Sunday Holiday
Sunday Holiday is a 2017 Indian Malayalam-language comedy-drama film written and directed by Jis Joy. The film features an ensemble cast led by Asif Ali, Sreenivasan, Lal Jose, Aparna Balamurali, Asha Sarath, Dharmajan Bolgatty, Siddique, Bhagath Manuel, and Alencier Ley Lopez. It was produced by Maqtro Pictures. The music was composed by Deepak Dev.[1] The film was released on 14 July 2017, and received positive reviews from critics.[2]
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| Directed by | Jis Joy |
| Produced by | Sheen Helen |
| Written by | Jis Joy |
| Story by | Kiran vs Urasu |
| Starring | Asif Ali Sreenivasan Lal Jose Aparna Balamurali |
| Music by | Deepak Dev |
| Cinematography | Alex J. Pulikkal |
| Edited by | Ratheesh Raj |
Production company | Maqtro Pictures |
| Distributed by | Maqtro Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 135 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
| Budget | ₹4 crore (US$560,000) |
| Box office | ₹20.5 crore (US$2.9 million) |
Plot
The film is about a cinema tale, narrated by Unni Mukundan (Sreenivasan) to a famous director David Paul (Lal Jose). Unni is a college professor but he dreams to become a scriptwriter in films. Unni first gets rejected quite harshly, but then David regrets his actions and calls him back, asking for him to narrate the story.
Unni narrates the story of Amal (Asif Ali) from Payyannur. Amal’s love life with Sithara (Shruthi Ramachandran) met with an unexpected ending as she accepted a marriage proposal. He decides to go to Ernakulam for a job so that he can stay away from his past. He shares a house with V.P.Vipeesh aka Rahul (Dharmajan), Vinu (Nirmal Palazhi) and Narayanankutty aka Nakkutty (Siddique).
The movie shows the things that happen in Amal’s life during that phase where he meets Anu (Aparna Balamurali) a medical student and eventually falls in love with her. Anu reciprocates his feelings as she is saved by Amal when a person tries to abuse her. They decide to get married leaving Sithara fume in jealousy. The director loves the story and accepts to make the film. The climax shows that Unni was narrating his own life story.
Cast
- Asif Ali as Amal
- Aparna Balamurali as Anu
- Sreenivasan as Unni Mukundan
- Lal Jose as David Paul, film director
- Asha Sarath as Dr. Sreedhanya
- Dharmajan as Rahul / V. P. Vipeesh
- Alencier as Sudhakaran / Amal's fathers
- Siddique as Narayanankutty Varayalveli / Nakkutty
- Shruthi Ramachandran as Sithara
- Bhagath Manuel as J. K.
- Nirmal Palazhi as Vinu
- Sudheer Karamana as Benny
- K. P. A. C. Lalitha as Benny's mother
- Preetha Pradeep
- Kalasala Babu as Unni's father
- Pradeep Kottayam
- Sethu Lakshmi as Astrologer
- Meghanathan as S.I. Shafeeque K. V.
- Vinaya Prasad as Narayanankutty's wife
- V. K. Sreeraman as Abdul Salam Haajiyar
- Ann Benjamin as Haseena V. K. Sreeramans daughter / Aparanas friends
- Thesni Khan as Shilpa
- Shivaji Guruvayoor as Lonappan
- Aliyar as Himself, dubbing artist
- Nandana Varma as Unni's daughter
- Fr. Bobby Jose Kattikad as Himself
- Nasser Latif as Sithara's uncle
Soundtrack
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| Released | 16 June 2017 | |||
| Recorded | 2017 | |||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Label | Sathyam Audios | |||
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All lyrics are written by Jis Joy; all music is composed by Deepak Dev.
| No. | Title | Artist(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Mazha Paadum" | Aravind Venugopal, Aparna Balamurali | 4:24 |
| 2. | "Oru Nokku Kaanuvan" | Karthik | 4:48 |
| 3. | "Aaro Koode" | Prakash Babu, Jyotsna Radhakrishnan | |
| 4. | "Kando Ninte Kannil[3]" | Anwar Sadath | 3:52 |
Release
Sunday Holiday released in India on 14 July 2017 in 110 theatres across Kerala.
Critical reception
Times Of India reviewer Deepa Soman rated it 3/5 and stated:'Sunday Holiday is a perceptive portrait of a film and that makes it quite unpretentious and feel-good too, which makes it worth your time'.[4]
References
- "Sunday Holiday Movie Review Ft Asif Ali, Aparna Balamurali, Lal Jose, Sreenivasan,". Metromatinee. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
- "Sunday Holiday (2017) Cast & Crew, Sunday Holiday (2017) Malayalam Movie Cast, Actors, Actress - FilmiBeat". FilmiBeat.
- "Asif Ali's 'Sunday Holiday' track 'Prachandanam' has a fun video and some interesting lyrics!". The Times of India. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
- "Sunday Holiday Review {3/5}: There are times when you feel certain sequences aren't contributing much to the film, but they don't bore you out either". The Times of India. Retrieved 26 July 2017.