Sunday (2008/I)

User Rating:

5.8/10   

Director:

Rohit Shetty

Writers:

Robin Bhatt (screenplay)
Robin Bhatt (story)

Release Date:

25 January 2008 (India)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Romance | Thriller

Plot:

A woman investigates the mystery of what happened on a certain Sunday if her life that she has lost all recollection of...

Plot Keywords:

Discotheque | Police | Politician | Day In Title | Cab Driver

Cast

Ajay Devgan	...	ACP Rajveer Randhava
Ayesha Takia	...	Sehar Thapar
Arshad Warsi	...	Ballu
Irrfan Khan	...	Kumar Mangat
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Farid Amiri	...	Pardunam 'P.O.K.' Om Kumar
Ali Asghar	...	Raj Khurana's son
Aseem Bajaj	...	Rammi
Ravi Gossain	...	Hiren
Vrajesh Hirjee	...	Chakki - Martial Arts Instructor
Tusshar Kapoor	...	Himself ... Song performance
Ashish R. Mohan	...	Hercules
Deepak Qazir	...	Raj Khurana - Member of Parliament
Avtar Sahani	...	Traffic cop
Happy Sharma	...	Dhawal
Murli Sharma	...	Mysterious stranger
Anjana Sukhani	...	Ritu
Mukesh Tiwari	...	Havaldar Anwar
Sherveer Vakil	...	Aseem Bajaj

Runtime:

135 min

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Filming Locations:

Australia

Company:

Big Screen Entertainment

Trivia:

Celebrities parodied by Irrfan Khan in his turn as a theatre actor -- Shahrukh Khan from Don (2006/I), Amitabh Bachchan from Deewaar (1975) and Himesh Reshammiya as a singer-composer turned actor.

Movie Connections:

Remake of Anukokunda Oka Roju (2005)

Watch Sunday only if you have nothing else to do on Sunday

After a successful "Golmaal" Rohit Shetty's latest venture is Sunday. With an impressive star cast of Ajay Devgan,Arshad Warsi, Irfan Khan and Ayesha Takia, Sunday looked pretty strong in its promos. I was quite excited about the movie after watching the promos, my only fear was Tushar Kapur, but I thanked god when his name appeared as Special thanks. Well it's difficult to give a black and white review of Sunday. You can't call it an outright winner and not a complete waste of time either. It will definitely fall among the better category of humor of recent times. But still you will have some disappointments. Sunday is a comedy-thriller where the thrill part is a major let down. Sehar (Ayesha Takia) is a dubbing artist (thank god not an Advertising professional or journalist an innovative profession for sure) living in Delhi who is unable to recall the accounts of one Sunday. She remembers going to a night club on Saturday and going for a movie on Monday but one Sunday is missing. Ayesha Takia desperately wants to find out what happened on that day, well if one is chased by reckless goons who wouldn't. Strange people acts weirdly around her after that one missing Sunday. Ajay Devgan is a Cop and prospective fiancée of Sehar. A Taxi driver (Arshad Warsi) and a struggling actor ( Irfan Khan) are looking for Sehar and asking for 420 rupaye. Ajay Devgan tries to solve this mystery one missing Sunday. The real hero of Sunday are Arshad Warsi and Irfan Khan, the timing is impeccable, the chemistry is outstanding and when they both are together on screen they give you moments which will make you laugh out loud. The jokes are very situational and it's the sheer brilliance of Arshad and Irfan who instigate a touch of excellence. The first genuine hilarious scene comes in with the entry of Irfan khan and after that both of them never go down. One scene when Irfan Khan is dressed up as Ravana and the scene where Sehar scares the hell out of both of them are moments of great fun or the HR parody. Most of the other actors look desperate to make you laugh. Ajay Devgan's new found love for flaunting his cleavage is beyond my understanding and somehow he was not at all fit for the role. All the time it looks like he is fighting hard to be funny but not quite there. Ayesha Takia was not given the responsibility to make you laugh. Her job was to look pretty all the time and scared sometimes. It was nice to see that she lost some weight after her Miss Thunder Thighs and Hooters appearance in No Smoking, still there is a long way to go. Vrijesh Hirjee's accent might make you smile for the first time after that he just drags. Many side characters are put in for no good reason. Sunday is confused, there are few scenes which just appear out of no where and they don't make any sense. Arshad Warsi's emotional revelation of his kidney problem is one of the most stupid thing Rohit Shetty could have done. But good thing is every time after all the mayhem and stupidity Arshad and Irfan come on screen to clean up the mess. In the second half Sunday changes tracks to be a thriller still there are good doses of laughs. But the thriller part is the most ridiculous suspense you could have ever imagined. When the whole mystery breaks you feel like why it all started in the firs place. Casting that cute little bump as the villain clearly shows budget constraints or may be Rohit Shetty was smoking "Classic Milds". A major let down on the movie is its screenplay. Sunday is full of worthless song placed in the worst possible situations. To add to the agony the music is nothing but great. Rohit Shetty fumbles in all the romanticize sequences and the chemistry between the lead stars never builds up. In the end I will say if you have some extra cash and some extra cash give Sunday a try for the sake of Irfan Khan and Arshad Warsi's outstanding performances. Otherwise even if you miss this unlike Sehar you are not missing anything.

I am gonna give Sunday 2.5/5