'The Family Man' S3 review: Srikant Tiwari is on the run – and it's hard to keep up

The third season of The Family Man sees ace spy Srikant Tiwari on a three-pronged rescue mission. Not only must Srikant (Manoj Bajpayee) protect his country (again) and steady his fragile marriage (again), but he must also extract himself from a trumped-up charge of treachery.

Despite having previously defeated Islamist terrorists and Tamil Tigers, Srikant now finds himself in the crosshairs. With the help of loyal aide Talpade (Sharib Hashmi) and military intelligence officer Saloni (Gul Panag), Srikant battles shadowy enemies and a hostile investigation unit led by Yatish (Harman Singha) and assisted by Srikant’s former protege Zoya (Shreya Dhanwanthary).

Created by Raj & DK for Prime Video, The Family Man

’s latest chapter kicks off in the North East. Prime Minister Basu (Seema Biswas) is pushing a development programme called Project Sahakar for the region – which is treated as a single bloc despite its diversity and state-specific problems. Sinister international players supported by China have other ideas.

British businessman Dwarkanath (Jugal Hansraj) deputes his fixer Meera (Nimrat Kaur) as the chief party pooper. Meera, on the advice of Srikant’s bete noire Sameer (Darshan Kumaar), hires drug runner Rukma (Jaideep Ahlawat) to organise a series of attacks that eventually wash up at Srikant’s door in Mumbai.

Srikant has moved into a...