Adult comedies are to cinema what special economic zones are to a country. They work on a different set of rules. And with adult comedies, there’s just one rule that applies - the film has to entertain. On all counts.
Iruttu Araiyil Murattu Kuththu (IAMK), flashing its pink ‘A’ certificate to a roaring welcome in theatres, comes to us just eight months after the success of director Santhosh Jayakumar’s debut, Hara Hara Mahadevaki . And with Iruttu Araiyil Murattu Kuththu , again with Gautham Karthik, we are seeing a duo that has taken over the space that was earlier reserved for Arya (he even makes a cameo here) and director Rajesh.
IAMK quickly establishes how silly it is going to be when it begins with the anti-smoking/drinking disclaimer being read out in the gruff voice of Mottai Rajendran (who plays a priest in the film by the way). A moment later, we open to the image of a bed shaking violently with underwear being tossed all around. And when the camera pans up, it is just a little girl jumping up and down innocently on her bed.
- Genre: Adult horror
- Cast: Gautham Karthik, Shah Ra, Vaibhavi Shandilya
- Storyline: In Pattaya, a vengeful ghost is on the lookout for virgin men
In other words, it is the director making sure the audiences know what they’re in for, because what follows is an ambush of double entendres.
Armed with a licence to say and show almost anything that falls under the wide purview of the ‘A’ rating, there’s loads of flatulence, misogyny, homophobia and skin show. But it is also a lot of fun.
And a lot of that is because of its plot, which according to Wikipedia, is based on the trailer of a concept film called Handjob Cabin. Veera (Gautham Karthik) and Thendral (Vaibhavi Shandilya) decide to go on a holiday to get to know each other better after being set up by their parents. And conveniently, their place of choice is Pattaya, where they stay in a massive beach house.
What is a sex comedy until then, shifts gears when a ghost is awakened after 25 years. The female ghost, who died a virgin, is on the lookout for virgin men, so she can cross over to the “other side”. But there’s a catch... the man who sleeps with her dies right after.
Despite a plot ripe with so many possibilities, the jokes are pretty basic and predictable. And when the film becomes dull after the interval, one wonders what more the director needed to keep the audience engaged.
Iruttu Araiyil Murattu Kuththu , with all its problems, is still refreshing because at least it’s not hypocritical about what it wants to say, unlike some of our ‘U’-certified “family” films loaded with innuendo. And when we need a film like IAMK to recognise the fact that women too have sexual desires, what does it say about our films?
