Keeping up with the Kandasamys was produced by the award-winning duo, Helena Spring and the late Junaid Ahmed (who sadly passed away in November 2016).

“Seeing the feel-good impact of Keeping up with the Kandasamys on audiences, as it celebrates family values with humour and laughter, has been a wonderful experience and I’m both thrilled and thankful for the tremendous support cinema goers are giving the film. Even though the film celebrates Indian culture and identity, the characters remain relatable across all racial and cultural lines, connecting with the audiences own familial experiences,” says Spring.

This rib-tickling, two-sided family comedy affair, was directed by Durban filmmaker Jayan Moodley (White Gold) and co-written by Moodley and Rory Booth.

“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,” adds Moodley.

Keeping up with the Kandasamys promises audiences some truly funny laughs about families, relationships and neighbourhood-envy. 

The film was produced in association with The National Film and Video Foundation, The Kwazulu Natal Film Commission, M-Net and The DTI , with distribution by Ster-Kinekor Entertainment.

It features music by Kyle Deutsch and The Parlotones. The film is currently showing at selected theatres nationwide (see list below).

Keeping up with the Kandasamys is showing at the following cinemas:

Ster-Kinekor:

Cavendish (Cape Town)

Arcades (Zambia)

Musgrave (Durban)

Gateway (Durban)

Brooklyn (Pretoria)

Forest Hill (Pretoria)

Newtown – (Jhb)

Rosebank Zone – (Jhb)

Sandton  (Jhb)

Canival City (East Rand)

Mall of Africa (Midrand)

Baywest – PE from Friday 10 March

Shelley Beach – from 17 March

Nu-Metro:

Canal Walk

Emperor’s Palace

Galleria (Amanzimtoti)

Menlyn Park

Parkview (Pretoria)

Pavilion (Durban)

Trade Route Mall (Lenasia)

Loch Logan (Bloemfontein) – from 10 March

Independent:

Killarney Mall

Midlands Cine Centre (Pietermaritzburg)

Movies@Emnotweni (Nelspruit)

Movies@GoldReef

Movies@Monte

Suncoast Cine Centre (Durban)

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From the producers of Hard to Get and Happiness is a Four Letter Word, comes the two-sided, family-engaged-comedy affair, Keeping up with the Kandasamy’s, directed by Durban filmmaker Jayan Moodley (White Gold) and produced by Helena Spring and the late Junaid Ahmed.

Described by Moodley as a “love letter to Chatsworth“, Keeping up with the Kandasamy’s was filmed on location in Chatsworth, Durban, South Africa, and stars Jailoshini Naidoo (Eastern Mosaic, Lotus FM) and Maeshni Naicker (Broken Promises) 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 in the end “love will always prevail.”

“Shanti Naidoo (Maeshni Naicker) is a typical Type-A personality. Always on the move, going out of her way to please people, and overcompensating for her perceived inadequacies by continually cooking up a storm in the kitchen. Her life would be just fine, except that her neighbour Jennifer Kandasamy (Jailoshini Naidoo), always seems to hold the upper hand.

When Jennifer realises her daughter Jodi (Mishqah Parthiephal) is in love with Shanti’s son Prinesh (Madhushan Singh), she is determined to break them up. But in order to do that she will have to enlist her rival’s help. Together the two women scheme and plot, recruit prospective partners and generally interfere with their kids wherever they can,” says Spring.

The cast also comprises, among others, Mishqah Parthiephal, Madhushan Singh, Mariam Bassa, Rajesh Gopie, Koobeshen Naidoo and Neil Govender.

was produced in association with M-Net and the DTI, with distribution by Ster-Kinekor Entertainment and will be released in cinemas nationwide on 3 March 2017.

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