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by Rinku Gupta This  remake of the  hit Hindi film Tumhari Sulu stars Jyothika in the role of Vidya Balan. The story is of a talented home maker Viji ( Jyothika) who is loving wife  and mom, and how she finds her place under the sun, discovering her inner potential and finding fulfilment in life. Thanks to winning a Radio show contest, Viji lands up at the radio station to claim her prize. There, however, is where she inadvertently discovers her real potential of being that listening ear and a voice which can help people, becoming an RJ of a late night show. But how this decision to accept the job affects her husband Balu ( Vidaarth) and son Sidhu, forms the story. Is she able to rise above her limitations, social pressures and family problems and be the person she wants to be? Easily amongst the best of Jyothika's performances, the actor slides effortlessly into the skin of the effervescent and dynamic Viji. We are moved when she cries and smile at her joys. Lo...

by Rinku Gupta Utharavu Maharaja seems to be an attempt to narrate a  story of several layers by director Kuraishi. The film evolves around events in a young boy's life which seem to scar him enough to give him a personality disorder. Is he Vasu, Ravi or a royal in the line of Raja Raja Chola? The film attempts in a highly convuluted manner, to answer these questions. A medical thriller, a heist story,  with love and action elements many tracks are introduced along the way. Produced by Udhaya with him in the lead role, the various tracks though interesting, are marred by the loud shouting and literally running around in circles in the first half. With the presence of Prabhu, the second half picks up. There are some lovely visuals of Kodaikanal. Udhaya gets ample scope to show his histronics in multiple get ups. His son Jaeshan does a good job playing the hero as a child. But the treatment of the story is so over the top, ( in one part, a heroine is planning to go to ...