Dining with the Kapoors(2025)
This special offers a rare glimpse into the Kapoors, Hindi cinema's first family, over an afternoon of conversation, nostalgia and homemade delicacies.
Quick Facts
- Streaming on
- Netflix
- Theatrical Release
- 20 November 2025
- Director
- Smriti Mundhra
- Language
- Hindi
- Runtime
- 1h 2m
- Rating
- 3.5/10
Storyline
Sit down with the Kapoors, one of Hindi cinema's most famous families, for an unforgettable afternoon filled with good food, real conversation, and shared memories. Over homemade dishes and honest talk, they reflect on their remarkable lives in Indian movies, what it's really like to be a family constantly in the public eye, and the deep personal bonds that have kept them all connected through the years. It's an intimate and genuinely warm portrait of the people behind the legend.
“An intimate meal with Bollywood's royal family.”
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Frequent partnerships reunited for Dining with the Kapoors
Cast reunions in this film: Saif Ali Khan & Kareena Kapoor (7 films together), and Saif Ali Khan & Karisma Kapoor (3 films together).
Trivia
- The documentary was filmed in a single day at the Kapoor family's Mumbai home, capturing a real, unscripted meal.
- It features rare archival photos and home videos from the 1940s, some never shown publicly before.
- Director Smriti Mundhra previously created the Netflix series 'Indian Matchmaking'.
- The menu included dishes like 'Raj Kapoor's favorite mutton curry', based on a family recipe.
- It was released directly on a streaming service, bypassing a traditional theatrical release.
- The conversation reveals how actor Shammi Kapoor was initially discouraged from his signature dancing style.
- The film's editing used cuts to family movie clips to visually illustrate the stories being told.