This heartwarming film is fun while it lasts

DEBUT director Selvah Kumar Thirumaaran's Family Padam is not the first film about films or an aspiring filmmaker, nor will it be the last. Such films usually show the aspiring filmmaker struggling on their own, or with their family either trying to stop them from pursuing their dreams or backing them with a little pep talk. Family Padam tells to what extent a family goes to make the filmmaking dreams of one of the three brothers come true.

- AKSHAY KUMAR

The biggest draw of the film is its fresh take on the role of a family in a man-running-behind-his-passion story. The film begins with the titular family in a prison on Diwali for an alleged cheating case; the narration piques our interest to know what has happened. The scene then shifts to the flashback, with Thamizh (Udhay Karthik) shuttling between production houses, where he gets cold-shouldered, in some cases openly and in others politely. After some heated arguments, laughs and romance, Thamizh finally finds a blockbuster producer who is interested in his narration. But he soon realises that he foolishly believed that he was close to achieving his dreams. How he manages to recover from this disappointment and how this situation tests the family's unity is what Family Padam is all about.