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{{short description|2017 film written and directed by Suresh Triveni}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}

{{Infobox film
| name = Tumhari Sulu
| image = Tumhari Sulu - Poster.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = Suresh Triveni
| producer = [[Bhushan Kumar]] Tanuj Garg [[Krishan Kumar (actor)|Krishan Kumar]] [[Atul Kasbekar]] Shanti Sivaram Maini
| writer = '''Story & Screenplay:''' Suresh Triveni '''Dialogues & Additional Screenplay:''' Vijay Maurya
| starring = [[Vidya Balan]] [[Neha Dhupia]] [[Manav Kaul]] Abhishek Sharma
| music = '''Songs:''' [[Guru Randhawa]] [[Rajat Nagpal]] [[Tanishk Bagchi]] [[Amartya Bobo Rahut]] [[Laxmikant–Pyarelal]] [[Santanu Ghatak]] '''Score:''' Karan Kulkarni
| cinematography = Saurabh Goswami
| editing = Shivkumar Panicker
| studio = [[T-Series (company)|T-Series]] Ellipsis Entertainment
| distributor = T-Series
| native_name =
| released = {{Film date|df=y|2017|11|17|ref1=<ref>{{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/tumhari-sulu-release-preponed-to-november-17/articleshow/61021765.cms |title='Tumhari Sulu' release preponed to November 17 |newspaper=Times of India |access-date=10 October 2017}}</ref>}}
| runtime = 140 minutes
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| budget = {{INR}}20 [[crore]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/tumhari-sulu-box-office-collection-day-3-vidya-balans-film-had-a-super-strong-weekend-1777717 |title=Tumhari Sulu Box Office Collection Day 3: Vidya Balan's film had a "super-strong weekend" |publisher=[[NDTV]] |date=20 November 2017}}</ref>
| gross = {{INR}}50.84 [[crore]] <ref name="BH gross">{{cite web |url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/box-office-special-features/box-office-worldwide-collections-day-wise-break-tumhari-sulu/ |title=Box Office: Worldwide collections and day wise break up of Tumhari Sulu – Bollywood Hungama |first=Bollywood |last=Hungama |date=18 November 2017 }}</ref>
}}

'''''Tumhari Sulu''''' ({{Translation|Your Sulu}}) is a 2017 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[comedy drama film|comedy-drama film]] written and directed by Suresh Triveni and produced by [[Bhushan Kumar]], Tanuj Garg, [[Krishan Kumar (actor)|Krishan Kumar]], [[Atul Kasbekar]] and Shanti Sivaram Maini under the banners of [[T-Series (company)|T-Series]] and Ellipsis Entertainment.<ref name="Vidya Balan’s Tumhari Sulu starts shooting. See pic">{{cite news |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/vidya-balan-tumhari-sulu-see-pic-4500804/ |title=Vidya Balan's Tumhari Sulu starts shooting. See pic |newspaper=[[The Indian Express]] |date=31 January 2017 |access-date=1 February 2017}}</ref>

The film stars [[Vidya Balan]] as the titular character, an ambitious housewife who becomes a radio jockey for a late-night relationship advice show. [[Manav Kaul]] and [[Neha Dhupia]] co-star as Sulu's husband and boss, respectively. ''Tumhari Sulu'' was released worldwide on 17 November 2017, to become both a critical and a decent box office success which earned over {{INR}}508.4 million on a {{INR}}200 million budget.<ref name="BH gross" /> The film received 9 nominations at the [[63rd Filmfare Awards]], with Balan winning her fourth [[Filmfare Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] at the ceremony. It was remade in [[Tamil language|Tamil]] as ''[[Kaatrin Mozhi]]'' (2018) with [[Jyothika]] reprising Vidya's role.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lakshmi |first1=V. |title=Kaatrin Mozhi |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movie-reviews/kaatrin-mozhi/movie-review/66642775.cms |access-date=16 November 2018 |work=The Times of India |date=16 November 2018}}</ref>

==Plot==
Sulochana Dubey, nicknamed Sulu ([[Vidya Balan]]), is a middle-class housewife living in [[Virar]] with her family. She enjoys her life to the fullest with her husband Ashok ([[Manav Kaul]]) and 11-year-old son Pranav. Sulu dreams of being a working woman, but since she couldn't complete high school, she is unable to apply for white-collar jobs. Her elder twin sisters mock her, seeing Sulu as beneath them due to her education. Ashok works as a manager in a tailoring firm; a frustrating job as everyone apart from him is unreasonable and over the age of sixty. On top of that, the firm is taken over by the owner's grandson, who is extremely rude. Pranav is teased by a group of classmates who sell R-rated magazines and videos.

