How 2 bureaucrat friends are scripting a satire on jealousy, envy and contempt

Ampady (left), Prasanth

IT’S not a script on corridors of power. Two civil servants, N Prasanth and K Ampady have teamed up to pen a satire based on the recent discovery of the God Particle. It will be a script for a new Malayalam film with an unusual title...
Aa.ku.pu Complex which is an abbreviation of three Malayalam words asooya, kushumbu and pucham. In English, it means “jealousy-envy-contempt complex”.
33-year-old Prasanth is a 2007 batch IAS and is currently MD of Kerala Tourism Development Corporation. He was an LLB before joining as IAS. Dr K Ampady, an Indian Information Service officer, is now the managing director of Kerala State Coastal Area Development Corporation.
The film is likely to be directed by VK Prakash, with Indrajith in the lead, according to local media reports. Indrajith, the son of late actor Sukumaran, is one of the most prominent cine stars in Malayalam cinema.
Prasanth is quoted by Hindu newspaper as saying that Ampady and he are “good friends” and whenever they get together they “often discuss movies”. Then they decided to collaborate for the upcoming movie which will have two heroes and two heroines.
Indrajith is likely to play the role of an aspiring bureaucrat. The character is scripted in such a way that he is out and out cynical about anything and everything.

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