Karupy
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| Karupy | |
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| Directed by | Kalainithan Kalaichelvan |
| Written by | Kalainithan Kalaichelvan |
| Produced by | Shaista Roshan Alison Almeida |
| Starring | Sumathy Balaram |
| Cinematography | Shady Hanna |
| Edited by | Jake Lee |
| Music by | Kalaisan Kalaichelvan |
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Running time | 12 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Languages | English Tamil |
Karupy is a Canadian short drama film, directed by Kalainithan Kalaichelvan and released in 2025.[1] The film stars Sumathy Balaram as Karupy, the matriarch of a Tamil Canadian immigrant family who unexpectedly announces at her 65th birthday party that she is ready to die and intends to commit suicide that evening, setting off a chain reaction in the family dynamics as her family respond in various ways to the announcement.[2]
The cast also includes Ranjith Joseph, Smrithi Dhanasekar, UnniKannan S S, Arrthami Siva-Kuruvinth and Umeash Siva.
The film was made as Kalaichelvan's student project while studying at the Canadian Film Centre.[3] It had its genesis when he overheard his grandfather saying that he was simply waiting around to die,[1] leading him to write a story that explored Tamil culture's ambivalent relationship with expressing difficult emotions around subjects such as death.[3]
The film premiered in the Short Cuts program at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival.[4]
