''Murungakkai Chips'' ( en, Drumstick chips) is a 2021 Indian

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-language adult comedy film written and directed by debutant Srijar and produced by Libra Productions and Firstman Film Works. The film stars

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and

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. The film's music and score is composed by

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. The film released in theatres on 10 December 2021.

Plot

Arjun (

) and Shanthi (

) have an arranged marriage, and their first night is about to happen. Just before that, Arjun's grandfather (

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) informs him that according to their family tradition, the husband should not touch his wife on the first night, failing which he will lose his entire wealth (worth 300 crores) to an orphanage. At much about the same time, Shanthi's aunt (

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) informs her that she should make sure that she has sex the very first night because women in their family who did not do so went childless. There is also the family manager Lingusamy ( Manobala) and his wife (

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), who plot against Arjun to somehow fail his grandfather so that they can take a commission from an orphanage owner. The rest of the screenplay is whether the bride or groom won their bedroom battle.

Cast

as Arjun *

as Vijaya Shanthi *

as Arjun's grandfather *

as Shanti's aunt * Manobala as Lingusamy *

as Lingusamy's wife *

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as Saravanan *

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as Daas * Mayilsamy as Kuyilsamy *

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as Ganeshan *

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as Saravanan's friend * Ravindhar Chandrasekaran as Ulganathan *'Poo' Maila as Tulasi *Teju Ashwini

Music

The film's soundtrack is composed by Dharan Kumar. The soundtrack album featured three songs and the audio rights were acquired by

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Release

The film released in theatres on 10 December 2021 and received poor reviews from critics. The movie was declared as a flop.

Reception

Suganth of ''

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'' gave a rating of 1.5 out on 5 and wrote, "For a supposedly adult comedy, the scenes inside the first night room are downright juvenile, with the conversations between the two leads hardly coming across as pillow talk." and verdict as "a flaccid adult comedy". ''

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'' gave a rating of 1.5 out on 5 and wrote, "Murungakkai Chips is a wannabe adult comedy!".

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 11974842 Indian comedy films Indian sex comedy films Films scored by Dharan Kumar