Tourist Family ending explained: The film highlights themes of humanity and kindness, showcasing how the family's innocence wins over their neighbors and authorities
Last Updated: 09.17 AM, Jun 04, 2025
Family dramas are back in action! After the success of Kudumbasthan this year, another family drama that made its way into the hearts of audience is Tourist Family. Starring Sasikumar and Simran in the lead roles, the film is directed by debutant Abishan Jeevinth. It follows the story of a Sri Lankan family who seek refuge in Tamil Nadu illegally, but there seems to be a problem following them with the rest of the film revolving around if the family will come out of it safely.
Tourist Family is now available on JioHotstar, and for those who want to know if Sasikumar and his family came out safely from the problem, here is the ending explained. Spoilers ahead.
The film begins with Dharmadas and wife Vasanthi along with their sons Nithushan and Mulli landing in Rameshwaram and getting caught by cop Bhairavan. But thanks to Mulli’s presence of mind and great acting skills, they are let free. But when the family finally begins to settle down at Chennai’s Kesava Nagar Colony, they not only have to hide their Sri Lankan Tamil dialect and pass off as Malayalis but also struggle to adapt to the new place and begin everything from scratch. As Dharmadas begins to work as driver to Richard who lives on the same street, the family soon begins to bond with their neighbours as they win them over with their humanity and kindness. In fact, the colony gets to know the true identities of the family members and bond with them even more.
Parallelly, a bomb blast that took place in Rameshwaram leads the police to a CCTV footage which shows Dharmadas disposing off waste near the attack site, resulting in a Hindi speaking ruthless cop Balwan Singh taking up the case to nab Das and his family. A brutal cop who heavily beats a suspect during the interrogation, Balwan is even more under pressure to catch Das. When somehow Balwan rounds off Kesava Nagar and conducts a house-to-house search, and when it comes to Das’ turn, Bhairavan who has been aiding Balwan in the hunt, refuses to point fingers at Das. It is at this time when Balwan also gets arrest warrant under his name after the suspect he beat had died. Unable to do anything, the case on Das is closed.
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It is at this time when Bhairavan reveals to Das that the entire colony of residents, including the Punjabi native, in Sri Lankan Tamil to save the refugee family. Tourist Family concludes on the fact that humanity, kindness and innocence can win over anyone. As Das and family gain a new found respect from Bhairavan, the family is no longer under pressure of being caught as they are allowed to live peacefully.
The ensemble cast of Tourist Family includes Sasikumar, Simran, Yogi Babu, Mithun Jai Sankar, Kamalesh, MS Bhaskar, Ramesh Thilak, Bucks, Elango Kumaravel, Sreeja Ravi, and others. The music is scored by Sean Roldan and Million Dollar Productions have backed the film.