One day, Sulu wins a contest hosted by her favourite radio station and goes to the station to collect her prize. There, she sees a poster advertising auditions for an RJ, and feels that this is the job she is meant for. Sulu meets the boss, Maria ([[Neha Dhupia]]), who finds her extrovert nature intriguing and gives her an opportunity to audition. Sulu laughs throughout the audition but at the end, says 'Hello' in a sensual tone, which impresses Maria. Maria asks if Sulu would be able to do a call-in night show, where people would call her to talk about their problems and she agrees.

Ashok is irritated at first that Sulu took up the job without discussing with him but relents out of love for his wife. On her first day, Sulu faces an annoying caller who tries to change their chat into an obscene one, but is able to tactfully handle it. Next, she gets a request to sing, and excitedly does a song she only sings for her husband. Ashok is annoyed by her behavior, as well as frustrated with his new boss, who treats him terribly. Sulu's family disagree with her show and want her to quit but Ashok stands by her. The show becomes successful and Sulu enjoys her work, growling more worldly and confident. However, Ashok continues taking out his frustrations at home about both his job and hers. Sulu's life becomes high at work and low at home.

One day, the principal of Pranav's school reveals that he has been charging other kids for showing adult phone videos he stole from Ashok, as well as faking his father's signatures. Pranav is suspended from school, which becomes a serious issue at home. Sulu's sisters blame her, claiming that she has neglected her son because of her job and her low level of education is influencing him. They say she has to quit but Sulu takes a tough stand, rejecting their conditions. She later gets a call that Pranav is missing. Sulu and Ashok find a note by him, revealing he is ashamed of what he has done and is sad that his mother had to leave her job because of him. Pranav requests his father to support his mother and her work. Ashok and Sulu reconcile as they search for their son.

The police find Pranav the next day and bring him home. Sulu resigns from the show, feeling that she is not able to handle the conflict it is causing at home. As she leaves, Sulu finds the receptionist arguing with the tiffin service guy. She has an idea and requests Maria to give her the tiffin service contract. In the end, Ashok is now managing the tiffin business and Sulu resumes her radio jockey job, managing both the household and her professional life in her own style.

==Cast==
*[[Vidya Balan]] as Sulochana "Sulu" Dubey
*[[Manav Kaul]] as Ashok Dubey, Sulu's husband
*[[Vijay Maurya]] as Pankaj Rai Baaghi, poet and creator of the late night talk show at the radio station 'Radio Wow'
*[[Neha Dhupia]] as Maryam "Maria" Sood, Sulu's employer at 'Radio Wow'
*[[Malishka RJ|RJ Malishka]] as RJ Albeli Anjali, Sulu's colleague at 'Radio Wow'
*Abhishek Sharrma as Pranav, Sulu's son
*[[Ayushmann Khurrana]] as himself (Special Appearance)
*Mahesh Pillai as School Principal
*Sindhu Shekharan as Aradhana, one of Sulu's elder twin sisters
*Seema Taneja as Kalpana, the second twin sister
*Trupti Khamkar as lady cab driver
*[[Santanu Ghatak]] as Sanjay, boss of Ashok Dubey
*Uday Lagoo as Sulu's father
*Hitesh Dave as grocery shop owner
*[[Shashi Ranjan (actor)|Shashi Ranjan]] as Ramesh
*Sonel Singh as Girija – Receptionist at the radio station 'Radio Wow'
*[[Vibhavari Deshpande]] as Constable

==Production==

===Development===
The official announcement of the film was made in November 2016.<ref name="Vidya Balan to star as RJ in 'Tumhari Sulu'">{{cite news |url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/vidya-balan-to-star-as-rj-in-tumhari-sulu-116112900626_1.html |title=Vidya Balan to star as RJ in 'Tumhari Sulu' |newspaper=[[Business Standard]] |date=29 November 2016 |access-date=1 February 2017}}</ref>

===Filming===
The principal photography of the film commenced in Mumbai on 25 April 2017.<ref name="Vidya Balan’s Tumhari Sulu starts shooting. See pic"/> The team started the shoot by performing a '[[Puja (Hinduism)|puja]]' which was attended and blessed by the mothers of the producers and director on 21 April 2017.

