New Delhi: Keralam Chief Minister VD Satheesan watched Girish AD directed Bethlehem Kudumba Unit with his daughter and her friends, saying the Nivin Pauly-starrer brought back memories of his childhood in Kerala.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI enjoyed it so much with my daughter and her friends and finished watching Bethlehem Kudumba Unit,\u201d Satheesan wrote in an Instagram post<\/a>.<\/p>\n In his post, written in Malayalam, Satheesan said his busy schedule prevented him from watching films. However, after a break, he watched the film in one sitting and was moved by its depiction of the Kerala he remembered from his younger days.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\tShow Full Article<\/p>\n The film has emerged as Malayalam cinema\u2019s biggest box-office hit of all time, collecting nearly Rs 331 crore worldwide<\/a>, according to Sacnilk. Starring Nivin Pauly and Mamitha Baiju, it revolves around Justin, an unmarried man approaching middle age, and Ashley, a younger woman who moves into his neighbourhood.<\/p>\n What stood out for the 63-year-old chief minister was the film\u2019s treatment of its characters and setting. He said he never felt bored while watching it and found himself connecting with the memories it brought back.<\/p>\n \u201cThe countryside we saw back then, the people there, the ordinary lives we saw there, the love between them, the warm romances,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Satheesan said the film captured his childhood so completely that he wondered why he had waited so long to watch it.<\/p>\n \u201cAfter watching it, I thought, \u2018Why am I late?\u2019\u201d he added.<\/p>\n