Sunday - Movie Review

Sunday

Reviewed by Aramita

*Spoilers Ahead*

After Golmaal, Sunday is Rohit Shetty's latest attempt at the genre of comedy. While I did enjoy Golmaal as an entertainer, story-wise, the film disappointed.

Sunday is suspense/comedy that (for the most part) follows the same formula of 'devoid of logic' entertainers.

But difference between Golmaal and Sunday, is that the latter is better content-wise.


What starts off with a murder driven by jealousy, cut to a dead body floating in a lake, which quickly shifts to the central protagonist Seher, and the unprecedented happenings of her life. Unexplained scratches on her neck, goons out to kill her, a taxi driver whom she owes money to, a small time actor who thinks she is a ghost and an entire day gone missing from her memory - How? What? Why? Where? Seher goes to the police in order to unravel the mystery behind all the strange occurrences, but after further investigation, Seher is shocked to find out that she may have been involved in a cold blooded murder herself.

The kick-start to the proceedings was somewhat lame. The chase sequence wasn't executed well and was stretched for no apparent reason. But the film gathered steam as soon as Ayesha's character was introduced, and the rest of the first half was a fun-filled joyride, all the while keeping a healthy balance of suspense and humour.

The second half wasn't as tight as the first, but still, the interest was maintained well and the situations didn't bore for the most part.

Although the romance angle of Seher and Rajvir, I felt was not needed, and the dream song too felt forced.

The climax too could have been more powerful, the 'revelation' wasn't as hard-hitting as it should have been.

The action sequences may have been intended to look stylish, but instead ended up looking cheesy - the cops and robbers chase at the start of the film, the car chase and the scene where Ajay fights with an entire gang of goons, all the while eating ice cream. During those scenes, I felt as if I was watching Cash part 2.

The aspect where this film scored highly is the comedy department. Saying its just funny would be an understatement. Some scenes were damn hilarious - 'Arshad getting shot', 'the hospital scene', 'the scene where Arshad thinks Ajay is coming on to him", "the scene where Arshad and Irfan think Ayesha is a ghost" were some of the funniest moments in the film.

Music was strictly okay, but picturisation's could have been a lot better.

Dialogues were great. Most of the witty one-liners would leave you in a split of laughter!

Coming to performances:

Ajay Devgan was good. He played the part of the corrupt cop very well and his comic timing was also good.

Ayesha Takia was wonderful. Her second best performance after Dor.

Arshad Warsi was brilliant! This actor continues to impress with every film.

Irfan Khan was awesome! His shared great chemistry with Arshad, and their scenes together were the best part of the film.
Anjana Sukhani got another 'non-role' after Salaam -e- Ishq. And did full justice to it.
Mukesh Tiwari performed well.

The Villain (don't know his name) was lousy. Definitely a miscast.


Rohit Shetty's direction was decent. He is becoming more competent with each film. This is the Second time he has proved he can handle comedy very well, but he needs to work on other areas of filmmaking.

Sunday is a good entertainer, not devoid of flaws though.

Rating: 3/5