Tu Hai Mera Sunday Review: This Barun Sobti film is the Sunday you have earned
NAIRITA MUKHERJEE @noir_memoir | 5 OCTOBER 2017, 11:13 AM
You know how you wait for that one Sunday following a jarring week at work? Well, Tu Hai Mera Sunday is exactly that, but for the box office after a few weeks of jarring films (Haseena Parkar, Judwaa 2, anyone?). Oh, and it also stars telly darling Barun Sobti. And much like a Sunday, you'd wish it lasted a little more.
The title track
The film starts off with a bunch of men social misfits, if we may say waking up every Sunday to play some football. A married man living in a joint family tired of simply fulfilling his socially accepted role of a father and husband. A good-for-nothing womaniser, who goes from one one-night stand to another, with a heart once broken. A frustrated office accountant whose only stress buster is writing anonymous letters to his boss. A total mama's boy whose world revolves around his mother. And finally, a man who gave up the prospect of a European job and all the money that came with it, to simply choose happiness.
The build-up
The complacency and monotony of everyday life have plagued the minds of these men. Nothing seems to make a difference to them, everything is fine as long as they can play football every Sunday just to rejuvenate for another week of monotony.
The popcorn break
It is only when football is taken away from them, that they realise how empty they are from within.
The climax
Following a series of unexpected events, each has to come to terms with the things they have been running away from. And have to let a Sunday be just a Sunday, and not the whole week.
The aftermath
The film does not have moments of fall-off-the-chair comedy, neither does it depend on melodrama to evoke emotion. The storytelling is simple, with just enough highs and lows to resemble real life, and not your average commercial Bollywood films.
Barun Sobti is undoubtedly the best part of this film, not just by virtue of his character, but by his performance too. For those who believed his television acting to be OTT, Barun's underrated subtle performance will leave you awestruck. Apart from Barun, Avinash Tiwary as the lovesick Rashid Sheikh stands out. Shahana Goswami, as usual, adds spunk to her character. Whereas Rasika Dugal's acting seemed heavily inspired by Kareena Kapoor Khan, you know if Kareena could act.
The takeaway
Everyone is essentially looking for their Sunday and in holding the hand of the person they love, they might just find it. But, of course, nothing comes that easy. One has to fight the Mondays and the Tuesdays to eventually reach the sweet, sweet embrace of a Sunday. And it is the fight that makes it sweeter.
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