Tamil – collecting stories

Tumhari Sulu (2017) & Kaatrin Mozhi (2018)| Vidya Balan _ Jyotika

Tumhari Sulu is the new late night show on Radio Wow. I don’t remember the crucial twists in the film, so I don’t know what brought about the end! 😏 I felt it was a little too sudden, the transformation .. (spoiler alert, if you thought the film was an original)
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a one time watch since I watched it once 😉, I left the theatre and didn’t carry the film with me type of .. ..Oh wait. I loved what she did with the matar (peas). Matar aloo ya matar paneer 😂😂. Certain anecdotes are just spot on beautiful, also the stereotyping……..The plot still sits within patriarchal tones about the usual complications which arises when the homemaker bags a job of a radio jockey for a late night show. When she isn’t available for her school going son and the husband like she used to be, awake at breakfast as she hosts a late night call in show at the radio station which demands of her to be on late night shifts (no surprises there) the people who initially ‘encouraged‘ her begins to blame her for the train wreck that follows….of course, we have seen that before in English Vinglish with Sridevi (Hindi), How old are you with Manju Warrier (Malayalam)….My entertainment was the people next to me who had a sarcastic say for everything on screen 😂

..Tumhari Sulu is a 2017 Hindi film with Vidhya Balan in the lead, with Manaav Kaur & Neha Dhupia beautifully supporting her. The Hawa Hawaiii song.. it is there in the background.

There is a tamil remake with Jyotika directed by Radha Mohan is called Kaatrin Mozhi (2018)Filed in #filmtales #talkingfilms

Aruvi (2016) 🥰

**No spoilers**

By now everyone in Tamil Nadu & Kerala, even people with little knowledge of workable Tamil would have watched Aruvi. The film came highly recommended from a friend. And, I found in the first few minutes into it, it wasn’t the difficult Tamil I couldn’t understand but something I could without subtitles for most of the part. That was one barrier down!

I’d say watch Aruvi – Highly recommended

It tells the story of a girl, Aruvi, who grew up loving the rain, fresh springs, nature in its greenest in her littlest days until her family relocated to the concrete busy congested no visible nature city, setting up a contrast at a personal & public levels. It is bildungsroman in genre as it shows Aruvi growing up. Nevertheless, the narration is the highlight of the film as every review will tell you! The audience may figure out the core reason for her motives early on in the film, (she has a motive behind her actions) but the innocence with which she goes about with it is what makes Aruvi different. The film sends a poignant message across to the audience especially in the times we live in where we stop to ponder that our minds function/think unconsciously in a prescribed direction.

Tips: I did switch on the subtitles for two long set of dialogues, but otherwise, a non Tamil speaker like me, (I have minimal knowledge of the language) could understand..

Happy watching on Amazon Prime, sneak peak into the trailer here

Spoiler: there is a plenty to smile about.

A rating guide to films here …

I loved it .. 🥰

Watched it more than once. (I watched #Virus about 5 times) 🥰🥰

Had to watch another film to wear off the hangover 🙄

Slept off in the middle of it 😴

Didn’t like the first half, wanted to run away from the theatre. Post interval was superb 🤪😃

Popular opinion vs mine 🤔

Watch at your own risk. I didn’t enjoy the film 🙃😈