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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, Alphy Panjikkaaran 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]

Sunday Holiday
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Jis Joy
Written by	Jis Joy
Story by	Kiran vs Urasu
Produced by	Sheen Helen
Starring	Asif Ali Sreenivasan Lal Jose Aparna Balamurali
Cinematography	Alex J. Pulikkal
Edited by	Ratheesh Raj
Music by	Deepak Dev
Production company	Maqtro Pictures
Distributed by	Maqtro Pictures
Release date	14 July 2017 (2017-07-14)
Running time	135 minutes
Country	India
Language	Malayalam
Budget	₹3 crore (US$380,000)
Box office	₹20.5 crore (US$2.6 million)

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 Panickar as Ruby
• Jis Joy as a man in bus (cameo appearance)

Soundtrack

Sunday Holiday
Soundtrack album by Deepak Dev
Released	16 June 2017 (2017-06-16)
Recorded	2017
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Label	Sathyam Audios
Deepak Dev chronology
Honey Bee2 (2017) Sunday Holiday (2017) Adam (2017)

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]

Box office

The film was declared as a super hit, grossing 20.5 crore from the box office with a budget of 3 crore INR.

References

External links

• Sunday Holiday at IMDb
• Sunday Holiday on Facebook

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