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''Aadai'' (transl. ''Dress'') is an Indian-Tamil thriller directed by Rathna Kumar of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meyaadha_Maan Meyaadha Maan]] fame and produced by Viji under the banner of V Studios. It was released July 19th 2019 and starred [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amala_Paul Amalla Paul]] in the lead role.

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''Aadai'' (transl. ''Dress'') is an Indian-Tamil thriller directed by Rathna Kumar of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meyaadha_Maan Meyaadha Maan]] fame and produced by Viji under the banner of V Studios. It was released July 19th 2019 and starred [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amala_Paul Amalla Amala Paul]] in the lead role.



* MoralDissonance: The main issue between Kamini and her mother is the former is a free-spirited woman while the latter is very conservative to the point she's disappointed her 20-something daughter isn't a stay at home mom rather than a producer of a very popular tv show.


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* WhyCouldntYouBeDifferent: The main issue between Kamini and her mother is the former is a free-spirited woman while the latter is very conservative to the point she's disappointed her 20-something daughter isn't a stay-at-home mom rather than a producer of a very popular tv show.
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Kamini is a free-spirited young woman who works at the media company #Hashtag along with her team on the prank show ''Gotcha! Gotcha!''. On her birthday, the company finishes moving to a new building across town, thus she and her friends decided to use the now empty building to celebrate.

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Kamini is a free-spirited young woman who works at the media company #Hashtag along with her team on the prank show ''Gotcha! Gotcha!''. On her birthday, the company finishes moving to a new building across town, thus so she and her friends decided to use the now empty building to celebrate.



* [[AbandonedWarehouse Abandoned Office Building]]: The office building where Kamini is stuck in was the space where #Hashtag had previously occupied.
* AllMenArePerverts: Implied for the reason Kamini asks for a ''female'' delivery girl instead of a man due to her state of undress.
* BystanderSyndrome: [[spoiler: A year after Nangeli's prank was featured on ''Gotcha! Gotcha!'' and a year before the events of film, Nangeli's mother was visiting her mother in the city when she fainted. The first person to try and helped stopped when she recognized the young woman and thought it was part of the show. Not to mention the men who stopped and took selfies thinking the same thing not knowing what was happening...]]
* CandidCameraPrank: ''Gotcha. Gotcha.'' is a tv show created by Kamini and her friends where they pull pranks on people mainly by scaring them or faking medical emergencies.
* {{Catchphrase}}: "Wanna Bet?" said by Kamini whenever someone says she can't do something and even includes a sassy finger-snap. Its so compulsive that she does to her boss at one point before backpedaling.
* CensorShadow: The only things that Kamini has to conceal herself is [[HandOrObjectUnderwear her hands]], [[ShouldersUpNudity creative camera angles]] and the darkness of the office building.

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* [[AbandonedWarehouse Abandoned Office Building]]: The office building where Kamini is stuck in was the space where the company #Hashtag had previously occupied.
* AllMenArePerverts: Implied for as the reason Kamini asks for a ''female'' delivery girl instead of a man due to her state of undress.
* BystanderSyndrome: [[spoiler: A year after Nangeli's prank was featured on ''Gotcha! Gotcha!'' and a year before the events of film, Nangeli's mother was visiting her mother in the city when she fainted. The first person to try and helped help stopped when she recognized the young woman and thought it was part of the show. Not to mention the men who stopped and took selfies thinking the same thing not knowing what was happening...]]
* CandidCameraPrank: ''Gotcha. Gotcha.'' ''Gotcha! Gotcha!'' is a tv show created by Kamini and her friends where they pull pranks on people mainly by scaring them or faking medical emergencies.
* {{Catchphrase}}: "Wanna Bet?" said by Kamini whenever someone says she can't do something and something; it even includes a sassy finger-snap. Its It's so compulsive that she does it to her boss at one point before backpedaling.
* CensorShadow: The only things that Kamini has to conceal herself is with are [[HandOrObjectUnderwear her hands]], [[ShouldersUpNudity creative camera angles]] and the darkness of the office building.



