Kudumbapuranam (1988)

Original title

കുടുംബപുരാണം

Directed by

Sathyan Anthikad

Genre

comedy, family

Country

India

Rated

U

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

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.

family dramaemotionaltensenostalgicrelatableheartfeltstrainedintrospective

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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