#if you know who any of the unidentified ppl are pls let me know!

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the great indian dysfunctional family ep 1 lb

gosh just seeing swaroop sampat in the credits is making me soooooo happy.

oh starting right off with a house party blasting ladki byootiful kar gayi chulllll. ironic wink wink since the show had a heavyyyyyyy kapoor & sons vibe in the trailer. 

they even stole the smoking a joint in the bathroom scene. cool cool cool.

i’m guessing chubby-cheeked, reluctant-joint-smoker addu (aditi) here is the baby sister of the two guys?

addu’s being a real bummer towards her bride friend and dissing the groom. hmmmm. is she just not a nice person, or is there something more there?

lmao she just told some annoying dude slamming on the loo door to “bhag behenchod” tho, so maybe i like her?

cut to samar (barun) who seems to be a doting moon-eyed husband. nice.

sobti’s wedding ring featuring in prominence as always.

dude you cute and all but you’ve got to give up your 4 Lions Leading Man habit of driving so carelessly. why do literally none of you guys keep your eyes on the damn road??? maana ki biwi bohut hi cute hai lekin is rate par kisi ki jaan lekar rahoge tum log. 

oh he’s a chef (i think.) dang, this might be the most attractive role sobti’s played.

he just pulled the car over for a quickie! waaah re daring! get some, boo!

addu has zero spine to stand up to peer pressure. also her bride best friend (nandu) needs to quit literally shoving joints and shots into her mouth.

the music is now assi vele from student of the year. whoever’s in charge of the party playlist here seems to be a siddharth malhotra stan.

ohhhhhhhhhhhhh boy, does addu have history with nandu’s to be dulha? yikes.

and now she won’t let her one non-asshole (guy) friend pee in peace. we’re only 5 min in, but i think addu’s kinda a terrible friend.

of course guy friend is not so secretly in love with her. enough to let her wipe her puke-stained mouth off on his shirt. sigh.

okaaaaay. kay kay’s character is On Edge.

and his son, mridul, seems to have inherited it from him? he’s veryyyyy cute, but there’s something... about him.

ok the rifle might be overkill, vikram.

lmao what a welcome samar and wife got.

swaroop has just made her entry and said her first line and i already know i love her the mosttttttttttt in this show.

vikram is already glaring at mom’s laad for baby bro. ~~~~~DRAMA!!!!!

they took the unfixed stair gag from modern family, and gave it a sorta angstyyyyyyyy turn.

clearly samar’s wife is ~~~the cool one.

vikram seems... regressive and needs to tone down his opinions on a woman he’s JUST met.

who’s this other unidentified lady with swaroop? the house-help?

ooooooh samar was in the army. (as was vikram too, i suspect, from his general demeanor.)

samar + wife (sonali) have a nice easygoing happy comfort and intimacy with each other. it gives me the warm fuzzies.

vikram needs to let this humaaare ghar ki auratein don’t smoke bs go. esp. since we know swaroop’s character likes to puff puff pass from the trailer. 

AND LOL ADDU WAS JUST CARRIED IN BY HER FRIENDS WITH A CIGARETTE IN HER MOUTH. SO MUCH FOR THAT.

samar chachu! ohhhhh addu’s vikram’s daughter!

wait, it’s nandu who’s greeting samar that way. addu hasn’t even noticed samar’s here.

.... is nandu family? apparently samar’s here to attend her wedding. so they’re clearly close. but that guy at the party called nandu addu’s best friend? huh.

drunk/high addu is giving expository details much to family’s discomfort: vikram’s retired from the army coz of an injury. and he’s the one who set nandu up with... whoever she’s marrying.

addu dgaf about all the awkward tho.

dumbass boy in love with addu is describing helping addu puke like she was giving him a bj (“main khada hua tha... she was on her knees... i held back her hair...”) cool. nice story to tell HER DAD. WHO’S HOLDING A LOADED RIFLE.

sonali and swaroop’s character (can we have a name already?) are the only two people with any real chill here, and i look forward to seeing them bond.

