Shaan Nathoo as Baboo Harold Singh and Aaqil Hoosen as Ticky Chetty in Kings of Mulberry Street.Pictures: Suppliedven weeks into its run, the film Kandasamys: The Wedding is still selling like hot cakes – so much so that Nu Metro’s website warns filmgoers to rather book for offpeak screenings, citing a high demand for tickets and “record-breaking attendances”.ccording to the website Box Office Mojo, Kandasamys: The Wedding has grossed more than R18 million at the South African box office.
The story line was developed on a flight back from New York, after Naidoo had completed a film-making course there. Naidoo, who grew up in the 1980s, said: “I thought it would be interesting for the adults to experience a trip down memory lane, and for a child audience to experience what their parents went through and the innocence of just being children before cellphones came about.
With the success of the Kandasamy franchise in South Africa, Naidoo believes that good storytelling will always have a place in South African cinema.