Review of Tumhari Sulu . . .
So finally Vidya Balan came back in one fantastic avatar. I skipped her last film Begum Jaan as rarely i skip any movies from Bollywood but reason was i didn't like the trailer much and then not even heard good reviews about the film so decision was the same.
Who says our hindi film industry iz Hero dominated. Even a film in which a lead iz a Heroine can work definitely if it's content driven. In the history of cinema and still it can be seen that a film doesn't have a hero but has an actress as a lead, worked well at Box-Office as well as audience accepted it. (Queen, The Dirty Picture, Kahaani, English Vinglish) these all had strong content and succeeded to tocuh the heart of viewer. I loved all of them.
Sometime it happens when film makers make more repetitive movies by focusing on one subject Women Empowerment rather than focusing on quality of the script and technicalities and that's why some movies on this same track flopped too but anyway not talking about the failure here but this one successfully won my heart. It was great pleasure to watch Vidya Balan after long time in this much fresh role. She put on her weight to fit in the role of middle class women Sulochana lives happily life with husband Ashok (Manav Kaul) and her son. Husband iz doing a job in one old garment company which runs by old aged owners and then grandson takes over the company and how he suffers at his job iz shown in the script.
Our main Hero Sulu aspires to be something which can make her happy. She throws many ideas regarding the business to her husband and tries to find a job about which she feels #MainKarSktiHai (I can do it). Finally she gets it. A job of an RJ at one radio company owned Neha Dhupia and then what happens in her life after getting a job iz all in the film.
It's not that typical melodramatic heavy family drama not even it lacks entertainment.
Film starts with many entertaining scenes, some engaging conversations between Sulu and her husband, Sulu and Neha Dhupia, Meeting of Sulu with Neha Dhupia, Two twin sisters of Sulu advice her on the decision of a job etc such soft scenes which create good impact. In the second half film takes a little serious turn when Ashok faces the problems at job, at home, with Sulu, parents meeting at school etc.
Performance by Manav Kaul OMG what an actor he iz. Totally loved his role. How well he played it. He maintained comic scenes as well as emotional scenes with brilliance.
So much love and respect for him.
Neha Dhupia also gave superb supporting performance. She iz also mind blowing actress and it's always pleasure watching her with so much maturity in her performance. I always find her glamorous and hot. Wishing to see more from her like this in future.
And finally Sulu #MainKarSktiHai really did it. She nailed it completely. Her healthy physic, her saree, her smile and laughter, her mimicry, her dialogue delivery etc worth watching. She will definitely receive awards for this one. It can be considered as one of her finest performances.
Screenplay iz engaging and good, direction iz simple and ace. Suresh Trivedi successfully extracted outstanding performances from the leads.
Overall i liked the film specially because of the leads. Vidya Balan, Manav Kaul & Neha Dhupia hatz off guys.
My Ratings
3.7/5.
--- by Harsh Desai . . .