* DisappointedByTheMotive: [[spoiler: Kamini is not happy to find out that everything she went through was because the woman responsible, Nangeli, wanted payback for a prank her friends did for their show causing her to miss an important exam. PlayedWith when Nangeli revealed that she ''did'' move on from it until the next year when her visiting mother collapsed and no-one helped belieivng it to be a prank.]]
* TheDogWasTheMastermind: That delivery girl who Kamini tried to steal clothes from? [[spoiler: She the one who stole Kamini's clothes as payback for being a previous subject of her team's pranks.]]
* DramaPreservingHandicap: When Kamini finds her phone, the only reason she can't call for help because its call balance is empty. She also can't get it refilled because the call service won't refill it over the phone and Kamini is aware they're recording the phone calls so she can't just explain the situation.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Its mentioned at one point early in the film that some people don't react well to being the subjects of pranks.
* FreezeFrameBonus: If one pays attention to the delivery girl's shirt, its a different brand name to the one Kamini calls. [[spoiler: Its because she paid off the '''actual''' delivery boy to take the food and pose as him so.]]
* TheGambler: Kamini lacks the ability to not take a bet or challenge such as betting her friend Jeni she could do

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* DisappointedByTheMotive: [[spoiler: Kamini is not happy to find out that everything she went through was because the woman responsible, Nangeli, wanted payback for a prank her friends did for their show causing that caused her to miss an important exam. PlayedWith when Nangeli revealed that she ''did'' move on from it until the next year when her visiting mother collapsed and no-one helped belieivng no one helped, believing it to be a prank.]]
* TheDogWasTheMastermind: That delivery girl who Kamini tried to steal clothes from? [[spoiler: She was the one who stole Kamini's clothes as payback for being a previous subject of her team's pranks.]]
* DramaPreservingHandicap: When Kamini finds her phone, the only reason she can't call for help is because its call balance is empty. She also can't get it refilled because the call service won't refill it over the phone and Kamini is aware they're recording the phone calls so she can't just explain the situation.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Its It's mentioned at one point early in the film that some people don't react well to being the subjects of pranks.
* FreezeFrameBonus: If one pays attention to the delivery girl's shirt, its it's a different brand company name to from the one Kamini calls. [[spoiler: Its It's because she paid off the '''actual''' delivery boy to take the food and pose as him so.him.]]
* TheGambler: Kamini lacks the ability to not take a bet or challenge such as betting her friend Jeni she could do challenge.



* {{Hypocrite}}: [[spoiler: Nangeli's motives for stealing Kamini's clothes was to get back at the latter for a prank the "''Gotcha! Gotcha!''" crew did two years ago. Except that the crew would have likely planned said pranks so no one would get out and only scared people for a couple minutes at most. Nangeli's actions left Kamini terrified and alone for an entire day and she got hurt from broken glass.]]
* {{Irony}}: The reason that Kamini doesn't call the police is fear of the news finding out and reporting it which would leave her humiliated. The two local men who find the unconscious delivery girl call the police specifically because doing so will draw then attention of reporters and they'll get famous. In hindsight, a naked girl stuck in an abandoned office building wouldn't have been as news worthy as a [[spoiler: supposed]] murder.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Kamini and her team's show is about them pulling pranks on people by faking emergencies or masquerading as crazed killers and scaring them the daylights out of them. [[spoiler: When Kamini finds herself naked and alone in the abandoned office building, she left scarred and humiliated. Meanwhile every attempt to contact someone is brushed off as a prank call and doesn't take her seriously.]]

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* {{Hypocrite}}: [[spoiler: Nangeli's motives motive for stealing Kamini's clothes was to get back at the latter for a prank the "''Gotcha! Gotcha!''" crew did two years ago. Except that the crew would have likely planned said pranks so no one would get out hurt and they only scared people for a couple minutes at most. Nangeli's actions left Kamini terrified and alone for an entire day and she got hurt from broken glass.]]
* {{Irony}}: The reason that Kamini doesn't call the police is fear of the news media finding out and reporting it it, which would leave her humiliated. The two local men who find the unconscious delivery girl call the police specifically because doing so will draw then the attention of reporters and they'll get become famous. In hindsight, a naked girl stuck in an abandoned office building wouldn't have been as news worthy newsworthy as a [[spoiler: supposed]] murder.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Kamini and her team's show is about them pulling pranks on people by faking emergencies or masquerading as crazed killers and scaring them the daylights out of them. [[spoiler: When Kamini finds herself naked and alone in the abandoned office building, she is left scarred scared and humiliated. Meanwhile every attempt to contact someone is brushed off as a prank call and doesn't take no one takes her seriously.]]



