What is your opinion about Periappa as a whole from " The Kiss"?

My opinion about Periappa in " The Kiss", Periappa has a wife, Periamma. Periappa is a cruel, hot tempered and abusived man. He has hit her wife many many times. Periappa also is helpful and generous man. Which is , he would sell to Indians who could not afford to pay him cash, he keeps the debts into a books. Besides that, Periappa is a drunk and drove the car in a fast situation. Even Periappa is a hot tempered with his own family, yet, with others like people, he is friendly.