Underplayed Gems

Kalikalam (1991)

Kalikalam poster
Original title
కలికాలం
Directed by
Muthyala Subbaiah
Genre
drama film
Country
India
Elsewhere
IMDb
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

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.

More films like this

How it feels

A middle-class family struggles to earn enough money for a comfortable life. The story follows their daily difficulties and emotional challenges.

melancholicemotionalrealisticslow-pacedfamily-orientedserioushopefulgrounded

What happens

Kalikalam is a 1991 Indian Telugu-language drama film directed by Muthyala Subbaiah and starring Chandra Mohan and Jayasudha. The story revolves around the difficulties of a typical middle-class family, unable to earn money to lead a satisfied life. The film was remade in Kannada as Kumkuma Bhagya (1993), in Tamil with the same name (1992) and in Malayalam as Santhanagopalam (1994). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems. Not quite it? You can browse by genre, country and year, or take this one into the 3D catalogue and ask the Catbot for something closer.