Irandam Kuththu

Irandam Kuththu (transl. Second punch) is a 2020 Indian Tamil-language horror comedy film, written and directed by Santhosh P. Jayakumar and Daniel Annie Pope alongside Meenal Sahu, Karishma Kaul and Akrithi Singh. A spiritual successor to the director's earlier Iruttu Araiyil Murattu Kuththu (2018), the film was released on 14 November 2020 and received mixed reviews both from critics.

Irandam Kuththu
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySanthosh P. Jayakumar
Produced byS. Hari Bhaskaran
StarringSanthosh P. Jayakumar
Daniel Annie Pope
Karishma Kaul
Akrithi Singh
Meenal Sahu
Music byS. N. Prasad
Dharan Kumar
CinematographyBallu
Edited byPrasanna G. K.
Production
company
Flying Horse Pictures
Distributed byRockfort Entertainment
Release date
  • 14 November 2020 (2020-11-14)
Running time
120 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Premise

Veera and Vasu are two friends who are taken for gays all their lives marry two girls and go to a resort in Bangkok for their honeymoons, where a horny ghost who won't let them in peace until they satisfy it sexually.

Cast

Production

Director Santhosh P. Jayakumar announced plans to make a sequel to his earlier Iruttu Araiyil Murattu Kuththu (2018) in October 2019, after his other project, Pulanaivu featuring Arvind Swami, had an extended production break.[1][2] Santhosh opted to star in the film himself, after other actors expressed their reluctance to be a part of the project owing to its adult theme and the flak faced by the previous film's lead actor Gautham Karthik post-release.[3] Daniel Annie Pope was signed to play a pivotal role, while three new actresses Karishma Kaul, Akriti Singh and Meenal joined the film's shoot in December 2019.[4] The film was shot in late 2019 and early 2020 in locations across Huinan County in China, Bangkok and Chennai.[5] The title of the film was confirmed to be Irandam Kuththu in September 2020.[6]

Soundtrack
Irandaam Kuththu
Soundtrack album by
Dharan Kumar
Released2019
Recorded2019
GenreSoundtrack
Length17:04
LabelFive Star Audio
ProducerS. N. Prasad
Dharan Kumar chronology
Puppy
(2019)		 Irandaam Kuththu
(2019)

Soundtrack was composed by Dharan Kumar[7]

  • Thambi – SN Prasad
  • Veera Da Veera – Bhavana Balakrishnan
  • Thabela – Diwakar, Vishnupriya Ravi
  • Boom Boom – SN Prasad
  • Virginity – Ramya NSK, Benny Dayal

Marketing

Following the release of the film's official trailer in October 2020, director Bharathiraja criticised the visuals and theme of the film in an open letter.[8][9] In reply, Santhosh called out the director for being hypocritical citing examples of glamorous stills from Bharathiraja's Tik Tik Tik (1981) before revoking his response and apologising.[10][11]

A public interest litigation petition was sought to stop the release of the film, citing the film was propagating vulgarity and obscenity, while the media promotions were being misused for the purpose of commercial benefit.[12] As a result, although the film was allowed to release, the Madurai Bench of Madras High Court ordered the producers to remove the teaser and trailer from YouTube.[13]

Release

Irandam Kuththu was released on 14 November 2020 across theatres in Tamil Nadu, becoming the first film release in over eight months owing to the COVID-19 pandemic.[14][15] Prior to the release, barring the legal dispute on the film's adult content, it also faced potential delays as result of a dispute between the Tamil Film Active Producers Association (TFAPA) and Qube, a digital service provider.[16] Likewise, as a result of a decision by newspapers to increase advertising, the makers opted to promote the film through online and physical posters only.[17]

Reception

Critical response

A reviewer from The Times of India gave the film one star out of five, noting "if the plot follows the template set by the first film, everything else sinks to lower depths than what we witnessed in that one."[18] The critic from Cinema Express gave the film the same score, noting "Irandam Kuththu lacks the necessary horror or the comedy elements and resorts to sexual innuendos as the only weapon to tickle your funny bones", concluding it was "a hideously unfunny and unoriginal fiasco".[19] Sify's reviewer also gave the film one star, writing the film was "a below average adult horror-comedy".[14]

Karthik Keramalu of Film Companion, wrote, "The sex comedy, which is streaming on Amazon Prime Video, is a bore-fest in three tragic acts."[20]

References
  1. "Santosh Jayakumar confirms sequel to Iruttu Araiyil Murattu Kuththu; To have a Summer 2020 release". PINKVILLA.
  2. "A sequel to 'Iruttu Arayil Murattu Kuthu'?". Sify.
  3. "Santhosh P Jayakumar turns hero for IAMK- 2". Sify.
  4. "Not one, three heroines for Iruttu Arayil Murattu Kuththu 2". Behindwoods. December 18, 2019.
  5. "Iruttu Araiyil Murattu Kuthu sequel titled Irandam Kuthu". The New Indian Express.
  6. https://www.sify.com/movies/irandam-kuththu-is-the-title-for-iamk-sequel-news-tamil-ujjeIqcbejheh.html
  7. https://www.hungama.com/album/irandam-kuththu/59798649/
  8. World, Republic. "Filmmaker Bharathiraja lashes out at 'Irandam Kuththu' makers, issues official statement". Republic World.
  9. "Bharathiraja lashes out at the makers of Irandam Kuththu – Times of India". The Times of India.
  10. Pandey, Nikhil (9 October 2020). "'Irandam Kuththu' director Santhosh reacts to Bharathiraja's letter condemning his film". Republic World. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  11. "Santhosh P Jayakumar apologises to Bharathiraja for reacting in a harsh manner – Times of India". The Times of India.
  12. Chandar, B. Tilak (November 3, 2020). "PIL plea filed against release of 'Irandam Kuththu'" – via www.thehindu.com.
  13. "'Irandam Kuththu' teaser and trailer to be pulled out from YouTube". Sify.
  14. "Irandam Kuthu- A below average adult horror-comedy". Sify.
  15. World, Republic. "Irandam Kuththu, the adult horror comedy by Santhosh Jayakumar clears the censor board". Republic World.
  16. "DSP Vs producers: will the VPF waiver pave the way for more new film releases for Deepavali? - Times of India". The Times of India.
  17. "No newspaper paper advertisements for Tamil Diwali releases". Sify.
  18. "Irandam Kuththu Movie Review: Irandam Kuthu is crassier and duller" – via timesofindia.indiatimes.com.
  19. "Irandam Kuththu Movie Review: A hideously unfunny and unoriginal fiasco". The New Indian Express.
  20. Keramalu, Karthik (12 December 2020). "Irandam Kuththu Movie Review". Film Companion. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
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