''Sunday Holiday'' is a 2017 Indian

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of ...

-language romantic

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film written and directed by

Jis Joy Jis Joy is an Indian dubbing artist, film writer, director, and lyricist who works in the Malayalam film industry. He made his directorial debut with the Malayalam film ''Bicycle Thieves''. He dubs for Allu Arjun, for the Telugu to Malayalam d ...

, based on a story by Kiran. V.S and Urasu. The film features an

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including Asif Ali,

Sreenivasan Sreenivasan (born 6 April 1956) is an Indian actor, screenwriter, director, dubbing artist and producer who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema. Sreenivasan has starred in over 225 films. Sreenivasan wrote the screenplays of films such a ...

Lal Jose Lal Jose is an Indian director, actor, producer, and distributor who works in the Malayalam film industry. He started his career as an Assistant director in the Malayalam cinema. His directorial debut was with the 1998 film '' Oru Maravat ...

Aparna Balamurali Aparna Balamurali (born 11 September 1995) is an Indian actress and playback singer, who primarily works in Malayalam cinema, Malayalam and Tamil cinema, Tamil films. She is recipient of a National Film Award and a Filmfare Awards South, Filmf ...

Asha Sarath Asha Sharath is an Indian actress and classical dancer, who predominantly works in Malayalam films and television shows in addition to a few Tamil, Kannada and Telugu films. She is most known for her role as Geetha Prabhakar in the ''Drishya ...

Dharmajan Bolgatty Dharmajan Bolgatty (born 1976) is an Indian actor, producer, comedian, politician and entrepreneur , who works in Malayalam films, television, and stage shows. He began his career as a comedian appearing in sketch comedies on stage, later for ...

, Siddique,

Bhagath Manuel Bhagath Manuel is an Indian actor who acts in Malayalam films. He debuted in the 2010 film '' Malarvaadi Arts Club'', directed by Vineeth Sreenivasan. Personal life Bhagath Manuel was born on 30 November 1986 in Muvattupuzha, Kerala, India. ...

, Alphy Panjikkaaran and

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. The music was composed by

Deepak Dev Deepak Devraj Komath (born 30 April 1978), better known as Deepak Dev, is an Indian music composer, best known for his compositions in Malayalam cinema. He started his career in the film Industry through the movie '' Chronic Bachelor'' (2003) ...

. 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 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

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. Amal's love story with Sithara met with an unexpected ending as she accepted a marriage proposal. He decides to go to

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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

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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.

Cast

* Asif Ali as Amal *

as Anu *

as Unni Mukundan *

as David Paul, film director * Siddique as Narayanankutty Varavelil/ Nakkutty *

as Dr. Sreedhanya *

as Rahul / V. P. Vipeesh * Alencier as Sudhakaran / Amal's father * Alphy Panjikaran as Amal's sister *

Shruthi Ramachandran Shruti Ramachandran is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Malayalam cinema. She co-wrote the "Ilamai Idho Idho" segment in the 2020 Tamil anthology film '' Putham Pudhu Kaalai''. In 2020, she won the Kerala State Film Award for Bes ...

as Sithara *

as J. K. *

Nirmal Palazhi Nirmal Palazhi (born in Kozhikode, Kerala) is an Indian actor who has worked predominantly in the Malayalam cinema, Malayalam film industry known for his work on Puthan Panam, Diwanjimoola Grand Prix, Diwanji Moola Grand Prix and Ira (film), I ...

as Vinu *

Sudheer Karamana Sudheer Karamana (born 24 May 1971) is an Indian actor who appears mainly in Malayalam cinema. He is the son of actor Karamana Janardanan Nair. Personal life He is the eldest son to actor Karamana Janardanan Nair and Jaya, at Karamana, Thiruv ...

as Benny *

K. P. A. C. Lalitha Maheshwari Amma, better known by her stage name K. P. A. C. Lalitha (10 March 1947 – 22 February 2022), was an Indian film and stage actress who worked primarily in the Malayalam cinema, Malayalam film industry. Considered one of the greatest ...

as Benny's mother *Preetha Pradeep as Benny's Wife *

Kalasala Babu Kalasala Babu (1950 14 May 2018) was an Indian actor who performed on stage, and in television serials and films. On stage Babu had been acting in radio plays while at college. Following his graduation in 1973, Babu acted in ''Paanchajanyam ...

as Unni's father *

Pradeep Kottayam Pradeep K. R. (1961 – 17 February 2022), professionally credited as Pradeep Kottayam, was an Indian actor who primarily worked in Malayalam films and some Tamil films. He is best known for his comedic roles. His role in the 2010 Tamil film ' ...

as Church Visitor *

Sethu Lakshmi Sethu Lakshmi is an Indian people, Indian actress who predominantly works in Malayalam films and television soap operas.She started her career as a theatre artist and later rose into fame with character roles. Personal life Sethulakshmi is fro ...

as Astrologer *

Meghanathan Meghanathan (November 1964 – 21 November 2024) was an Indian actor who appeared in Malayalam and Tamil films. The son of actor Balan K. Nair, he debuted in 1983 in the Malayalam film '' Asthram''. He acted in more than 50 Malayalam films. B ...

as S.I. Shafeeque K. V. *

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as Narayanankutty's wife *

V. K. Sreeraman Vettiyattil Krishnan Sreeraman (born 6 February 1953) is an Indian actor, writer, TV anchor and social worker. He acted in more than 150 films. Personal life and education He was born into a middle-class family at Cheruvathani village near Ku ...

as Abdul Salam Hajiyar *Ann Benjamin as Haseena, Hajiyar's daughter / Anu's friend *

Thesni Khan Thesni Khan is an Indian actress who appears in Malayalam films, television, and stage. She made her acting debut through '' Daisy'' in 1988. She is widely known for the portrayal of character roles. In 2020, she contested in the second season ...

as Shilpa *

Shivaji Guruvayoor Shivaji Guruvayoor (born 28 May 1961) is an Indian actor who works in Malayalam cinema. He started his film career with the film '' Arabikkatha''. He is known for his negative roles and character roles. Personal life He is married to Lilly and ...

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

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'' 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."

References

External links

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