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Directed by | Jayan Moodley |
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Cinematography | Justus de Jager |
Music by | Chris Letcher |
Production company | African Lotus Productions |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
Country | South Africa |
Language | English |
Box office | R16 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.