How can a supernatural thriller be fun and comic? Comedy and Horror are genres which are poles apart. Few decades back, Kollywood had minced the two and have given a successful genre with the ‘Kalyanaraman’ series with Kamal Haasan playing the mortal and the ghost! Even recently, the little known movie, ‘Aananthapurathu Veedu’ kind of fell into this genre but was a dud at the box office and also not to forget the 'Muni' series that made merry at the box office sometime back. Now that debutante Deekay has come up with ‘Yamirukka Bayamey’, that mixes and remixes the two genres without caring much about the finesse in the screenplay!
Kiran (Krishna) along with his girlfriend Smita (Rupa Manjari) finds himself in a financial jeopardy and so he decides to inherit his father’s ancestral property which is a huge and secluded bungalow. He decides to renovate and transform it as a guest house in order to make ends meet. He is assisted by Sharath (Karunakaran) and his sister Saranya (Oviya). While they experience strange things in the bungalow, they fail to realize that its because of a ghost that haunts the place until they face it head on. At a point they realize that escape from the place is impossible unless they manage to pass the ‘buck’ to a scapegoat! Their subsequent escape from the horror was narrated in a fun and frolic way with a light screenplay that did not take the ghostly part of it seriously until the climax!
The experience was that of purchasing a ticket and walking into a ‘Bhooth Bangla’, very much prepared to face whatever comes our way and enjoy it as it happens! The dialogs carried many casual adult themed remarks and neither were the actors serious nor was the plot! But still the fun aspect in the script was held firmly by the performances - especially that of Karunakaran, who is silently creating some ripples without an official comedian's tag. Krishna and Roopa were stereotypes, while Oviya has taken up a full time glam doll kind of a roll with the likes of yesteryear actresses like Heera and Sanghavi.
The thrills were limited but the fun proved to be unlimited in-spite of so many loosely held up scenes that made no sense at all but has been largely saved due to the crispy length of the movie! Can be watched once for a good attempt at blending horror with comedy which is a rare phenomenon in Kollywood!
Verdict: Worth a Watch!
Rating: 2.5 / 5
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