Tied wrestling) is a 2022 Indian Tamil-language romantic sports comedy drama film written and directed by Chella Ayyavu.
[3] The film stars Vishnu Vishal and Aishwarya Lekshmi, while Karunas, Munishkanth, and Kaali Venkat play supporting roles.
Veera, who is raised with conventional family values by his uncle Ratnam, is seeking a bride with his own preconceived set of conditions.
Examples include a bride who is less educated than him (he finished up to the eighth grade), has long hair, is silent and obedient, and does not plan to have a career as she has to devote her life to her husband.
Keerthi leaves the house and vows to come back only when Veera realizes his mistake and accepts that men and women are equal.
He refuses to train him initially because he wanted to be prepared for the match in 15 days, but Veera lies by saying he is doing for this for his wife, which Kodangi agrees to help because he is a widower.
His aunt admits that she is also a university graduate, but, like Keerthi's family, her father lied that she had only finished fourth standard so that Ratnam would marry her.
The doctor reveals that Keerthi is pregnant after checking her blood test (required for wrestlers to see if they are fit enough to wrestle), which she does not know about.
The doctor advises that Keerthi should not wrestle, which Lokesh refuses because he wants the money from the attention for the spouses fighting each other.
During the fight, Lokesh, who is winning, ends up telling Veera that Keerthi is pregnant and he was going to continue on with the wrestling between the spouses and put him up for damages for being a bad husband for a miscarriage.
[9][10] Directed by Chella Ayyavu, it is the first Tamil film produced by Ravi Teja under the banner of RT Team Works.
[15] The film was released theatrically on 2 December 2022 along with a Telugu dubbed version under the title Matti Kusthi (transl.
[18] The distribution rights of the film in Tamil Nadu were acquired by Udhayanidhi Stalin under the banner of Red Giant Movies.
[23][24] M. Suganth of The Times of India gave the film 3.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "Thankfully, Chella Ayyavu doesn't valourise the hero's comeback, but uses these sequences to talk about the gender inequality in our society.
"[25] Thinkal Menon of OTT Play gave the film 3.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "Gatta Kusthi succeeds as a neat family entertainer that manages to impress viewers with engaging emotions, conflicts and a couple of action scenes.
[27] Khalillulah of Hindu Tamil Thisai wrote "Overall, this Gatta Kusthi contains reactionary ideas with features for mass cinema lovers.
"[29] Kalyani Pandian of ABP Live rated 3.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "However, beyond all these, Gatta Kusthi has managed to win as a commercial comedy entertainer.
"[32] Navein Darshan of Cinema Express gave the film 2.5 out of 5 stars and wrote "Though the film tells aloud several times that women aren't slaves to men and they deserve better treatment inside and outside homes, it still gives the toxic males the longest end of the rope.