And His Son Movie: Vikram

“My name is Vikram. I am this artist’s father. For ten years, I thought my son was lost. Today, I realize… I was the one who never knew where home was.” He turns to Karthik. “I don’t understand everything. But I am learning. And I am proud.”

Dramedy / Family Road Movie (with a reverse immigrant twist) vikram and his son movie

Hurt, Vikram storms out and gets lost on BART. His phone dies. He ends up in a working-class part of Oakland, where no one speaks Tamil. For the first time, he is powerless. A young Latinx street vendor helps him, asking nothing in return. Vikram has a quiet breakdown. “My name is Vikram

The inciting incident: Vikram accidentally destroys a large, commissioned canvas Karthik painted for a gallery show—a piece about diaspora identity. Karthik explodes: “You came here to fix me. But I’m not broken, Appa. You are.” Today, I realize… I was the one who

Logline: A rigid, old-school Tamil patriarch must move in with his estranged, ultra-liberal son in San Francisco, only to discover that the son he tried to “fix” is the one who will teach him how to truly live.

Months later. Vikram, now a regular at the parlor (he knits sweaters for the dog), is on a video call with his sister in Chennai. Behind him, a Pride flag. He winks at Karthik and says: “Tell Amma I’m staying another month. Sam is teaching me how to make dosa with almond milk.”