* NakedFreakOut: Kamini is pretty out of it when she wakes up from being hung-over so it takes her a minute to realize she's not wearing any clothes. Once she does though, immdeiately wraps herself in a fetal position, scared and confused.
* NakedPeopleTrappedOutside: Not '''outside''' but still applies as Kamini is left trapped miles from home with nothing to cover herself at an abandoned office building
* NotQuiteDead: The delivery girl that Kamini knocked out with the pipe is initially to be dead only for a paramedic to realize the police were mistaken.
* PoliceAreUseless: To the point its sort-of funny if a little sad. To wit, the officers who arrive at the office building think the woman found is dead without even checking for a pulse and are berated by their superior for waiting for permission to search the building when the "killer" could still be there. [[spoiler: Less funny is when Kamini's mother comes to the police station to report her daughter's disappearance, and the officer she reports it to tells the mother she should have done a better job raising her daughter and is left to simply wait to file a report.]]
* RearWindowInvestigation: While Kamini is on the roof, a worker from a neighboring building sees her (or at least spots moment on the roof) and goes over on his lunch break to investigate. Kamini manages to lock the doors before he finds her and the worker is called away by his boss.
* ShamelessFanserviceGirl: Gets accused of this, first by her boyfriend then [[spoiler: Nangeli]], but ironically its shown she's actually a '''[[ReluctantFanserviceGirl Reluctant]]''' [[ReluctantFanserviceGirl Fanservice Girl]]. The closest we come to this trope is when Kamini does a mock striptease '''but''' she and her friends were pretty drunk and starting to feel the effects of the magic mushrooms.
* ShoutOut: When talking with Jeni about anchoring, she jokes to Kamini that the latter could do a Naked News-style report fitting with more with her style of television.

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* NakedFreakOut: Kamini is pretty out of it when she wakes up from being hung-over so it takes her a minute to realize she's not wearing any clothes. Once she does though, immdeiately she immediately wraps herself in a fetal position, scared and confused.
* NakedPeopleTrappedOutside: Not '''outside''' but still applies as Kamini is left trapped miles from home with nothing to cover herself at an abandoned office building
building.
* NotQuiteDead: The delivery girl that Kamini knocked out with the pipe is initially thought to be dead only for a paramedic to realize the police were mistaken.
* PoliceAreUseless: To the point its sort-of it's sort of funny if a little sad. To wit, the officers who arrive at the office building think the woman found is dead without even checking for a pulse and are berated by their superior for waiting for permission to search the building when the "killer" could still be there. [[spoiler: Less funny is when Kamini's mother comes to the police station to report her daughter's disappearance, and the officer she reports it to tells the mother she should have done a better job raising her daughter and is left to simply wait to file a report.]]
* RearWindowInvestigation: While Kamini is on the roof, a worker from a neighboring building sees her (or at least spots moment movement on the roof) and goes over on his lunch break to investigate. Kamini manages to lock the doors before he finds her and the worker is called away by his boss.
* ShamelessFanserviceGirl: Gets Kamini gets accused of this, first by her boyfriend then [[spoiler: Nangeli]], but ironically its it's shown she's actually a '''[[ReluctantFanserviceGirl Reluctant]]''' [[ReluctantFanserviceGirl Fanservice Girl]]. The closest we come to this trope is when Kamini does a mock striptease '''but''' she and her friends were pretty drunk and starting to feel the effects of the magic mushrooms.
* ShoutOut: When talking with Jeni about anchoring, she jokes to Kamini that the latter could do a Naked News-style report fitting with more with her style of television.



* TrailersAlwaysLie: The promotions including the posters seemed to make the movie out to be a crime triller into Kamini's disappearance.
* UndressingTheUnconscious: After passing out while fully dressed, Kamini wakes up with her clothes gone implying this with a flashback to that night confirms it.
* WhatTheHellHero: [[spoiler: Nangeli the delivery girl calls out Kamini that when she passed out, instead of helping the delivery girl, Kamini planned to steal her clothes. Granted Nangeli was the reason for everything that happened but that doesn't make her any less right…]]
* WithFriendsLikeThese: Kamini locks her friend Jeni in the bathroom and takes her place as the anchor for the last live broadcast from their current building. This isn't so bad except for when she was later berated by their boss leaving Jeni in tears. Kamini doesn't reveal her actions and doesn't seem all that remorseful [[note] She ''was'' pretty drunk at that point[[/note]. All because Jen jokingly stated Kamini didn't have the disposition to be an anchor...
* YankTheDogsChain: After spending the entire day trapped in the building with no clothes, Kamini finds a roll of toilet paper to use for covering. Then she gets outside and its pouring out raining. Luckily she also finds some police tape to use before [[spoiler: the person who took her clothes in the first place just hands them back.]]

