Last weekend, local comedy Keeping Up With The Kanadasamys opened up with an enormous R1,6 million during it’s opening weekend. However, the film has continued it’s box office domination and remained the third most-watched film in South Africa this weekend behind Kong: Skull Island and Logan: The Wolverine.
The film has now made a total of R4,049,418.00 and has been seen by 76 114 people around the country – a feat not many local films can accomplish. “This film has something for everyone. The universal story of neighbourhood rivalry, our desperate need for acceptance and the climb for perceived societal success, is something which touches everyone the world over. At the end of the day we can all recognize our quirks and foibles and the funny side of the weird, wonderful and strangely competitive world we live in,” says Durban filmmaker Jayan Moodley.
The film is a hilarious tale set in Chatsworth, Durban. The film opens a window into the lifestyle and subculture of modern-day Indian South Africans; their aspirations, dreams and challenges. The film stars Jailoshini Naidoo and Maeshni Naicker as the matriarchal rivals of neighbouring families, whose young adult children become romantically involved, and despite their best efforts to keep them apart, they are forced to acknowledge that love will always prevail. When Jennifer realises her beautiful tomboy daughter, Jodi, is in love with Shanti’s son Prishen, she is determined to break them up. But in order to do that she will have to enlist her rival’s help.
If you need more motivation to watch this hilarious film, you can read my review here.
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