The much talked about poster of Tumhari Sulu (attached) has made its way to Vidya Balan’s wall as an oil painting.
The image of a happy empowered Sulu (Vidya Balan), raring to go, in a pink sari with a red cape around her neck, has caught the audience fancy, so much so that it even prompted celebrated writer-columnist Twinkle Khanna to tweet to Vidya: “more power to your sari/cape.”
Noted ad filmmaker and director Suresh Triveni got one of Bollywood’s oldest poster artists, Laxman Subhash Jadhav, to make an oil painting of vidya in a cape avatar of the poster and gifted it to his “favourite actress” to adorn her home wall. (Picture attached). Jadhav is a well established name in the circuit, having created several portrait paintings over the last 15 years.
Said Vidya, “Tumhari Sulu has been a wonderful journey to say the least. The character of Sulu is extra special – a curious, fun-loving and enthusiastic housewife who goes from apron to cape. When Suresh gifted me this painting, I was delighted and put it up on my wall almost immediately. It is a treasured gift.”
Said Suresh, “I saw many paintings of Vidya’s earlier film posters at her house. That’s where the greed started. I wanted Sulu to be a part of her wall of fame. I have been dying to work with her for the longest. Doing Tumhari Sulu has been a dream come true.”
Produced by T-Series and Ellipsis Entertainment, Tumhari Sulu comes from the producers of Neerja and Hindi Medium, and releases worldwide on November 24.