Based on a true story, Backpackers follows the lives of a couple with terminal cancer as they spend the last few months of their lives fulfilling their adventurous dreams.
Acting
Kalidas and Karthika sell every stolen moment.
Cinematography
India's landscapes as dying wish fulfillment.
Direction
Jayaraj keeps melodrama just barely at bay.
Director
Jayaraj
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Jayaraj based this on real 'backpacker' couples in Kerala who chose palliative travel over aggressive treatment, a growing phenomenon in India's medical tourism landscape.
Kalidas Jayaram is the director's son; their real father-son dynamic reportedly made the 'dad watching his child die' scenes almost unbearable on set.
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