeb – who impressed me with her performance in The Diplomat, is good.

Deepak Dutta and Jitender Hooda, as play he brothers well, especially when it comes to the scenes they are in alone. R Sarath Kumar delivers an impactful performance as Col. Devarajan, however, Riddhima Kapoor Sahni fails to live up to her Kapoor legacy. She falls in the decent-subpar bracket.

Conclusion

Skip it in theatres and watch it once it releases on Netflix.

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