An accomplished ensemble cast and glib dialogues keep a film about death, expectations and duty afloat.

The film has passages that are inert. But the director's compassionate gaze helps to steer the film through these hurdles...

Quite often, the film reminds you of similar situations you've been in. In some places, I found the acerbic overhang and the good-natured ribbing turning into something edgier.

What lends indignity to death — the act or the absence of mourning? Throughout Ramprasad Ki Tehrvi, Pahwa remains preoccupied with this question.