Urvashi’s incoherent acts as J Baby welled up my eyes in many scenes. In their body language and tiniest facial expressions, Urvashi’s mother roles in Tamil films merge seamlessly into their culture, which is so rare when actors cross the border. J Baby is a true life story. When mothers love their children more than themselves and live only for them, their physical and mental wellness is at stake. Her disrupted family is J Baby’s pain. A pain that grew silently in her for years and imbalanced her brain. Baby doesn’t know what she is at times. Some days, she is a friend of Indira Gandhi, in other scenarios, Jayalalitha’s, and even Stalin is her family friend. It’s strange to gulp everywhere she thinks a high political connection works to save herself from public threats. Her unconditional love towards her family makes her a hulk in situations where somebody lays hands on them or shouts at them. She never asks why. She walks at a pace nobody can chase her on foot. She resists every attack in any part of the world. It reminded me of the senior citizens in TN who work hard regardless of their age. J Baby’s route is different, but it shows the might and will of older women convincingly. The emotional transitions of Urvashi in this role engrave the character in the audience. Commendable acting prowess. Inimitable, as anyone else in her shoes would have slipped into melodrama. In the search for their estranged mother, her children try to fix their discords and revert to their old unity. J Baby earned it in other words. Director Suresh Mari has made J Baby with the tagline Baby’s Day Out very realistic. As J Baby’s sons, I found Attakathi Dinesh and Lollu Sabha Maaran very natural on-screen. Picking up the best scenarios for the script, Mari limits the tropes while delving into the family’s past. Pregnant women and a little exaggeration of motherhood with songs could be a cliché. But J Baby reflects his craft.

Urvashi shoulders J Baby. Don’t miss her laudable acting.

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