delight
encompassing
masterclass
writing and impeccable timing. The
use of humour, to mellow down risky
and highly emotional scenes, is the forte
of this duo. You can easily go wrong
with one wrong move but if it
succeeds, you are left with recurring,
rib-tickling laughter every time you
revisit the scene.
3. Quite PUN-ny
The use of puns is another Midas touch
they add to the setup, and take it to a
whole new level. Their wordplay is a
mix of sarcasm, situational humour and
the built-up confusion in the scene, to
come up with witty punchlines and
puns. For an example, in Pammal K
Sambandham, Kamal suggests that they
see an ENT specialist for the music he
hears every day, it is caught in
translation between the local madras
dialect and English meaning of the
same.
being thrashed and the statement is
misconceived as follows;
Dilli- “Anne, namma anandu paiayana
‘savadichitaanunga’ ne”,
Kamal: “ Dei, meiyalama solra?
Saavadichitaanungala”
Dilli: “Illa ne, saav adi adichitaanunga
nu sonen”
Where the simple fragmentation of the
word changes the meaning from
“beaten to death” to “was beaten up
badly”
There are loads of other arcs and
scenarios to study and explore upon
where the humour arises out of
character weaknesses, as a movie buff I
hope this association stays strong and
comes up with more and more comic
reliefs and the upcoming directors can
take a cue and promote humorists
rather just having a for-the-sake
comedian.
Kamal: Dei enta kekalam da
Ramesh khanna: anne, unta kekama
entaya keka mudiyum?
Kamal: Dei, 'ENT’-aa kekalam da
Another
example
is
of
an
overstatement, in the same movie
Dilli(Vaiyapuri) calls Kamal to inform
that Abbas (Anand) is
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