Ratnakar Matkari

Dear Dad is a bittersweet coming of age story; involving a father-son duo – 14 year old Shivam, and his 45 year old dad Nitin Swaminathan. The father-son duo embarks on an impromptu road trip from their home, in Delhi, to Mussorie (Uttarakhand), where Shivam attends boarding school. Unexpected confessions, weird strangers, accidental meetings, a drunken escapade and singing in the rain – all these add up to a complicated and sweet tale.

Prasad and Nayan are happy to be with each other and also choose a separate house, but Prasad's uncle wants his sister Suman to get married first. Prasad decides to postpone his wedding and sacrifice his house by dropping his plans and uses the money for Suman's wedding. Prasad and Nayan get married soon and are living happily but cracks develop between his mother and Nayan which is never ending and takes worst turn when Suman comes to stay with them during her pregnancy.

INVESTMENT tells us the story a typical ‘upwardly mobile’ couple, Aashish, an ambitious young man, about to change his job for joining an American firm and his wife, Prachi, who is encouraging and eager to move into a higher class of society. (This couple is indicative of the young people in urban areas thriving to achieve more, albeit at cost of social values).