Vidya Balan in Tumhari Sulu

Tanuja Chandra's Qarib Qarib Singlle, if you recall, was about Irrfan's rather 'rangeela' character taking his online date to meet his past three lovers, just so he can prove to her how women, even when they're not with him, continue to adore him still. The first stop on their road-trip is in Rajasthan. You sort of have an idea what kinda 'Girlfriend No 1' will show up. The girl who emerges instead is a podgy, giggly Rajasthani middle-class woman, brimming with life and realism, and yet so much fun, that that scene/moment/ cameo/character remains for me the absolute highlight of 2017.