Keeping Up with the Kandasamys

Keeping Up with the Kandasamys
Directed byJayan Moodley
Screenplay by
  • Rory Booth
  • Jayan Moodley
Produced by
  • Helena Spring
  • Junaid Ahmed
Starring
CinematographyJustus de Jager
Music byChris Letcher
Production
company
African Lotus Productions
Release date
  • 3 March 2017 (2017-03-03)
Running time
90 minutes
CountrySouth Africa
LanguageEnglish
Box officeR16 million[1]

Keeping Up with the Kandasamys (or simply Kandasamys) is a 2017 South African Indian comedy film directed by Jayan Moodley, and was the first South African Indian film to be screened widely in theaters. It stars Jailoshini Naidoo, Maeshni Naicker, Madhushan Singh, and Mishqah Parthiephal. The film grossed over R4 million at the box office in its first week and went on to gross over R16 million (US$1 million), becoming the highest-grossing film in South Africa for the year, and the highest grossing South African film worldwide in 2017.[1] It also featured in film festivals in North America.[2] The film's name is a reference to the American reality television series Keeping Up with the Kardashians.

  1. ^ a b Canham, Tamlyn (26 May 2017). "Keeping Up With the Kandasanys' makes R16-million at the box office". East Coast Radio. Archived from the original on 31 October 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  2. ^ "#MISAFF17: International premiere of Keeping Up With The Kandasamys at Cineplex Mississauga". Archived from the original on 12 August 2018. Retrieved 12 August 2018.

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