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name = Sunday|
{{Infobox film
image = |
| name = Sunday
imdb_id = 1039989 |
| image = Sunday movieposter.jpg
producer = [[Kumar Mangat]]<br>[[Sunil Lulla]] |
| caption = Movie poster for ''Sunday''
starring = [[Ajay Devgan]]<br>[[Ayesha Takia]] |
| producer = Kumar Mangat Pathak<br>Sunil Lulla
director = [[Rohit Shetty]] |
| writer = [[K. Subash]]<br>[[Tushar Hiranandani]]<br>[[Robin Bhatt]]<br>[[Sajid-Farhad]] (dialogues) <br>[[Chandra Sekhar Yeleti]]
music = [[Shabani Kashyap]]<br>[[DJ Suketu]] |
| starring = [[Ajay Devgn]]<br>[[Ayesha Takia]]<br>[[Arshad Warsi]]<br>[[Irrfan Khan]]
production house = [[Big Screen Entertainment]]<br> [[Eros Entertainment]]|
| director = [[Rohit Shetty]]
released = [[December 14]] [[2007]] |
| based_on = {{based on|''[[Anukokunda Oka Roju]]''|[[Chandra Sekhar Yeleti]]}}
language = Hindi |
| music = '''Songs:'''<br>[[Sandeep Chowta]]<br>[[Shibani Kashyap]]<br>[[Daler Mehndi]]<br>[[Raghav Sachar]]<br>M.Ali & Kami <br> (Suroor - Pakistan Band) <br> [[Amar Mohile]] <br> '''Background Score:''' <br> [[Sanjoy Chowdhury]]
| studio = [[Panorama Studios|Big Screen Entertainment]]
| distributor = [[Eros International]]
| cinematography = Aseem Bajaj
| editing = Steven H. Bernard
| gross =
| budget =
| released = {{Film date|df=y|2008|01|25}}
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| runtime = 130 minutes
}}
}}


'''''Sunday''''' is a 2008 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[Mystery film|mystery]] [[comedy film]] directed by [[Rohit Shetty]]. The film stars [[Ajay Devgan]], [[Ayesha Takia]], [[Arshad Warsi]] and [[Irrfan Khan]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/news-archive/sunday/|title=Sunday|date=17 September 2012|access-date=18 January 2024|archive-date=18 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240118230344/https://indianexpress.com/article/news-archive/sunday/|url-status=live}}</ref> It is a remake of the 2005 [[Telugu cinema|Telugu]] film ''[[Anukokunda Oka Roju]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bollywood remakes of South Indian films|url=http://www.ndtv.com/album/listing/entertainment/bollywood-remakes-of-south-indian-films-8551/slide/5|publisher=[[NDTV]]|accessdate=10 March 2012|archive-date=6 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120906074225/http://www.ndtv.com/album/listing/entertainment/bollywood-remakes-of-south-indian-films-8551/slide/5|url-status=live}}</ref>
'''''Sunday''''' is a suspense thriller with elements of comedy. It stars [[Ajay Devgan]] and [[Ayesha Takia]] in the lead roles. It is directed by [[Rohit Shetty]] and produced by [[Kumar Mangat]] and [[Sunil Lulla]].


== Cast ==
==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.
'''MAIN CAST'''


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.
* [[Ajay Devgan]] - ''ACP Rajveer Randhava''
* [[Ayesha Takia]] - ''Sehar Thapar''
* [[Arshad Warsi]] - ''Ballo''
* [[Irfan Khan]] - ''Kumar''
* [[Anjana Sukhani]] - ''Ritu''
* [[Mukesh Tiwari]] - ''Anwar''


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.
'''SUPPORTING CAST'''


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.
* Vrajesh Hirjee - ''Chakki''
* Rajeev Verma - ''Ashish''
* Ravi Gossain - ''Hiren''
* Sherveer Vakil - ''Aseem Bajaj''
* Subrata Dutta - ''Anshuman''
* Avtar Sahani - ''Traffic cop''
* Ashish R. Mohan - ''Hercules''
* Happy Sharma - ''Dhawal''


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.


== Crew ==
==Cast==
* [[Ajay Devgan]] as [[Assistant Commissioner of Police|ACP]] Rajveer Randhava
* '''Director''': [[Rohit Shetty]]
* [[Ayesha Takia]] as Sehar Thapar
* '''Producer''': [[Kumar Mangat]] and [[Sunil Lulla]]
* [[Arshad Warsi]] as Ballu
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* [[Irrfan Khan]] as Kumar Mangat
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* [[Mukesh Tiwari]] as [[Inspector]] Anwar Rehman
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* [[Vrajesh Hirjee]] as Chakki - Martial Arts Instructor
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* [[Murli Sharma]] as the Mysterious Stalker
* [[Anjana Sukhani]] as Ritu Hirani
* [[Ali Asgar (actor)|Ali Asgar]] as Amit Khurana
* Deepak Qazir as Raj Khurana
* [[Manoj Chandila]] as Sanjay
* [[Shereveer Vakil]] as Aseem Bajaj
* [[Tusshar Kapoor]] Special appearance in song "Manzar"
* [[Esha Deol]] Special appearance in song "Kashmakash"
* [[Robin Bhatt]] as Doctor
* Farid Amiri as Pardunam 'P.O.K.' Om Kumar
* Gulshan Rana as Vatsal Seth
* [[Ravi Gossain]] as Hiren Shetty
* [[Swapnil Kotriwar]] as Journalist
* [[Farhad Samji]] as pinky


