Sunday (2008 film)
| Sunday | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Rohit Shetty |
| Written by | K. Subhash Tushar Hiranandani Robin Bhatt |
| Produced by | Kumar Mangat Sunil Lulla |
| Starring | Ajay Devgan Ayesha Takia Arshad Warsi Irfan Khan |
| Cinematography | Aseem Bajaj |
| Music by | Shibani Kashyap Daler Mehndi Raghav Sachar Suroor - Pakistan Band DJ Suketu (Remixes) |
| Distributed by | Eros Entertainment |
Release dates | February 1, 2008 |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | 160 millions |
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. The film revolves around a girl name Sehar who is unable to remember a particular Sunday in her life.
Cast
MAIN CAST
- Ajay Devgan - ACP Rajveer Randhava (A Cop)
- Ayesha Takia - Sehar Thapar (A Dubbing Artist)
- Arshad Warsi - Ballo (A Taxi Driver)
- Irfan Khan - Kumar (A Struggling Actor)
- Anjana Sukhani - Ritu (Sehar's Friend)
SUPPORTING CAST
- Mukesh Tiwari - Anwar
- 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
Story
A woman investigates the mystery of what happened on a certain Sunday if her life that she has lost all recollection of. 'Sehar's' (Ayesha Takia), world is turned upsidedown when she gets a clue about the missing Sunday of her life, which points to a possible violent attack on her.
Then 'A.C.P Rajveer' (Ajay Devgan) takes up the mantle to sort out the complicated and jumbled up threads of Sehar's life. Rajveer tries to be an honest cop and his honesty contributes to encouraging a total ban on any criminal activity by the locals.
In the process of solving Sehar's case it comes to light that on Sunday, different people interacted with Sehar and amongst them, one could be the accused. To name some, the lot includes 'Ballu' (Arshad Warsi), the taxi driver and his friend 'Kumar' (Irrfan Khan), a struggling NSD actor, 'Ritu' (Anjana Sukhani) her close friend, a scary and suspicious character who resides in Sehar's society, and the group whom she had come across while partying at the discotheque.
Production
The shooting began from March 10, 2007, first few days of shooting happened in Mumbai and than a 30 days schedule in Delhi from 18 March. The second and last schedule started from 22nd 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 movie has been shot at popular places in the capital like Pragati Maidan, Lal Qila, India Gate, Connaught Place and others. The movie has also been shot at studios like Filmalaya, Filmcity, Kamalistan Studios etc.
Music
The music is expected to release in early December this year.
Trivia
- The movie is said to be inspired by a Telugu movie Anukokunda Oka Roju.
- Due to rain in Mumbai at the time of shooting, they had to shift a song shooting to Hyderabad. The song itself had a set cost of 8 millions and shifting 600 crew members and dancers to Hyderabad cost big time.
- According to Ayesha Takia, this is her first Commercial film where she is doing a Performace Oriented Role. She said in an interview, "I have a fabulous role in Sunday with plenty of scope to perform".
- The movie has two item numbers, One is Kashmakash picturised on Esha Deol which is sung by Shibani Kashyap and the other one on Tusshar Kapoor sung by Raghav Sachar. The cost of both the songs are said to be around 3.25 crore.
- The movie has four different Music Directors. Daler Mehndi and Shibani Kashyap has done one song each, Raghav Sachar (of Kabul Express fame) has done two songs. They have also taken the title track form a Pakistani band Suroor debut album 'Pyar Tu Hona Hi Hain'.
- Two music videos has been shot, one with Pakistani band Suroor along with Ajay Devgan and Ayesha Takia on the song Pyar To Hona Hi hain and the other one with Shibani Kashyap on the remix version of Kashmakash.