One of filmmaker Mallik Ram’s favourite movies is Shoojit Sircar’s Vicky Donor, which uses family-friendly humour to tackle the delicate subject of sperm donation. So it isn’t surprising Ram’s Super Subbu also deploys comedy to deliver important messaging about the tricky subject of sex education.
The Telugu series that recently came out on Netflix stars Sundeep Kishan as Subbu, a reluctant teacher of a birds-and-bees curriculum in a village in Telangana. Subbu faces challenges not just from the villagers, especially a group of bullies, but also from his moralistic father Kukkuteshwar (Murali Sharma).
Subbu manages to make headway with the help of his deputy Kantha (Get Up Srinu) and aspiring actress Swathi (Mithila Palkar).
Subbu’s dynamic with his prickly and bullying father is an important threat in the seven-episode series. Subbu is paying the price as an adult for a misdemeanour committed during childhood. Kukkuteshwar comes down hard on Subbu, crippling his confidence and decision-making abilities.
“A lot of people around me are like Subbu,” Ram told Scroll. “At least here in the South, the father basically takes control of everything. That’s why a movie like Bommarillu [about a young couple and their overbearing fathers] was such a big hit. Fathers, probably out of overcautiousness, try to do everything for their sons....
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