==Production==
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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, Andhra Pradesh|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]], [[Red Fort|Lal Qila]], [[India Gate]], [[Connaught Place, New Delhi|Connaught Place]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Ajay's Sunday a Telugu remake?|url=http://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/2007/may/58903.htm|publisher=[[Mid-Day]]|accessdate=2 February 2012|date=29 May 2007|archive-date=18 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240118231526/https://www.mid-day.com/entertainment/2007/may/58903.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Soundtrack==
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;"
! Song !! Singer(s)!! Duration !! Music !! Lyrics !! Picturised on
|-
|''Missing Sunday''
| Mahua Kamat, Earl Edgar
| 3:54
| [[Sandeep Chowta]]
| [[Sajid-Farhad]]
| [[Ayesha Takia]], [[Ajay Devgan]], [[Arshad Warsi]], [[Irrfan Khan]], [[Anjana Sukhani]]
|-
|''Pyar To Hona Hi Hai''
| Kamran Bari, Mohammad Ali<br>(Suroor Band)
| 4:53
| Suroor Band
| Kamran Bari
| Ajay Devgan, Ayesha Takia
|-
|''Loot Liya''
| [[Daler Mehndi]], [[Sunidhi Chauhan]]
| 4:41
| [[Daler Mehndi]]
| Sajid-Farhad, Daler Mehndi
| Ayesha Takia, Irrfan Khan, Arshad Warsi
|-
|''Kashmakash''
| [[Shibani Kashyap]]
| 5:31
| Shibani Kashyap
| Virag Mishra
| [[Esha Deol]]
|-
|''Manzar''
| [[Raghav Sachar]]
| 3:50
| Raghav Sachar
| Sajid-Farhad
| Ayesha Takia, [[Anjana Sukhani]], [[Tusshar Kapoor]]
|-
|''Sunday Theme''
| Joy-Clint
| 3:50
| Amar Mohile
| Joy
|
|}

==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."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/sunday/critic-review/sunday-movie-review/|title=Sunday Review 3.5/5 &#124; Sunday Movie Review &#124; Sunday 2008 Public Review &#124; Film Review|first=Bollywood|last=Hungama|date=25 January 2008|access-date=18 January 2024|archive-date=16 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210516163608/https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/sunday/critic-review/sunday-movie-review/|url-status=live}}</ref>

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."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/2008/jan/25sunday.htm|title=Sunday has comedy but no thrills|website=www.rediff.com|access-date=18 January 2024|archive-date=9 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211209112531/https://www.rediff.com/movies/2008/jan/25sunday.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20090126185917/http://sunday.erosentertainment.com:80/}}
*{{IMDb title}}

{{Rohit Shetty}}

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[[Category:Films scored by Shibani Kashyap]]
[[Category:Films scored by Sandeep Chowta]]
[[Category:Films scored by Daler Mehndi]]
[[Category:Films scored by Raghav Sachar]]
[[Category:Hindi remakes of Telugu films]]
[[Category:2000s mystery thriller films]]
[[Category:2000s comedy mystery films]]
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Latest revision as of 11:12, 10 December 2024

Sunday
Movie poster for Sunday
Directed byRohit Shetty
Written byK. Subash
Tushar Hiranandani
Robin Bhatt
Sajid-Farhad (dialogues)
Chandra Sekhar Yeleti
Based onAnukokunda Oka Roju
by Chandra Sekhar Yeleti
Produced byKumar Mangat Pathak
Sunil Lulla
StarringAjay 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 byEros 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]

Plot

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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

[edit]

Production

[edit]

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

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Song Singer(s) Duration Music Lyrics Picturised on
Missing Sunday Mahua Kamat, Earl Edgar 3:54 Sandeep Chowta Sajid-Farhad Ayesha Takia, Ajay Devgan, Arshad Warsi, Irrfan Khan, Anjana Sukhani
Pyar To Hona Hi Hai Kamran Bari, Mohammad Ali
(Suroor Band) 		4:53 Suroor Band Kamran Bari Ajay Devgan, Ayesha Takia
Loot Liya Daler Mehndi, Sunidhi Chauhan 4:41 Daler Mehndi Sajid-Farhad, Daler Mehndi Ayesha Takia, Irrfan Khan, Arshad Warsi
Kashmakash Shibani Kashyap 5:31 Shibani Kashyap Virag Mishra Esha Deol
Manzar Raghav Sachar 3:50 Raghav Sachar Sajid-Farhad Ayesha Takia, Anjana Sukhani, Tusshar Kapoor
Sunday Theme Joy-Clint 3:50 Amar Mohile Joy

Reception

[edit]

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]

References

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  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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