Character Relationship Map: Buddy

Characters

• Vishnu (played by Mithun Murali) — protagonist

  Vishnu is a 17-year-old raised by Meenakshi and Padma, who chose to have a child through artificial insemination. He enters Maanikunju’s life, befriends him and his friends with hidden intentions, and...

• Padma (played by Bhumika Chawla) — supporting

  Padma is a researcher in the Bharatanatyam art form and one of Vishnu’s two mothers. Alongside Meenakshi, she decides to have a child through artificial insemination, and the two raise Vishnu together...

• Meenakshi (played by Asha Sarath) — supporting

  Meenakshi is a renowned writer and one of Vishnu’s two mothers. She and Padma decide to have a child through artificial insemination and raise Vishnu together. The story describes both women as strong...

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Padma → Meenakshi (Family Co-parent) — They share responsibility for Vishnu's upbringing as his two mothers.

  Padma and Meenakshi decide together to have a child through artificial insemination and raise Vishnu together.

• Padma → Vishnu (Family Mother) — Padma is one of Vishnu's two mothers and helps raise him.

  The plot states that Vishnu is raised by two mothers, including Padma.

• Meenakshi → Vishnu (Family Mother) — Meenakshi is one of Vishnu's two mothers and helps raise him.

  The plot states that Vishnu is raised by two mothers, including Meenakshi.

Story Analysis

A seventeen-year-old raised by two mothers enters a complicated father-son relationship while concealing his intentions.

Plot Progression

1. A Deliberate Family — The film opens at Vishnu's house and introduces Padma and Meenakshi as his two mothers. Their feminist identities and shared decision to have a child establish the family's unusual foundation.
2. Vishnu Comes Of Age — Vishnu is presented as a seventeen-year-old raised by Padma and Meenakshi. The story shifts from his family background toward the father-son friendship at its center.
3. A Meeting With Motives — Vishnu enters his father's life while concealing intentions. He also begins forming a friendship with his father and the father's friends.
4. A Troubling Discovery — Vishnu becomes surprised by his father's nature. An intermediary is then described as a tool between the two, leading into the remaining story.