Sunday movie review

Going by the promos and teaser campaigns of, Rohit Shetty’s 'Sunday', it appeared as if it would be a laugh a minute, thrill a minute, edge of the seat entertainer, but the quote, 'Never judge a book, by its cover', seems apt to describe, 'Sunday'. 

It is full of nothing but suspended imagination with a little bit of animation, suspended logic, acted out by suspended characters, a suspended story supported by a hugely suspended screenplay interspersed with lots of suspended cars and suspended action sequences and not to forget suspended songs which pop-up out of nowhere. In short it is equivalent to a bumpy ride on a bad road in a car with a severely malfunctioning suspension.

Since the story yearns to be a thriller it would be unfair to reveal the plot (if at all there is one). The end is a damp squib, and the main culprit turns out to be such an inconsequential character, that it makes one wonder what motivated the cast and crew to make such a film, the answer is quite apparent, nothing but fat pay-cheques.

Ajay Devgan plays an ice cream chomping corrupt ACP with ease, Ayesha Takia as the girl with the missing Sunday in her life is good, but needs to have a weight check. Arshad Warsi as a taxi driver in a Red Ambassador Taxi (wonder which part of Delhi has such garishly colored taxis minus meters) has been completely wasted though he still ends up doing an earnest job. Irfan Khan plays an aspiring actor quite effortlessly but is out of place in such a fruitless endeavor. Mukesh Tiwari as Ajay Devgan’s assistant is competent, Vrajesh Hirji as the south Indian karate kid makes one laugh at a few places, and Murli Sharma in a small role leaves a mark. Ali Asgar as a powerful politicians’ wayward son hams his way in the climax. The production design is good quality, unfortunately the content to fit in the design is missing. The action sequences are the best part of this otherwise quite forgettable film. Rohit Shetty has tried hard to impress with his technique and flamboyant style of film making (freeze split frames and chroma-key transitions) unfortunately there isn’t much of a story to tell.

To sum up, 'Sunday', seems to be a wasted effort with suspended chances at the box-office.

Rohit Tanejaa is a film director.