The Family Man (2019)

Original title

द फ़ैमिली मैन

Directed by

Krishna D.K., Raj Nidimoru, Suparn Verma

Genre

drama, action & adventure

Country

India

Length

3 seasons, 26 episodes

Rated

TV-PG

Rating

7.7 of 10 from 190 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A middle class man secretly works as an intelligence officer for a counter terrorism unit. He tries to balance his dangerous job with his family life.

tensedarkly comicgroundedsuspensefulfast-pacedunsettlingintensegritty

What happens

The Family Man is an Indian Hindi-language spy thriller streaming television series created by Raj & DK for Amazon Prime Video. 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. It also stars Priyamani, Sharad Kelkar, Neeraj Madhav, Sharib Hashmi, Dalip Tahil, Sunny Hinduja and Shreya Dhanwanthary. The series is produced and directed by Raj & D.K, who also co-wrote the story and screenplay with Suman Kumar and Tusshar Seyth, with dialogue penned by Sumit Arora and Manoj Kumar. Samantha Ruth Prabhu was hired for the second season of the series as the main antagonist, making her foray into the digital medium, with Suparn S. Verma directing a section of the season. The series was announced in June 2018, with the filming of the first season starting simultaneously in Mumbai, Delhi, Kerala, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh; and it was wrapped up by 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 eventually premiered on Amazon Prime Video on 20 September 2019. It received acclaim from critics and audiences, who praised the performance of the cast members, writing and execution. It eventually became the most viewed streaming 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. Amazon announced the third season began shooting in May 2024. On 27 June 2025, the production team released an announcement teaser for the third season. A promotional video released on 28 October 2025 confirmed that the third season was premiered on 21 November 2025. The trailer of the 3rd Season was released on 7 November 2025. The Family Man has received eleven Filmfare OTT Awards, five Asian Academy Creative Awards and two awards at the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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