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* TrailersAlwaysLie: The promotions including the posters seemed to make the movie out to be a crime triller into thriller about Kamini's disappearance.
* UndressingTheUnconscious: After passing out while fully dressed, Kamini wakes up with her clothes gone gone, implying this with this; a flashback to that night confirms it.
* WhatTheHellHero: [[spoiler: Nangeli the delivery girl calls out Kamini that when she passed out, for planning to steal her clothes instead of helping the delivery girl, Kamini planned to steal her clothes.when Nangeli passed out. Granted Nangeli was the reason for everything that happened but that doesn't make her any less right…]]
* WithFriendsLikeThese: Kamini locks her friend Jeni in the bathroom and takes her place as the anchor for the last live broadcast from their current building. This isn't so bad except for when she was later berated by their boss leaving Jeni in tears. Kamini doesn't reveal her actions and doesn't seem all that remorseful [[note] She ''was'' pretty drunk at that point[[/note]. All because Jen Jeni jokingly stated Kamini didn't have the disposition to be an anchor...
* YankTheDogsChain: After spending the entire day trapped in the building with no clothes, Kamini finds a roll of toilet paper to use for covering. Then she gets outside and its it's pouring out raining.rain. Luckily she also finds some police tape to use before [[spoiler: the person who took her clothes in the first place just hands them back.]]
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* CandidCameraPrank: ‘’Gotcha. Gotcha.’’ is a tv show created by Kamini and her friends where they pull pranks on people mainly by scaring them or faking medical emergencies.
* {{Catchphrase}}: “Wanna Bet?” said by Kamini whenever someone says she can’t do something and even includes a sassy finger-snap. Its so compulsive that she does to her boss at one point before backpedaling.

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* CandidCameraPrank: ‘’Gotcha.''Gotcha. Gotcha.’’ '' is a tv show created by Kamini and her friends where they pull pranks on people mainly by scaring them or faking medical emergencies.
* {{Catchphrase}}: “Wanna Bet?” "Wanna Bet?" said by Kamini whenever someone says she can’t can't do something and even includes a sassy finger-snap. Its so compulsive that she does to her boss at one point before backpedaling.



* TheDogWasTheMastermind: That delivery girl who Kamini tried to steal clothes from? [[spoiler: She the one who stole Kamini’s clothes as payback for being a previous subject of her team’s pranks.]]
* DramaPreservingHandicap: When Kamini finds her phone, the only reason she can’t call for help because its call balance is empty. She also can’t get it refilled because the call service won’t refill it over the phone and Kamini is aware they’re recording the phone calls so she can’t just explain the situation.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Its mentioned at one point early in the film that some people don’t react well to being the subjects of pranks.

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* TheDogWasTheMastermind: That delivery girl who Kamini tried to steal clothes from? [[spoiler: She the one who stole Kamini’s Kamini's clothes as payback for being a previous subject of her team’s team's pranks.]]
* DramaPreservingHandicap: When Kamini finds her phone, the only reason she can’t can't call for help because its call balance is empty. She also can’t can't get it refilled because the call service won’t won't refill it over the phone and Kamini is aware they’re they're recording the phone calls so she can’t can't just explain the situation.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Its mentioned at one point early in the film that some people don’t don't react well to being the subjects of pranks.



* {{Irony}}: The reason that Kamini doesn’t call the police is fear of the news finding out and reporting it which would leave her humiliated. The two local men who find the unconscious delivery girl call the police specifically because doing so will draw then attention of reporters and they’ll get famous. In hindsight, a naked girl stuck in an abandoned office building wouldn’t have been as news worthy as a [[spoiler: supposed]] murder.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Kamini and her team’s show is about them pulling pranks on people by faking emergencies or masquerading as crazed killers and scaring them the daylights out of them. [[spoiler: When Kamini finds herself naked and alone in the abandoned office building, she left scarred and humiliated. Meanwhile every attempt to contact someone is brushed off as a prank call and doesn’t take her seriously.]]
* MoralDissonance: The main issue between Kamini and her mother is the former is a free-spirited woman while the latter is very conservative to the point she’s disappointed her 20-something daughter isn’t a stay at home mom rather than a producer of a very popular tv show.

