With stereotypical characters and lazy screenwriting, Saket Chaudhary’s Hindi Medium fails the complex social realities it’s trying to depict.
Hindi Medium’s hero, Raj (Irrfan Khan), is the kind of man who evokes both envy and sympathy. Envy because Raj is a successful businessman: he owns a big garment store, he drives a BMW, he can afford whatever he wants. Sympathy because Raj, at least in his wife’s eyes, is a lesser husband, a lesser father: he lives in Chandni Chowk, he lacks sophistication, he can’t speak English. Raj’s wife, Meeta (Saba Qamar), is adamant that her daughter, Pia (Dishita Sehgal), studies in
