Kudumbasthan released in theatres on 24 January 2025. The film was released on ZEE5 on 7 March 2025, streaming in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, and Hindi.
Plot
Naveen and his wife, Vennila "Nila", were in love since college. Due to opposition from parents on both sides, they had register-married a year ago, are now expecting a child and live in Coimbatore with Naveen's parents. Naveen's overly religious mother chides Naveen for marrying Vennila who belongs to Scheduled Caste, while Naveen's father often brings up new expenses. Having been disowned by Vennila's family, Naveen is the family's sole breadwinner. He promises his father, Palanisamy, that he will renovate their house, assures his mother, Subbulakshmi to fund her all-India religious trip, and vows to support Vennila in preparing for the UPSC examination.
Cast
K. Manikandan as Naveen Palanisamy
Saanve Meghana as Vennila "Nila"
R. Sundarrajan as Palanisamy, Naveen and Anitha's father
Kudassanad Kanakam as Subbulakshmi, Naveen and Anitha's mother
Nivedita Rajappan as Anitha
Guru Somasundaram as Rajendran
Saanvika Shree as Rajendran and Anitha's daughter
Muthamizh as Simson
Prasanna Balachandran as Manokaran
Jenson Dhivakar as Ameer
Aniruth as Kutty Thambi
Balaji Sakthivel as Mohan Ram
Abilash as Manikchand
TSR Srinivasan as Thangamalai, Registrar
Gaayathri Krishnan as a house owner
Varghese Mathew, Rajendran's MD
Nakkalites Aadhan Kumar as Bagyaraj, Naveen's colleague
Nakkalites Manickam as Ponnusamy
Dev as Kongu Siva
Vijaya Raj as Singapooran
Kannappa Dasan as Kumar
John Wesley as Jayaraj Annachi
Edward Raj as Annachi
Syed Basha as Moosa Bhai
Kaleeswaran as Seval Murugesh
Nakkalites Dinesh as Guberan loans executive
Nakkalites Ramkumar as Naalai Namathe, an astrologer
Amar Ramesh as Rajendran's colleague
Uriyadi Suruli as Bullet Mani, a moneylender
Rajeshwar Kalisamy as a Škoda Superb car owner (cameo appearance)
Radhika Sarathkumar (PHOTO appearance in an advertisement, Naveen's design)
