Ramdhanu
A Bengali family drama follows anxious parents whose pursuit of elite school admission forces them to reconsider what success means for their imaginative young son.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- None
- warm
- sincere
- gentle
- family viewing
- parents night
What critics said
Audiences and critics broadly responded positively to the film's innocent family-centered storytelling and strong performances.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Mitali and Laltu repeatedly pursue a reputed school's admission despite Gogol's failed test and emotional needs.
The couple enrolls in coaching designed to teach parents how to behave during school interviews.
Gogol's love of birds, kites, leaves, and open skies is set against his parents' ambitions for academic status.
Laltu's chemist-shop livelihood and Mitali's determination frame school admission as a source of status and security.
Films like Ramdhanu, and why
The Kindergarten Teacher
warm family drama examining parental pressure, education, and childhood well-being
Taare Zameen Par
empathetic coming-of-age story centered on adults learning to respect a child's individuality
Stanley Ka Dabba
gentle socially conscious family drama about schooling, class, and parental expectations
Movie Details
- Directors
- Shiboprosad Mukherjee, Nandita Roy
- Release Date
- 2014-06-06
- Runtime
- 134 min
- Rating
- 5.5 / 10 (3)
Cast
- Shiboprosad Mukherjee
- Gargee RoyChowdhury
- Rachana Banerjee
- Akashneel Mitra
- Kharaj Mukherjee
- Rajat Ganguly
- Rumki Chatterjee
- Chitra Sen
- Arijit Guha
- Suzanne Bernert
Common questions
- What is Ramdhanu about?
- A Bengali family drama follows anxious parents whose pursuit of elite school admission forces them to reconsider what success means for their imaginative young son.
- What is Ramdhanu like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Ramdhanu as measured, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Ramdhanu violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in Ramdhanu.
- What did critics think of Ramdhanu?
- Audiences and critics broadly responded positively to the film's innocent family-centered storytelling and strong performances.
- Which films are like Ramdhanu?
- Films with a similar feel include The Kindergarten Teacher, Taare Zameen Par, and Stanley Ka Dabba.
- How long is Ramdhanu?
- Ramdhanu runs 134 minutes.
