# Perfect Family (2025)

> A Punjabi family that looks happy in public attends therapy together as hidden problems surface.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/1104923

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 8
- Episode runtime: 38 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: drama, family
- Created by: Palak Bhambri
- Network: YouTube, SonyLIV
- Cast: Neha Dhupia, Manoj Pahwa, Seema Pahwa, Gulshan Devaiah, Girija Oak, Kaveri Seth, Hirva Samir Trivedi, Ronav Vaswani
- TMDB rating: 8.5/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31702041/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: mild
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: none
- Tone: intimate, candid, warm, tense, hopeful

## Synopsis

Perfect Family (2025) is an Indian streaming drama series created by Palak Bhambri and released on YouTube and SonyLIV. Set in the present day among a Punjabi household, it follows the Karkaria family, whose members appear cheerful to the outside world while hidden troubles quietly build beneath the surface. Principal characters include Megha Verma, played by Neha Dhupia, alongside Somnath Karkaria played by Manoj Pahwa and Kamla Karkaria played by Seema Pahwa, with Gulshan Devaiah as Vishnu Karkaria and Girija Oak as Neeti Karkaria rounding out the family. The engine of the show is the family's decision to attend therapy together, a step that exposes long-buried resentments and forces relatives to confront what they have avoided saying. Each episode of this single season moves through domestic routines, intimate confessions and tense dinner-table standoffs, all shaped by the cultural stigma that makes admitting mental health struggles feel shameful. The eight-episode run is intimate and grounded, with a warm but candid tone that balances humour with raw emotional honesty. Viewers who enjoy family dramas in the vein of This Is Us and In Treatment will find resonance in its patient, character-driven exploration of mental health, marriage, parenting and the cost of keeping up appearances.

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