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* {{Irony}}: The reason that Kamini doesn’t doesn't call the police is fear of the news finding out and reporting it which would leave her humiliated. The two local men who find the unconscious delivery girl call the police specifically because doing so will draw then attention of reporters and they’ll they'll get famous. In hindsight, a naked girl stuck in an abandoned office building wouldn’t wouldn't have been as news worthy as a [[spoiler: supposed]] murder.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Kamini and her team’s team's show is about them pulling pranks on people by faking emergencies or masquerading as crazed killers and scaring them the daylights out of them. [[spoiler: When Kamini finds herself naked and alone in the abandoned office building, she left scarred and humiliated. Meanwhile every attempt to contact someone is brushed off as a prank call and doesn’t doesn't take her seriously.]]
* MoralDissonance: The main issue between Kamini and her mother is the former is a free-spirited woman while the latter is very conservative to the point she’s she's disappointed her 20-something daughter isn’t isn't a stay at home mom rather than a producer of a very popular tv show.



* PoliceAreUseless: To the point its sort-of funny if a little sad. To wit, the officers who arrive at the office building think the woman found is dead without even checking for a pulse and are berated by their superior for waiting for permission to search the building when the “killer” could still be there. [[spoiler: Less funny is when Kamini’s mother comes to the police station to report her daughter’s disappearance, and the officer she reports it to tells the mother she should have done a better job raising her daughter and is left to simply wait to file a report.]]

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* PoliceAreUseless: To the point its sort-of funny if a little sad. To wit, the officers who arrive at the office building think the woman found is dead without even checking for a pulse and are berated by their superior for waiting for permission to search the building when the “killer” "killer" could still be there. [[spoiler: Less funny is when Kamini’s Kamini's mother comes to the police station to report her daughter’s daughter's disappearance, and the officer she reports it to tells the mother she should have done a better job raising her daughter and is left to simply wait to file a report.]]



* TrailersAlwaysLie: The promotions including the posters seemed to make the movie out to be a crime triller into Kamini’s disappearance.

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* TrailersAlwaysLie: The promotions including the posters seemed to make the movie out to be a crime triller into Kamini’s Kamini's disappearance.



* WhatTheHellHero: [[spoiler: Nangeli the delivery girl calls out Kamini that when she passed out, instead of helping the delivery girl, Kamini planned to steal her clothes. Granted Nangeli was the reason for everything that happened but that doesn’t make her any less right…]]

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* WhatTheHellHero: [[spoiler: Nangeli the delivery girl calls out Kamini that when she passed out, instead of helping the delivery girl, Kamini planned to steal her clothes. Granted Nangeli was the reason for everything that happened but that doesn’t doesn't make her any less right…]]
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* LaserGuidedKarma: Kamini and her team’s show is about them pulling pranks on people by faking emergencies or masquerading as crazed killers and scaring them the daylights out of them. [[spoiler: When Kamini finds herself naked and alone in the abandoned office building, she left scarred and humiliated. Meanwhile every attempt to contact someone is brushed off as a crank call and doesn’t take her seriously.]]

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* LaserGuidedKarma: Kamini and her team’s show is about them pulling pranks on people by faking emergencies or masquerading as crazed killers and scaring them the daylights out of them. [[spoiler: When Kamini finds herself naked and alone in the abandoned office building, she left scarred and humiliated. Meanwhile every attempt to contact someone is brushed off as a crank prank call and doesn’t take her seriously.]]



* ShamelessFanserviceGirl: Gets accused of this, first by her boyfriend then [[spoiler: Nangeli], but ironically its shown she's actually a '''[[ReluctantFanserviceGirl Reluctant]]''' [[ReluctantFanserviceGirl Fanservice Girl]]. The closest we come to this trope is when Kamini does a mock striptease '''but''' she and her friends were pretty drunk and starting to feel the effects of the magic mushrooms.

