Sunday Movie Review

Staying sassy, staying clever and staying steps ahead of the viewers, “Sunday” is a fiesta of scenes stitched together to create a harmony of hilarity.

Pieced together as a bizarre day in the life of a forgetful frisky fey fraulein called Saher (superbly sparkling Ayesha Takia), the format of narration is as old as the hills or as old as Orson Welles’ “Citizen Kane”, where a journalist went door to door trying to piece together the mysterious life of a dead star.

A serial killer is on the loose and the finger of suspicion points to a bubbly, harmless girl. The whole mystery could be solved if the cop investigating the case could find a missing Sunday.

The movie begins with a murder. The killer, his/her face unrevealed, dumps the girl’s dead body in a park.

Sehar's [Ayesha Takia] world turns topsy-turvy when she gets a clue about the missing Sunday of her life, which points to a possible violent attack on her. A.C.P. Rajveer [Ajay Devgan] takes up the case to sort out the complicated and jumbled up threads of Sehar's life.

In the process of solving Sehar's case, it comes to light that on Sunday, different people interacted with her and amongst them, one could be the accused. The lot included Ballu [Arshad Warsi], the taxi driver and his friend Kumar [Irrfan Khan], a struggling actor, Ritu [Anjana Sukhani], Sehar's close friend, a scary and suspicious character [Murli Sharma], who resides in Sehar's society and the group whom she had come across while partying at the discotheque.

Rajveer is convinced that Sehar is innocent, but he is also equally sure that she is linked to everything. Is Sehar really as innocent as she claims to be?

First things first. ‘Sunday’ is not so much of a murder mystery as it is a comedy. And the main drivers on this front are Irrfan Khan and Arshad Warsi.

‘Sunday’ should be seen mainly for its comedy and suspense. As the missing links fall in place and the dots are connected, the mystery becomes more and more engrossing. But director Rohit Shetty commits hara-kiri in the end. He doesn’t care to explain to the viewer how the cop (Ajay Devgan) unraveled the mystery and figured out who the killer was. Shetty simply reveals the killer without any logical explanation.

To sum up, 'Sunday' strikes a decent balance between the two diverse genres [suspense, comedy]. It's a film that holds appeal more for the aam junta, not for the hard-nosed critics. SUNDAY can be summed up in four words: Engaging, engrossing, entertaining and enjoyable!

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