Underplayed Gems

Sundara Purushan (1996)

Sundara Purushan poster
Directed by
Sabapathy Dekshinamurthy
Genre
comedy drama
Country
India
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A man finds himself in unwanted marriage situations. He tries to navigate the comedic chaos this causes in his life. The film uses humor to look at the serious topic of forced marriages.

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What happens

Sundara Purushan (transl. Beautiful Husband) is a 1996 Indian Tamil-language comedy drama film directed by Sabapathy Dekshinamurthy and produced by R. B. Choudary, starring Livingston and Rambha. The film deals with the serious issue of unwilling marriages but with a comical undertone. Livingston also wrote the story and the screenplay for the film. It was released on 12 July 1996. The film was remade in Telugu as Andala Ramudu (2006). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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