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* ShamelessFanserviceGirl: Gets accused of this, first by her boyfriend then [[spoiler: Nangeli], Nangeli]], but ironically its shown she's actually a '''[[ReluctantFanserviceGirl Reluctant]]''' [[ReluctantFanserviceGirl Fanservice Girl]]. The closest we come to this trope is when Kamini does a mock striptease '''but''' she and her friends were pretty drunk and starting to feel the effects of the magic mushrooms.
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* ShamelessFanserviceGirl: Gets accused of this, first by her boyfriend then [[spoiler: Nangeli], but ironically its shown she's actually a [[ReluctantFanserviceGirl ''Reluctant'' Fanservice Girl]]. The closest we come to this trope is when Kamini does a mock striptease '''but''' she and her friends were pretty drunk and starting to feel the effects of the magic mushrooms.

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* ShamelessFanserviceGirl: Gets accused of this, first by her boyfriend then [[spoiler: Nangeli], but ironically its shown she's actually a '''[[ReluctantFanserviceGirl Reluctant]]''' [[ReluctantFanserviceGirl ''Reluctant'' Fanservice Girl]]. The closest we come to this trope is when Kamini does a mock striptease '''but''' she and her friends were pretty drunk and starting to feel the effects of the magic mushrooms.
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''Aadai'' (transl. ''Dress'') is an Indian-Tamil thriller directed by Rathna Kumar of Meyaadha Maan fame and produced by Viji under the banner of V Studios. It was released July 19th 2019 and starred Amalla Paul in the lead role.

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''Aadai'' (transl. ''Dress'') is an Indian-Tamil thriller directed by Rathna Kumar of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meyaadha_Maan Meyaadha Maan Maan]] fame and produced by Viji under the banner of V Studios. It was released July 19th 2019 and starred [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amala_Paul Amalla Paul Paul]] in the lead role.
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* FreezeFrameBonus: If one pays attention to the delivery girl's shirt, its a different brand name to the one Kamini calls. [[spoiler: Its because she paid off the '''actual''' delivery boy to take the food and pose as him so.]]


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* RearWindowInvestigation: While Kamini is on the roof, a worker from a neighboring building sees her (or at least spots moment on the roof) and goes over on his lunch break to investigate. Kamini manages to lock the doors before he finds her and the worker is called away by his boss.
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* AllMenArePerverts: Implied for the reason Kamini asks for a ''female'' delivery girl instead of a man.

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* AllMenArePerverts: Implied for the reason Kamini asks for a ''female'' delivery girl instead of a man.man due to her state of undress.
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* DisappointedByTheMotive: Kamini is not happy to find out that everything she went through was because the woman responsible, Nangeli, wanted payback for a prank her friends did for their show causing her to miss an important exam.

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* DisappointedByTheMotive: [[spoiler: Kamini is not happy to find out that everything she went through was because the woman responsible, Nangeli, wanted payback for a prank her friends did for their show causing her to miss an important exam.exam. PlayedWith when Nangeli revealed that she ''did'' move on from it until the next year when her visiting mother collapsed and no-one helped belieivng it to be a prank.]]
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* Catchphrase: “Wanna Bet?” said by Kamini whenever someone says she can’t do something and even includes a sassy finger-snap. Its so compulsive that she does to her boss at one point before backpedaling.

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* Catchphrase: {{Catchphrase}}: “Wanna Bet?” said by Kamini whenever someone says she can’t do something and even includes a sassy finger-snap. Its so compulsive that she does to her boss at one point before backpedaling.
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‘’Aadai’’ (transl. clothes) is an Indian-Tamil thriller directed by Rathna Kumar of Meyaadha Maan fame and produced by Viji under the banner of V Studios. It was released July 19th 2019 and starred Amalla Paul in the lead role.

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‘’Aadai’’ ''Aadai'' (transl. clothes) ''Dress'') is an Indian-Tamil thriller directed by Rathna Kumar of Meyaadha Maan fame and produced by Viji under the banner of V Studios. It was released July 19th 2019 and starred Amalla Paul in the lead role.
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* PoliceAreUseless: To the point its sort-of funny if a little sad. To wit, the officers who arrive at the office building think the woman found is dead without even checking for a pulse and are berated by their superior for waiting for permission to search the building when the “killer” could still be there. [[Less funny is when Kamini’s mother comes to the police station to report her daughter’s disappearance, and the officer she reports it to tells the mother she should have done a better job raising her daughter and is left to simply wait to file a report.]]

