Pushtaini is undoubtedly a fantastic effort, with the performances by the actual family members serving as the standouts. To discover who you are, how far will you go? Go from home to pursue your acting career, smack a father who drives a cab to support his family, experience rejection in a metropolis like Mumbai, or come back home to confront the hard truths of life? Pushtaini, the directorial debut of Vinod Rawat, avoids dealing with the intricacies of a middle-class household and instead focuses on the tense connection between a father and son.

Bhupinder Singh Rawat, also known as Bhuppi (Vinod Rawat), relocates to Mumbai in order to pursue his acting career as Aryan Shaw (screen name). He gets a tiny role in a RajKummar Rao movie thanks to his pals Sumit and Shashi, but after several retakes, he doesn’t make an impression. Not long later, he realizes his viral MMS is starting to become a talking point in his group.

He offers Sumit money in exchange for getting rid of this footage, and Sumit tries to blackmail him. He goes straight back to his family to ask for financial assistance. Will he be able to repay or will being a laughingstock harm his career?

In his directorial debut, Pushtaini, Vinod, a well-known acting instructor, delves into the realm of intense family dynamics and his own struggle with himself. He goes above and beyond the norm and gently explores the feelings. With the exception of its duration, Pushtaini, an independent picture, is essentially in the same zone as a mainstream production.

A few excellent instances of how the dynamics of a family and interpersonal interactions are handled with grace and elegance are Kapoor & Sons, Dil Dhadakne Do, and Gulmohar. Pushtaini makes some effort to align in several areas. It also appears to draw a lot of inspiration from the way crowds are summarized in movies like Highway and Dear Zindagi. The movie also discusses delicate subjects like adultery and child abuse.

Pushtaini is undoubtedly a fantastic effort, with the performances by the actual family members serving as the standout feature. The cherry on top are Vinod’s father, sister, brother-in-law, niece, and paternal aunt (bua). How brilliantly each scenario was executed by these non-actors! Being an acting coach, Vinod is definitely the icing on the cake.

Anurita, a co-writer and performer, injects humor throughout the movie, and her characters give it a really grounded feel. Hemant is an actor who portrays a cab driver and a boyhood buddy of Vinod. He is honest, funny, and relatable.

Pushtaini is a little, undiscovered gem that is certainly not to be missed.