==Soundtrack==
{{Infobox album
| name = Tumhari Sulu
| type = soundtrack
| artist = [[Guru Randhawa]], [[Rajat Nagpal]], [[Tanishk Bagchi]], [[Laxmikant–Pyarelal]], [[Amartya Bobo Rahut]] & Siddhant Kaushal
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| released = 4 November 2017
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| length = 16:02
| language = [[Hindi]]
| label = [[T-Series (company)|T-Series]]
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| misc = {{Singles
| name = Tumhari Sulu
| type = Soundtrack
| single1 = [[Ban Ja Rani]]
| single1date = 16 October 2017
| single2 = Hawa Hawai 2.0
| single2date = 26 October 2017
| single3 = Manva Likes To Fly
| single3date = 3 November 2017
}}
}}
The music of the film is composed by [[Guru Randhawa]], [[Rajat Nagpal]], [[Tanishk Bagchi]], [[Laxmikant–Pyarelal]], [[Amartya Bobo Rahut]] and Siddhant Kaushal while the lyrics have been penned by Randhawa, Nagpal, [[Javed Akhtar]], [[Vayu (lyricist-composer)|Vayu]], Siddhant Kaushal and [[Santanu Ghatak]] who sang the song "Rafu". The first song of the film "Ban Ja Rani" from Randhawa's 2016 album "Tu Meri Rani" has been recreated for this film and it was released on 16 October 2017. The second song of the film titled as "Hawa Hawai 2.0" from [[Anil Kapoor]]'s 1987 film [[Mr. India (1987 film)|Mr. India]] has also been recreated for this film by music composer Bagchi and it was released on 26 October 2017. The third single to be released was "Manva Likes To Fly" which is sung by [[Shalmali Kholgade]] was released on 3 November 2017. The soundtrack was released by [[T-Series (company)|T-Series]] on 4 November 2017.
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| length1 =3:46
| lyrics1 = [[Guru Randhawa]]
| music1 = Guru Randhawa, [[Rajat Nagpal]]
| extra1 = Guru Randhawa
| title2 = Hawa Hawai 2.0
| length2=2:58
| lyrics2 = [[Javed Akhtar]]
| music2 = [[Tanishk Bagchi]], [[Laxmikant–Pyarelal]]
| extra2 = [[Kavita Krishnamurthy]], [[Shashaa Tirupati]]
| title3 = Manva Likes To Fly
| extra3= [[Shalmali Kholgade]]
| length3 = 2:30
| music3=Tanishk Bagchi
| lyrics3= [[Tanishk-Vayu|Vayu]]
| title4 = Farrata
| length4 = 2:32
| extra4= [[Armaan Malik]], Adityan
| music4= [[Amartya Bobo Rahut]]
| lyrics4=Siddhant Kaushal
| title5 = Rafu
| length5 = 4:16
| extra5= [[Ronkini Gupta]]
| lyrics5= [[Santanu Ghatak]]
| music5= Santanu Ghatak
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==Awards and nominations==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Date of Ceremony
!Award
!Category
!Recipient
!Outcome
!Ref.
|-
| rowspan="4" |2 December 2017
| rowspan="4" |[[Screen Awards]]
|[[Screen Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| [[Vidya Balan]]
| {{won}}
|rowspan="3" |<ref>{{cite news |title=Star Screen Awards 2017 full Winners List: Irrfan Khan, Rajkummar Rao, Vidya Balan, Neha Dhupia & Dangal win big! |url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/star-screen-awards-2017-full-winners-list-irrfan-khan-rajkummar-rao-vidya-balan-neha-dhupia-751790 |work=International Business Times |access-date=3 December 2017 |date=3 December 2017}}</ref>
|-
| [[Screen Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
| [[Neha Dhupia]] (jointly with [[Meher Vij]] for ''[[Secret Superstar]]'')
| {{won}}
|-
|[[Screen Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
|[[Manav Kaul]]
|{{Won}}
|-
|Best Debut Director
|Suresh Triveni
|{{Nom}}
|
|-
| rowspan="4" |30 December 2017
| rowspan="4" | [[Zee Cine Awards]]
| Best Actor – Female (Viewer's Choice)
| rowspan="2" | [[Vidya Balan]]
| {{Nom}}
| rowspan="4" |<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.zeecineawards.com/timeline/2018/winners/ |title=2018 Archives – Zee Cine Awards |website=Zee Cine Awards |language=en-US|access-date=31 December 2017}}</ref>
|-
|Best Actor – Female (Jury's Choice)
|{{Nom}}
|-
|Best Supporting Actress
|[[Neha Dhupia]]
|{{Nom}}
|-
|Best Debutant Director
|Suresh Triveni
|{{Nom}}
|-
| rowspan="8" |[[63rd Filmfare Awards|20 January 2018]]
