Kadaram Kondan (Tamil)

As the third act of Mr KK / Kadaram Kondan comes to a close, Aathira (Akshara Haasan) gives birth to a baby girl. Vasu (Abi Hassan) is overjoyed at the birth of his child and spends a quiet moment with his wife. Breaking the silence, she asks him (and we are paraphrasing here), "What happened today that resulted in me getting kidnapped, beaten up, nearly shot, threatened by both cops and gangsters, and almost thrown out of a window?" To which he replies, "I tried calling your mother."

This exchange was supposed to add a moment of levity to a film that relentlessly puts its lead ....