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* PoliceAreUseless: To the point its sort-of funny if a little sad. To wit, the officers who arrive at the office building think the woman found is dead without even checking for a pulse and are berated by their superior for waiting for permission to search the building when the “killer” could still be there. [[Less [[spoiler: Less funny is when Kamini’s mother comes to the police station to report her daughter’s disappearance, and the officer she reports it to tells the mother she should have done a better job raising her daughter and is left to simply wait to file a report.]]
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* YankTheDogsChain: After spending the entire day trapped in the building with no clothes, Kamini finds a roll of toilet paper to use for covering. Then she gets outside and its pouring out raining. Luckily she also finds some police tape to use before [[spoiler: the person who took her clothes in the first place just hands them back.]

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* YankTheDogsChain: After spending the entire day trapped in the building with no clothes, Kamini finds a roll of toilet paper to use for covering. Then she gets outside and its pouring out raining. Luckily she also finds some police tape to use before [[spoiler: the person who took her clothes in the first place just hands them back.] ]]
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‘’Aadai’’ (transl. clothes) is an Indian-Tamil thriller directed by Rathna Kumar of Meyaadha Maan fame and produced by Viji under the banner of V Studios. It was released July 19th 2019 and starred Amalla Paul in the lead role.

Kamini is a free-spirited young woman who works at the media company #Hashtag along with her team on the prank show ''Gotcha! Gotcha!''. On her birthday, the company finishes moving to a new building across town, thus she and her friends decided to use the now empty building to celebrate.

