Made on a budget of ₹280 million (US$3.7 million), it was released in cinemas on 18 March 2016 and received critical acclaim for its screenplay, direction and cast performances. The story is about two estranged brothers who return to their dysfunctional family after their grandfather suffers a cardiac arrest.
It stars Sidharth Malhotra, Fawad Khan, Alia Bhatt, Ratna Pathak Shah, Rajat Kapoor and Rishi Kapoor.The film marks the 2nd collaboration between Malhotra and Bhatt after Student of the Year. Kapoor & Sons, also known as Kapoor & Sons (Since 1921), is an Indian Hindi-language family comedy drama film directed by Shakun Batra and produced by Dharma Productions and Fox Star Studios.