Family Life Is Like Electricity) is a 1986 Indian Tamil-language drama film produced by AVM Productions, and written and directed by Visu.

He also stars as part of an ensemble cast including Lakshmi, Chandrasekhar, Kishmu, Raghuvaran, Delhi Ganesh, Ilavarasi, Manorama, Madhuri, Kamala Kamesh, Dilip and Haja Sheriff.

The film revolves around the splintering of a joint family, and the efforts made by the patriarch's eldest daughter-in-law to reunite them.

The story of Samsaram Adhu Minsaram was inspired by Visu's play Uravukku Kai Koduppom (transl.

In 1987, the film was remade in Hindi as Sansar, in Telugu as Samsaram Oka Chadarangam, in Kannada as Onde Goodina Hakkigalu and in Malayalam as Kudumbapuranam.

Ammaiyappan meets with Peter's father, Albert, and realises that they are genuine humans, and both families ultimately agree on the wedding.

But within weeks, Vasantha struggles to adjust to the new environment as she gets little privacy to be with Siva Bharathi seeks her help for tutoring even late at night, and the family chores keep her busy in the day.

Upset with Chidambaram's tightfistedness on spending money for his siblings and parents, Ammaiyappan orders him to vacate the house.

However, Uma disagrees, as once the bonding is broken for the sake of money, it cannot be restored precisely to its original state.

Visu narrated the story that would later be titled Samsaram Adhu Minsaram, and an impressed Saravanan asked why he had not done so before.

He replied that the story was derived from his play Uravukku Kai Koduppom, which had already been adapted into a 1975 film produced by K. S. Gopalakrishnan that was not successful.

[15] Visu stated that Samsaram Adhu Minsaram was inspired by his upbringing in a joint family, saying that by growing up in such an environment, he observed how each person had a different opinion: "It wasn't bad, just that we were different.

[2] According to S. Srivatsan of The Hindu, the characters of Samsaram Adhu Minsaram "deliver a larger point on familial values without romanticising the social conditions in which they live".

[20] The film ran for 25 weeks in theatres, becoming a silver jubilee hit, and distributors received profits worth 10 times the buying price.

[5][22] One of the most famous scenes in Samsaram Adhu Minsaram was that where Kannamma and Albert Fernandes enact a drama to reunite Sarojini and Peter.