vikram did notttttttttttt appreciate samar telling him to not grab addu so hard and is now lashing out at his interference. ugh he needs to chill.

and now there’s baap-beti tension. lord, what a mess. we’re just 11 minutes in.

addu’s like “lol welcome to the fucked up sasuraal of your nightmares, chaachi!” and sonali’s now thinking haan cute toh hai yeh BUT AT WHAT COST??? WHAT HAVE I MARRIED INTO?????

vikram’s wife is very mild mannered as of now. can’t wait to see all the crazy SHE’S hiding!

ohhhhhhhh mridul seems to be mute, and speaks sign language. ah man. i hope the show treats his character properly without any ableist bs.

cut to next morning, and samar’s getting handsy. uh huhhhhhh honey.

SAMAR AND SONALI ARE HELLA CUTE AND #COUPLEGOALS AND PLEASE GOD LET THEM REMAIN THIS CUTE AND HAPPY.

meanwhile vikram’s doing some kinda.... army waalon ki tuition?

LOL SAMAR CAN’T.... “FOCUS” COZ BADE BHAIYYA IS YELLING ABOUT FOCUS RIGHT OUTSIDE HIS WINDOW.

“soldier down” lmaooooooooooooooooooooooo poor samar.

sonali’s saying thanks for protecting me from your trashfire of a fam for as long as you did.

gosh i just really like samar and sonali together. they seem like a couple who genuinely like each other as friends AND spouses. again, throwing up a most fervent prayer to the heavens that their relationship survives the show.

okaaaaaaaaay creepy house-help seemed to be eavesdropping on them.

finally a name for vikram’s wife. geeta. who has a really nice terrace garden it seems and is showing it off to some friend of hers on a video call.

friend only cares about samar’s return though. #relatable

who’s swaroop (WHAT’S HER CHARACTER’S NAME?????) waiting for????

LMAO HER DEALER.

dealer and baai seem to have a flirtation going onnnnn.

addu’s bitching about her fam to sonali first thing in the morning. brush toh kar lene do behen.

ok addu’s putting nazar on samar/sonali by remarking how happy and sane they are. oh gosh, pls don’t.

sonali is giving addu some well-meaning tippani on how following your heart makes you happy and we all know addu’s gonna take that and apply it in the most fucked up way possible and blow everything up to shit.

vikram is aggrieved that addu is pulling standard desi kid maneuver of resolutely avoiding papa after fucking up last night. lol.

get yourself a man like samar, who WHOAAAAAAAAAs when you dress up nice.

and a saas who calls you a “totaaaaaaa”.

lol the khataara family van is called “sharon”.

i’m guessing this is nandu’s sangeet we’re at. still don’t know how she’s related to these ppl though. i’m guessing a cousin or something?

yeah, looks like nandu is the daughter of a cousin of samar and vikram.

i envy sonali’s confidence and verve and ability to cheerfully blend with whatever crowd she’s in.

mridul in the bg beamingggg at samar chaachu’s happiness is making my heart glow. he’s so cute.

oh so nandu’s all sanskaari and shit now, and mad at addu for getting high last night. again, i remind you, she literally shoved the joint and shot AT addu.

but there’s some srs tension between these two, thanks to addu having some hang up with this wedding/dulha.

oh boy, it’s heading towards confrontation. in a weirdly... like... they’re getting into each other’s spaces in a... romantic way?????

OMFG WAIT WHATTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT. IT’S NOT THE DULHA ADDU WANTS. IT’S THE BRIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LIKE, BUT AREN’T THEY COUSINS????????????? OR ARE THE FAMILIES JUST THAT CLOSE THAT THEY’RE ALMOST RELATED. EITHER WAY, OH ADDU. OH MAN.

aaaaaaand sonali just saw addu lay a kiss on nandu (who pushed her away angrily.) whoa. welcome to the sasuraal, indeed.

oh the credits have finally given me a name for swaroop’s character. premlata. thank you!!!!!!

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