| rowspan="8" |[[Filmfare Awards]]
|[[Filmfare Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
|[[Vidya Balan]]
|{{won}}
| rowspan="8" |<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.filmfare.com/features/nominations-for-the-63rd-jio-filmfare-awards-2018_-26161-18.html |title=Nominations for the 63rd Jio Filmfare Awards 2018 |work=filmfare.com|access-date=18 January 2018 |language=en}}</ref> <ref name="ff18">{{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/63rd-jio-filmfare-awards-2018-vidya-balan-wins-the-best-actor-in-a-leading-role-female-award/articleshow/62586291.cms |title=63rd Jio Filmfare Awards 2018: Vidya Balan wins the Best Actor in a Leading Role (Female) award |work=The Times of India|access-date=21 January 2018 |date=21 January 2018}}</ref>
|-
|Best Supporting Actor
|[[Manav Kaul]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|Best Lyricist
|[[Santanu Ghatak]] (for the song "Rafu")
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer|Best Female Playback Singer]]
|[[Ronkini Gupta]] (for the song "Rafu")
|{{nom}}
|-
|Best Original Story
|Suresh Triveni
|{{nom}}
|-
|Best Dialogue
|Suresh Triveni, Vijay Maurya
|{{nom}}
|-
|Best Sound Design
|Subhash Sahoo
|{{nom}}
|-
|Best Choreography
|Vijay Ganguly (for the song "Ban Ja Rani")
|{{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[10th Mirchi Music Awards|28 January 2018]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Mirchi Music Awards]]
| [[Mirchi Music Award for Upcoming Lyricist of The Year|Upcoming Lyricist of The Year]]
| Santanu Ghatak (for the song "Rafu")
| {{won}}
| rowspan="2" |<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mirchimusicawards.com/hindi-2017/nominations/ |title=Nominations – Mirchi Music Awards 2017 |website=MMAMirchiMusicAwards|access-date=13 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mirchimusicawards.com/hindi-2017/winners/ |title=Winners – Mirchi Music Awards 2017 |website=MMAMirchiMusicAwards|access-date=13 March 2018}}</ref>
|-
| Raag-Inspired Song of the Year
| "Rafu"
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="7" |22 June 2018
| rowspan="7" |[[International Indian Film Academy Awards]]
|Best Film
|''Tumhari Sulu''
|{{Won}}
| rowspan="7" |<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.ibtimes.co.in/iifa-awards-2018-nomination-list-tumhari-sulu-bags-maximum-categories-769895 |title=IIFA awards 2018: Nomination List, Tumhari Sulu bags the maximum categories |last=Narayan |first=Shreya |work=International Business Times, India Edition|access-date=24 May 2018}}</ref>
|-
|Best Story
| rowspan="2" |Suresh Triveni
|{{Nom}}
|-
|Best Director
|{{Nom}}
|-
|Best Actress
|[[Vidya Balan]]
|{{Nom}}
|-
|Best Supporting Actor
|[[Manav Kaul]]
|{{Nom}}
|-
|Best Supporting Actress
|[[Neha Dhupia]]
|{{Nom}}
|-
|Best Music Director
|Guru Randhawa, Rajat Nagpal, Tanishk Bagchi, Amartya Rahut, Santanu Ghatak
|{{Nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |10 August 2018
| rowspan="2" |[[Indian Film Festival of Melbourne]]
|Best Director
|Suresh Triveni
|{{Nominated}}
| rowspan="2" |<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.iffm.com.au/nominees.html |title=Indian Film Festival Melbourne |website=www.iffm.com.au|access-date=13 July 2018}}</ref>
|-
|Best Actress
|[[Vidya Balan]]
|{{nominated}}
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|6791730}}
*{{Bollywood Hungama movie|tumhari-sulu}}

{{IIFA Award for Best Movie}}

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[[Category:Indian comedy-drama films]]
[[Category:Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:2010s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Guru Randhawa]]
[[Category:Films scored by Laxmikant–Pyarelal]]
[[Category:Films scored by Rajat Nagpal]]
[[Category:Films set in Mumbai]]
[[Category:Films about women in India]]
[[Category:2017 directorial debut films]]
[[Category:Hindi films remade in other languages]]
[[Category:T-Series (company) films]]

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