Sunday Holiday is a 2017 Indian Malayalam-language romantic comedy-drama film Produced by MAQTRO Motion Pictures, written and directed by Jis Joy, based on a story by Kiran. V.S and Urasu. The film features an ensemble cast including Asif Ali, Sreenivasan, Lal Jose, Aparna Balamurali, Asha Sarath, Dharmajan Bolgatty, Siddique, Bhagath Manuel, Alphy Panjikkaaran and Alencier Ley Lopez. The music was composed by Deepak Dev. The film was released on 14 July 2017, and received positive reviews from critics.
Plot
The film is about a cinema tale, narrated by Unni Mukundan to a famous director David Paul. 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 from Payyannur. Amal's love life with Sithara 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, Vinu and Narayanankutty aka Nakkutty.
The movie shows the things that happen in Amal's life during that phase where he meets Anu 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 fuming 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
Siddique as Narayanankutty Varavelil/ Nakkutty
Asha Sarath as Dr. Sreedhanya
Dharmajan Bolgatty as Rahul / V. P. Vipeesh
Alencier as Sudhakaran / Amal's father
Alphy Panjikaran as Amal's sister
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 as Benny's Wife Kalasala Babu as Unni's father Pradeep Kottayam as Church Visitor Sethu Lakshmi as Astrologer Meghanathan as S.I. Shafeeque K. V. Vinaya Prasad as Narayanankutty's wife V. K. Sreeraman as Abdul Salam Hajiyar Ann Benjamin as Haseena, Hajiyar's daughter / Anu's friend Thesni Khan as Shilpa Shivaji Guruvayoor as Lonappan Aliyar as himself, dubbing artist Athira Patel as Unni's Daughter Nandana Varma as Unni's Daughter Vidhya Vijayakumar as Amrita Fr. Bobby Jose Kattikad as himself Nasser Latif as Sithara's uncle Praveen Parameswar as Ad Film Director Remya Panicker as Ruby Jis Joy as a man in bus (cameo appearance)
Soundtrack
Release
Theatrical
Sunday Holiday was released in India on 14 July 2017 in 110 theatres across Kerala.
Reception
Critical reception
The Times of India reviewer Deepa Soman rated it 3 out of 5 stars 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."