Gokulam (1993): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 1993, Gokulam is a comedy, drama and romance film directed by Vikraman, running about 145 minutes.

What it’s about. Chellappa (Jayaram), an orphan, runs a photo studio in deficit with his friends (Chinni Jayanth and Vadivelu). Mary (Bhanupriya) comes to his village to learn singing to a guru (Kalyan Kumar) and she helps her guru's family in many ways. Kannan (Arjun Sarja), her guru's son, is supposed to be in the city. Chellappa falls in love with Mary and he proposes to marry her. Mary reveals that she was married and she tells him her past. Her real name was Gayatri, she was a rich girl and she was in love with Kannan. Kannan had lot of responsibility and had to help his poor family. Gayatri's guardian (Jaishankar) accepted for their marriage but Vasanth (S. N. Vasanth), his son, also wanted to marry her and sent henchmen to kill him. Kannan died at Gayatri's birthday party where her guardian had arranged for their engagement after Gayatri promised to help his family. Vasanth's father sent his son to jail and he apologized to Gayatri. She went to her friend Mary's village instead of her.

Who’s in it. Gokulam stars Arjun Sarja, Jayaram, Bhanupriya and Kalyan Kumar, among others.

Where to watch. In US you can stream it on Sun Nxt. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Gokulam page.

If you liked it. Fans of Gokulam tend to enjoy Forrest Gump, Parasite, Life Is Beautiful and Fight Club.