For a change, it’s the grandma who has championed the family business, cycling to this side of the border during the blood-drenched Partition. It’s she who is the Sardar (Neena Gupta), the 90-year-old ‘patriarch’ who’ll write her will the way she wants to. Obstinate and cantankerous, like Rishi Kapoor from Kapoor & Sons with a gender change, Sardar has a tongue that runs amok with abuse, ‘Suvar ka bachcha’ being a mild one, and she likes her imported tipple. There’s a cute line later on about the Lahore local giving her the kick she’s missed since the Partition. But of course, that’s not all she has missed.

In its light moments, there’s general cheekiness like Amreek’s cousin Lovely attempting to score a goal with his high-end, ‘The future is Lovely’ campaign for their family business of Champion Cycles.

But it’s juxtaposed with a heartbreaking Partition track. Sample the one at the Wagah Border when Amreek, to fulfill his grandma’s cherished dream, crosses over to Lahore, the scene mingling with a young Sardar fleeing in the opposite direction into the safety of Amritsar.

With ‘Sardar ka Grandson’ it feels that there might be a change in trends as this movie provides us with a much-needed perspective in life that there are kind-hearted, helpful good people on both sides of the border. No matter whether we are citizens of India or Pakistan , we are humans first and citizens of our respective nations next. When Amreek faces dozens of problems and gets stuck in difficult situations he is helped by our neighbors in fulfilling his Grandma’s dying wish.

Its high time for the people of both nations to move on from our difficult past and accept each other with love and warmth. And this can only be achieved by the will of the citizens of both countries. Netflix has attempted to promote peace & love through this heartful drama, we all should try as well.