Sunday (2008 film)

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Sunday
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Movie poster for Sunday
Directed by Rohit Shetty
Written by K. Subash
Tushar Hiranandani
Robin Bhatt
Sajid-Farhad (dialogues)
Chandra Sekhar Yeleti
Based on Anukokunda Oka Roju
by Chandra Sekhar Yeleti
Produced byKumar Mangat Pathak
Sunil Lulla
Starring Ajay Devgn
Ayesha Takia
Arshad Warsi
Irrfan Khan
CinematographyAseem Bajaj
Edited bySteven H. Bernard
Music bySongs:
Sandeep Chowta
Shibani Kashyap
Daler Mehndi
Raghav Sachar
M.Ali & Kami
(Suroor - Pakistan Band)
Amar Mohile
Background Score:
Sanjoy Chowdhury
Production
company
Distributed by Eros International
Release date
  • 25 January 2008 (2008-01-25)
Running time
130 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Sunday is a 2008 Indian Hindi-language mystery comedy film directed by Rohit Shetty. The film stars Ajay Devgan, Ayesha Takia, Arshad Warsi and Irrfan Khan. [1] It is a remake of the 2005 Telugu film Anukokunda Oka Roju . [2]

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Plot

The story takes place in the city of Delhi. The film begins when a girl is murdered by an unseen killer. It is learnt that the killer was her fiance and had acquired evidence about her infidelity. Then, the story shifts to the life of Sehar, a voiceover artist. Sehar, who lives alone in a flat, has a friend named Ritu, who is a fashion designer. Sehar has a rare disorder - her memory blanks out, leaving her clueless about events that took place in a certain time period. Hence, she rarely socialises. But Ritu forcefully takes her to a nightclub.

Sehar had previously met Assistant Commissioner of Police Rajveer Randhawa, a corrupt cop. Unknown to both, their mothers are old friends and want them to get married. Sehar has rejected Rajveer after knowing his truth, but he is smitten. Here, Sehar wakes up in her flat, and apparently nothing wrong has happened. But she soon learns that she has missed one whole day. Also, she is being followed by a stranger. She runs into two characters, Ballu, a taxi driver asking her a trip fare about which she knows nothing, and Kumar, a wannabe actor who mistakes her for a ghost.

But the plot thickens when Sehar hears some suspicious messages on her answering machine, making her realise that something sinister has happened during the missing Sunday, the day she recalls nothing about. Rajveer comes to rescue, but he comes to the same conclusion as hers. Tests show that Sehar was roofied - most probably in the nightclub, causing the whole problem. Ballu & Kumar turn out to be red herrings.

Rajveer finds the boys who roofied Sehar, but nothing concrete is found. Just as he is about to accept that Sehar might have killed someone, Sehar is attacked by some goons. The goons fail to kill her, but Rajveer realises that Sehar might have witnessed a murder. After reconstructing the events at the night out with Ritu, Rajveer finds out that Ballu had left her near a place where a youth was murdered.

Rajveer realises the implications and sets a trap for the goons. With the help of Ballu and Kumar, the goons are finally nabbed, and Rajveer learns the truth. He arrests the son of Khurana, a minister, for a double murder. An enraged Khurana demands an explanation. It is revealed that the girl murdered earlier was killed by Khurana's son. After killing her, he waited for a few days before killing his own friend, with whom the girl was cheating him. Unfortunately, Sehar was left nearby by Ballu. Khurana's son assumed that she saw the second murder; hence, he sent the goons to kill her.

Khurana's son protests until brought face to face with the goons. Khurana has his son arrested. With Sehar safe, the people are still clueless about Sehar's stalker - until the stalker shows himself. He reveals himself to be a taxi driver. It is revealed that after Khurana's son had seen Sehar, it was this taxi driver who saw Sehar. He realised that she was drugged and managed to get her back to her flat after finding her address. With this final mystery solved, Kumar narrates what happened with everybody: Rajveer and Sehar got married, Ballu now owns a car company, owning hundreds of cars and trucks, and Kumar has become a Bhojpuri superstar, showing that the story ended on a happy note.

Cast

Production

The shooting began from 10 March 2007, the first few days of shooting happened in Mumbai and then a 30 days schedule in Delhi from 18 March. The second and last schedule started from 22 May 2007 in Delhi and then continued in Mumbai and later in Hyderabad. Lastly, a song was shot in Australia and the shooting was completed by 13 July 2007.

The film was shot at popular places in India like Pragati Maidan, Lal Qila, India Gate, Connaught Place. [3]

Soundtrack

SongSinger(s)DurationMusicLyricsPicturised on
Missing SundayMahua Kamat, Earl Edgar3:54 Sandeep Chowta Sajid-Farhad Ayesha Takia, Ajay Devgan, Arshad Warsi, Irrfan Khan, Anjana Sukhani
Pyar To Hona Hi HaiKamran Bari, Mohammad Ali
(Suroor Band)		4:53Suroor BandKamran BariAjay Devgan, Ayesha Takia
Loot Liya Daler Mehndi, Sunidhi Chauhan 4:41 Daler Mehndi Sajid-Farhad, Daler MehndiAyesha Takia, Irrfan Khan, Arshad Warsi
Kashmakash Shibani Kashyap 5:31Shibani KashyapVirag Mishra Esha Deol
Manzar Raghav Sachar 3:50Raghav SacharSajid-FarhadAyesha Takia, Anjana Sukhani, Tusshar Kapoor
Sunday ThemeJoy-Clint3:50Amar MohileJoy

Reception

Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama gave the film 3.5 out of 5, writing, "On the whole, SUNDAY is a well-made entertainer that has the potential to click with moviegoers." [4]

Conversely, Sukanya Verma of Rediff.com gave the film 2.5 out of 5, writing, "Contrary to Shetty's hit comedy, Golmaal which was consistently funny, Sunday entertains as long as it tries to be funny but isn't sly enough to find a mention in the archive of whodunits." [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "Sunday". 17 September 2012. Archived from the original on 18 January 2024. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
  2. ↑ "Bollywood remakes of South Indian films". NDTV. Archived from the original on 6 September 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
  3. ↑ "Ajay's Sunday a Telugu remake?". Mid-Day. 29 May 2007. Archived from the original on 18 January 2024. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
  4. ↑ Hungama, Bollywood (25 January 2008). "Sunday Review 3.5/5 | Sunday Movie Review | Sunday 2008 Public Review | Film Review". Archived from the original on 16 May 2021. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
  5. ↑ "Sunday has comedy but no thrills". www.rediff.com. Archived from the original on 9 December 2021. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
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