Kudumbasthan OTT Release Date Update: ‘Kudumbasthan’ became one of the few hits of Tamil cinema in 2025 and received good reviews from both critics and audiences. Starring K. Manikandan in the lead role, the movie revolves around Naveen, who gets fired from work and struggles with family pressures and financial struggles.
Kudumbasthan OTT Release Date Update:
According to a report by OTTplay, Kudumbasthan will release on Zee5 on March 7.
In an interview with The Hindu, Manikandan talked about why there is a deficit of family movies in Tamil cinema over the past few years. He shared, “Rajeshwar Kalisamy (Director of Kudumbasthan) and I are fans of Edgar Wright. He asked me to imagine a film written by V Sekhar and directed by Edgar Wright and that’s how he pitched this film to me. I mean no offence to serials, but that format has taken over this genre. But I remember my childhood films like Varavu Ettana Selavu Pathana, Viralukketha Veekkam and Koodi Vazhnthal Kodi Nanmai which realistically portrayed the lives of middle-class families.”
He added, “I remember discussing with friends an award-winning Iranian film about the difficulties a family goes through to get themselves a TV. There’s a similar Tamil film starring Nassar sir and Radhika ma’am. I keep saying how if Sekhar sir had framed the film like say Majid Majidi, then ours would have been international films as well.”
“Our idea was to try such a film. Presenting a comedy-family film at the pace of an action film excites me. A family man’s struggles have always been there but in today’s digital world, they have evolved. Kudumbasthan talks about these modern problems and the detached mindset neo-liberalisation has given us. The script has given the right platform to discuss these issues comically. A friend had written in a script how we all used to be together in the streets and television confined us to our respective houses,” he further said.
Saanve Megghana, R. Sundarrajan, Guru Somasundaram, Kudassanad Kanakam, and Nivedita Rajappan are seen in the pivotal roles in Kudumbasthan.
