Child role · Vijay's second film · 1984

Kudumbam

Name: Kudumbam
Director: S. A. Chandrasekhar
Genre: Drama, Family
Released: 1984-11-22
Duration: 135 min
Cast: Vijayakanth, Devisri, Jaishankar, Sujatha, Sripriya

குடும்பம் · 1984

A family drama directed by his father S. A. Chandrasekhar, from a story by his mother Shoba Chandrasekhar. A ten-year-old Vijay plays Narada, in his second screen appearance after Vetri the same year.

Family dramaTamil👶 Child role · Narada135 minMusic: Gangai Amaran

01 · Overview

The Film

Kudumbam (Family) is a 1984 Tamil family drama directed by S. A. Chandrasekhar, who also wrote the screenplay. The story is by Shoba Chandrasekhar. It was released on 22 November 1984.

Vijayakanth plays the lead, with Devisri, Jaishankar, Sujatha and Sripriya. Young Vijay, the director's son, plays Narada. It was his second appearance on screen, after Vetri earlier in 1984.

Eight years later, his parents launched him as a hero in Naalaiya Theerpu (1992).

A family film in every sense: directed by his father, written by his mother, with the future Chief Minister on screen at ten.

Director: S. A. Chandrasekhar
Story: Shoba Chandrasekhar
Screenplay: S. A. Chandrasekhar
Producer: S. S. Neelakantan
Banner: Lalithaanjali
Music: Gangai Amaran
Cinematography: M. Kesavan
Editing: P. R. Goutham Raj
Release: 22 November 1984
Runtime: 135 minutes

02 · Family

A Family Film

SAC's page for this film

Director & actorS. A. ChandrasekharDirected, wrote the screenplay and plays Sekhar · his films

StoryShoba ChandrasekharVijay's mother · her biography

Child actorVijayPlays Narada, aged about ten · today Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu

Singer S. N. Surendar, Shoba's brother, sings “Nelagiri Poove” in the film.

03 · Cast & crew

The Team

VijayNarada (child role)

VijayakanthVijay

DevisriDevi

JaishankarShankar

SujathaVijaya

SripriyaLatha

S. A. ChandrasekharSekhar

Master SureshRaja

Also in the cast: Sangili Murugan, Vennira Aadai Moorthy and M. R. Krishnamurthy, with guest appearances by Jayamalini, Manorama and Y. G. Mahendran.

04 · Story

The Story

“A family torn apart, and two children who bring it back together.”

Vijay (Vijayakanth) falls in love with Devi, and with the help of Shankar and Vijaya the two marry. Devi dies soon after giving birth to their daughter, and a quarrel splits the household.

Vijay raises his daughter with his sister's help, while Vijaya's son Raja runs away with him. The two children end up on the streets, where Latha protects them from gangs trying to kidnap them. In the end, the family is reunited.

Why fans remember it

Young VijayHis second screen role, as Narada
Family creditsFather directs, mother writes the story, uncle sings
VijayakanthA lead in many of S. A. Chandrasekhar's films of the era
Children at the centreA story that turns on two runaway children

05 · Music

Songs · Gangai Amaran

Chinna Ponnu Naniruken

Vani Jairam

Nelagiri Poove

S. N. Surendar, S. Janaki

Thedamal Dheivam

P. Susheela

Nalla Kudumbam

Gangai Amaran, Ilaiyaraaja

We don't reproduce song lyrics.

06 · Trivia

6 Things to Know

Vijay plays Narada, the divine sage of Hindu stories, in his second film appearance.

His first, Vetri, also came out in 1984 and was also directed by his father.

The story is credited to his mother, Shoba Chandrasekhar.

S. A. Chandrasekhar both directed the film and acted in it, as Sekhar.

Ilaiyaraaja sings on “Nalla Kudumbam” with composer Gangai Amaran, his brother.

The lead character, played by Vijayakanth, is also named Vijay.