After a night of drinking, Kamini awakens the next morning to the shock of her life: her friends are gone and so are her clothes! Now Kamini must find a way out while trying to piece together the mystery of what happened the night before...
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*[[AbandonedWarehouse Abandoned Office Building]]: The office building where Kamini is stuck in was the space where #Hashtag had previously occupied.
*AllMenArePerverts: Implied for the reason Kamini asks for a ''female'' delivery girl instead of a man.
*BystanderSyndrome: [[spoiler: A year after Nangeli's prank was featured on ''Gotcha! Gotcha!'' and a year before the events of film, Nangeli's mother was visiting her mother in the city when she fainted. The first person to try and helped stopped when she recognized the young woman and thought it was part of the show. Not to mention the men who stopped and took selfies thinking the same thing not knowing what was happening...]]
*CandidCameraPrank: ‘’Gotcha. Gotcha.’’ is a tv show created by Kamini and her friends where they pull pranks on people mainly by scaring them or faking medical emergencies.
*Catchphrase: “Wanna Bet?” said by Kamini whenever someone says she can’t do something and even includes a sassy finger-snap. Its so compulsive that she does to her boss at one point before backpedaling.
*CensorShadow: The only things that Kamini has to conceal herself is [[HandOrObjectUnderwear her hands]], [[ShouldersUpNudity creative camera angles]] and the darkness of the office building.
*ClosedCircle: The film primarily takes place within the now abandoned office building where Kamini worked.
*DisappointedByTheMotive: Kamini is not happy to find out that everything she went through was because the woman responsible, Nangeli, wanted payback for a prank her friends did for their show causing her to miss an important exam.
*TheDogWasTheMastermind: That delivery girl who Kamini tried to steal clothes from? [[spoiler: She the one who stole Kamini’s clothes as payback for being a previous subject of her team’s pranks.]]
*DramaPreservingHandicap: When Kamini finds her phone, the only reason she can’t call for help because its call balance is empty. She also can’t get it refilled because the call service won’t refill it over the phone and Kamini is aware they’re recording the phone calls so she can’t just explain the situation.
*{{Foreshadowing}}: Its mentioned at one point early in the film that some people don’t react well to being the subjects of pranks.
*TheGambler: Kamini lacks the ability to not take a bet or challenge such as betting her friend Jeni she could do
*HandOrObjectUnderwear: Kamini only has her hands to preserve her modesty as there's nothing left in the now-abandoned office to cover herself with. She finds a large mirror at one point but drops and shatters it [[JumpScare when a pigeon frightens her.]]
*{{Hypocrite}}: [[spoiler: Nangeli's motives for stealing Kamini's clothes was to get back at the latter for a prank the "''Gotcha! Gotcha!''" crew did two years ago. Except that the crew would have likely planned said pranks so no one would get out and only scared people for a couple minutes at most. Nangeli's actions left Kamini terrified and alone for an entire day and she got hurt from broken glass.]]
*{{Irony}}: The reason that Kamini doesn’t call the police is fear of the news finding out and reporting it which would leave her humiliated. The two local men who find the unconscious delivery girl call the police specifically because doing so will draw then attention of reporters and they’ll get famous. In hindsight, a naked girl stuck in an abandoned office building wouldn’t have been as news worthy as a [[spoiler: supposed]] murder.
*LaserGuidedKarma: Kamini and her team’s show is about them pulling pranks on people by faking emergencies or masquerading as crazed killers and scaring them the daylights out of them. [[spoiler: When Kamini finds herself naked and alone in the abandoned office building, she left scarred and humiliated. Meanwhile every attempt to contact someone is brushed off as a crank call and doesn’t take her seriously.]]
*MoralDissonance: The main issue between Kamini and her mother is the former is a free-spirited woman while the latter is very conservative to the point she’s disappointed her 20-something daughter isn’t a stay at home mom rather than a producer of a very popular tv show.
*MushroomSamba: Getting take-out, one of the crew puts fried magic mushrooms in the dish and doesn't tell the rest until ''after'' they start feeling the effect. Strangely the men all have vivid hallucinations, while at most Kamini sees the flames from her lighter taking different shapes and Jeni gets a bad reaction before both pass out.
*NakedFreakOut: Kamini is pretty out of it when she wakes up from being hung-over so it takes her a minute to realize she's not wearing any clothes. Once she does though, immdeiately wraps herself in a fetal position, scared and confused.
*NakedPeopleTrappedOutside: Not '''outside''' but still applies as Kamini is left trapped miles from home with nothing to cover herself at an abandoned office building
*NotQuiteDead: The delivery girl that Kamini knocked out with the pipe is initially to be dead only for a paramedic to realize the police were mistaken.
*PoliceAreUseless: To the point its sort-of funny if a little sad. To wit, the officers who arrive at the office building think the woman found is dead without even checking for a pulse and are berated by their superior for waiting for permission to search the building when the “killer” could still be there. [[Less funny is when Kamini’s mother comes to the police station to report her daughter’s disappearance, and the officer she reports it to tells the mother she should have done a better job raising her daughter and is left to simply wait to file a report.]]
*ShamelessFanserviceGirl: Gets accused of this, first by her boyfriend then [[spoiler: Nangeli], but ironically its shown she's actually a [[ReluctantFanserviceGirl ''Reluctant'' Fanservice Girl]]. The closest we come to this trope is when Kamini does a mock striptease '''but''' she and her friends were pretty drunk and starting to feel the effects of the magic mushrooms.
*ShoutOut: When talking with Jeni about anchoring, she jokes to Kamini that the latter could do a Naked News-style report fitting with more with her style of television.
*{{Streaking}}: When first taking stock of her situation, Kamini figures that worse case she'll resort to this after sunset if she hasn't escaped by then. [[spoiler: Thankfully she gets her clothes back before having to.]]
*TrailersAlwaysLie: The promotions including the posters seemed to make the movie out to be a crime triller into Kamini’s disappearance.
*UndressingTheUnconscious: After passing out while fully dressed, Kamini wakes up with her clothes gone implying this with a flashback to that night confirms it.
*WhatTheHellHero: [[spoiler: Nangeli the delivery girl calls out Kamini that when she passed out, instead of helping the delivery girl, Kamini planned to steal her clothes. Granted Nangeli was the reason for everything that happened but that doesn’t make her any less right…]]
*WithFriendsLikeThese: Kamini locks her friend Jeni in the bathroom and takes her place as the anchor for the last live broadcast from their current building. This isn't so bad except for when she was later berated by their boss leaving Jeni in tears. Kamini doesn't reveal her actions and doesn't seem all that remorseful [[note] She ''was'' pretty drunk at that point[[/note]. All because Jen jokingly stated Kamini didn't have the disposition to be an anchor...
*YankTheDogsChain: After spending the entire day trapped in the building with no clothes, Kamini finds a roll of toilet paper to use for covering. Then she gets outside and its pouring out raining. Luckily she also finds some police tape to use before [[spoiler: the person who took her clothes in the first place just hands them back.]
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