Kudumbapuranam (1988)
- Original title
- കുടുംബപുരാണം
- Directed by
- Sathyan Anthikad
- Genre
- comedy, family
- Country
- India
- Runtime
- 2h 08m
- Rated
- U
- Rating
- 8.0 of 10 from 2 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A middle-class father and son have a conflict after the son starts questioning how family expenses are divided. The story shows the strain this puts on their household and the emotions it brings up.
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What happens
Kudumbapuranam (transl. Family History) is a 1988 Indian Malayalam-language drama film, written by Lohithadas and directed by Sathyan Anthikad. The film stars Thilakan, Balachandra Menon, Ambika, K. P. A. C. Lalitha, Parvathy, and Sreenivasan in major roles. It is a remake of the 1986 Tamil film Samsaram Adhu Minsaram, directed by Visu. The film revolves around the strained relationship of a father and son in a middle-class Malayalee family. The film highlights the circumstances the family goes through after the son raises questions about the division of family expenditure after he becomes an earning member of the family, disregarding the hardships his parents have gone through to raise him and other members of the family. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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