Sunday Holiday is a 2017 Indian Malayalam-language romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Jis Joy, based on a story by Kiran. V.S and Urasu. The film features an ensemble cast including Asif Ali, Sreenivasan, Lal Jose, Aparna Balamurali, Asha Sarath, Dharmajan Bolgatty, Siddique, Bhagath Manuel, Alphy Panjikkaaran and Alencier Ley Lopez. The music was composed by Deepak Dev. The film was released on 14 July 2017, and received positive reviews from critics.
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 Payyannur. Amal's love story 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. 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 abuse 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.
Sunday Holiday was released in India on 14 July 2017 in 110 theatres across Kerala.
The Times of India 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."
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