Sunday Holiday is a 2017 Indian Malayalam-language romantic comedy-drama film 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.[1] The film was released on 14 July 2017, and received positive reviews from critics.[2]

Sunday Holiday
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJis Joy
Written byJis Joy
Story byKiran. V.S.
Urasu
Produced bySheen Helen
StarringAsif Ali
Sreenivasan
Lal Jose
Aparna Balamurali
CinematographyAlex J. Pulikkal
Edited byRatheesh Raj
Music byDeepak Dev
Production
company
MAQTRO Motion Pictures
Distributed byMAQTRO Motion Pictures
Release date
  • 14 July 2017 (2017-07-14)
Running time
135 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Plot

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The film is about a cinema tale, narrated by Unni Mukundan to a famous director David Paul. Unni is a college professor who dreams of becoming a scriptwriter for films. Unni first gets rejected quite harshly, but then David regrets his actions and calls him back, asking him to narrate the story.

Unni narrates the story of Amal from Payyannur. Amal's love story 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. During this phase, Amal 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 agrees to make the film. The climax reveals that Unni was narrating his own life story.

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Soundtrack

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Sunday Holiday
Soundtrack album by
Released16 June 2017 (2017-06-16)
Recorded2017
GenreFeature film soundtrack
LabelSathyam Audios
Deepak Dev chronology
Honey Bee2
(2017)
Sunday Holiday
(2017)
Adam
(2017)

All lyrics are written by Jis Joy; all music is composed by Deepak Dev

No.TitleArtist(s)Length
1."Mazha Paadum"Arvind Venugopal, Aparna Balamurali4:24
2."Oru Nokku Kaanuvan"Karthik4:48
3."Aaro Koode"Prakash Babu, Jyotsna Radhakrishnan 
4."Kando Ninte Kannil[3]"Anwar Sadath3:52

Release

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Theatrical

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Sunday Holiday was released in India on 14 July 2017 in 110 theatres across Kerala.[citation needed]

Reception

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Critical reception

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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."[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Sunday Holiday Movie Review Ft Asif Ali, Aparna Balamurali, Lal Jose, Sreenivasan". Metromatinee. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  2. ^ "Sunday Holiday (2017) Cast & Crew, Sunday Holiday (2017) Malayalam Movie Cast, Actors, Actress – FilmiBeat". FilmiBeat.
  3. ^ "Asif Ali's 'Sunday Holiday' track 'Prachandanam' has a fun video and some interesting lyrics!". The Times of India. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  4. ^ "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.
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