Tu Hai Mera Sunday - Reviews & BO Thread. - Page 13

Some of the major characters, and there are so many of them all so vivid a and relatable even in the briefest of roles, have serious meltdowns in unexpected moments. And if the others don't break down, we know they are holding it all in. The cloudburst can happen any time.

Among this gem's many virtues, the one quality that gives it an absolute stand-out stamp are the performances. I don't think I've seen a more accomplished complete and engaging ensemble cast in any film. Taken from theatre and television, these are actors who haven't acquired the cocky arrogance of stardom. They breathe life into their characters even as the characters suffocate in the cramped polluted environment of Mumbai.
Each of the five protagonists is played memorably. It would be unfair to single any one performance, they are all so vividly in-character that it doesn't feel like a camera construction at all. Shyam Salgaonkar edits the multitudinous characters and their rapidly mutating lives with a reined-in vigour. We realize these are people on the move. But the narrative won't humour or heckle their with 'hecticity'.

Adding substance to the performances is the care taken to write the characters into situations that contours their eccentricity in a city that disregards individuality and celebrates anonymity. We feel their unbearable darkness of being with a clarity that can only be defined by the darkness that surrounds these lives.