Ilango Ram’s ‘Perusu’ isn’t consistent but the big laughs make it quite enjoyable

How does a family conduct funeral rites for a corpse that still has some life in it? Sunil and Vaibhav and a game supporting cast sell this comedy, which also has some good drama. The rest of this review may contain spoilers.

Halasyam is an elderly man in a village, and he is affectionately called “perusu”: it means someone older. But when Halasyam dies, the word comes to mean… something that’s big. Now how does one say what this thing is ? Um, let’s just say it rhymes with… election. And there are similarities. At least among men, an – um – election is democratic. It cuts across age and caste and class lines, and it penetrates everywhere. An – um – election denotes power. It decides who’s on top. Like the candidates who give speeches, there is a lot of “standing up” involved. In some cases, like some political parties, the hand symbol could be invoked. Other times, there could be a coalition, which the dictionary defines as a temporary union for a common goal. I hope, by now, you have discovered what I am talking about. Because that is what this story is about. Perusu, the man, dies with an, um, election, and it is also… perusu. How does a family conduct funeral rites for a corpse that is pointing to heaven?

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