Anukunnadi Okati Ayindi Okkati

Story: Dhanya Balakrishna (Dhanya), Komali Prasad (Komali) and Tridha Choudhury (Tridha) are friends who go to Goa for a wedding. One of their friends, Siddi Idani (Siddi)is married but unhappy with her sex life. The girls hire a male stripper who mysteriously dies, setting off a chain of unforeseen events.

Review: When a movie, that pretends to be a thriller, depends more on glamour and below-the-belt comedy, you know the director really doesn’t care much about the story-line. Anukunnadi Okati Ayindi Okkati is one such film, where director Balu Adusumilli tries to put as much objectification on the screen as possible, under the guise of being bold.

Dhanya is upset and breaks up with her boyfriend because he doesn’t kiss her the way she wants. Komali is a fashion designer who’s pissed off at a director who asked her to wear a bikini. Tridha is a journalist who lashes out at a porn star in a live interview. All of them have one thing in common – frustration. Sharing their woes over drinks, the friends decide to head to Goa to attend a wedding. There they meet Siddi, someone who’s facing post-marital crisis and is equally frustrated. When they hire a male stripper and he dies, the film doesn’t even make you want to find out what happens next.

The film just seems like another take on the recently released 3 Monkeys, with an added Monkey. Director Balu ensures that almost every frame with the girls has a beer bottle in it to show how bold these women are. Some effort put into the storyline would’ve ensured this instead. The twists and turns that follow are predictable and even silly, when it comes down to it. Actor Sameer who plays a cop in the film is misused totally. The comedy is cringy and the climax makes you wonder why you’re even watching the film.

The film and its contrived storyline doesn’t give any of the actors enough scope to perform. All the girls look beautiful but that doesn’t help in any way. The dialogues seem like they’re a spin-off from popular memes. Anukunnadi Okati Ayindi Okkati just doesn’t work!