Soulful movie, I have broken down on hearing Dr. Erali demise, no character face shown other than Jayasuriya, what a making , Cinematography and music is added life to this movie, Kudos to the team, Jay you rocked man, first 40 minutes , I felt like as if I am in depression.
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rashedartist27 September 2021
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s-15144-4888624 September 2021So I just finished watching Sunny. An experimental movie, the movie was released on 23rd September. I will say the good and bad aspects of the movie so that you can decide if you want to watch it or not.
Underwhelming Aspects 1. Slow Narrative: The movie is just 1 hour 30 minutes I guess but the movie was moving like a snail. Very slow, that you will think it is 2 hour 50 minutes long. It was like that to give a realistic feel and you need patience to watch this. If they made it a little more fast it would have been good.
The Good 1. Average but Experimental screenplay: The screenplay is average but as it is experimental it manages to somehow engage. The movie is about just one man and the challenges he faces. The screenplay is good because it is a bit of relatable.
2. The concept: The concept of only one man is good as it is really experimental and good. The concept of the man talking to the people through phone whom we haven't seen was also good.
3. Direction: terrific direction which makes the average screenplay engaging.
4. Technical aspects: Cinematography was very good. The music was also good as it manages to blend into the film.
5. Jayasurya: The only actor appearing onscreen in this movie is Jayasurya and it is his show. We can call it 'ONE MAN ARMY'. What a performance. Awesome means Awesome. The actors and actresses who lend their voice as talking to Sunny were good and Jayasurya talking to them and his facial expressions are worth watching.
The movie is worth watching. -
josinbaby30 September 2021It is presenting the current situation of people all around the world who is isolated as a part of pandemic. It is a very good movie.
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nebinjohns24 September 2021Sunny strictly a ott film. I think, when it was released in theaters, shouldn't get positive reports. Beacuse, first quater of the movie is littley lag. Then, movie moves up on a track, we get an above average flick. Jayasuriya performs very well in this movie. Camera work & background score are have high quality. You can watch Sunny without any doubts.
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jestinjoychazhi23 September 2021The movie talks about the solo life of Sunny. He lost hope and he was preparing to commit suicide. But he realized that he had no courage to do it. Sunny is a simple movie. Jayasurya is the only actor acted in the movie. Cinematography is good. Bgms are the highlights. I suggest this movie to those who love to be alone.
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swashever26 September 2021Brilliant craft with minimal setup, Its a very crucial movie not an entertainer. Outstanding performance by jayasurya .. The complete One man show.
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nairtejas23 September 2021Sunny impressed me with its focus on the importance of hope and distractions. At one point early in the film, the titular character is facing withdrawal symptoms and is struggling to cope when he is distracted by something. Set during Covid times when many of us felt the sharp prick of undesired solitude, I feel director Ranjith Sankar conveys the importance of hope, which he says can only be brought out through others. A solid 90-minute watch.
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akashstart26 September 2021Awesome work with Single Actor in 98% screen space and minimal setup . It's an emotional rollercoaster .. Outstanding performance from jayettan (Jayasurya) , He again proves he is the best in segment. Strictly not an entertainment, So don't expect mass bgms and comedy from it. It's a very serious movie.
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nidhunmoviebuff23 September 2021We have been blessed with some excellent path-breaking single-character narrative cinema in recent years right from Rajkumar Rao's thrilling Trapped (2016) to the recent Bo Burnham: Inside (2021).
And finally, Malayalam can say that they have added a film to this eclectic lexicon with the quite astounding Sunny which is a Jayasurya show all the way.
The National Award winner stars as the eponymous 'Sunny' a gulf returnee during the time of Covid who is forced to quarantine in a 5-star hotel in Kochi. Amidst financial and familial turmoil, how he deals with bouts of depression, loneliness and melancholy forms the rest of this riveting tale.
He lives and breathes the role, fully losing himself into the many layers of this down-on-his-luck character, playing the whole range from desperation and hopelessness to inspiration and enlightenment with elan.
The fact that this altogether different style of film making came from the same actor-director combination that gave us superhits like Su.. Su... Sudhi Vathmeekam (2015) and Njan Marykutty (2018) should come as no surprise.
Jayasurya and Ranjith Shankar seldom go for conventional topics and regular forms of storytelling and here, the dynamic duo have leveraged Covid to add narrative punch to a simple storyline.
The director hides profound ideas in the most mundane and simplistic shots and effectively uses even a plant as a protagonist to drive the story forward.
Although Jayasurya dominates the canvas, with every shot taken from his perspective, supporting characters like Innocent, Sshivada, Shritha Sivadas, Aju Varghese and Vijayaraghavan make their presence felt just by their voices.
Anchored by a terrific Jayasurya and effectively using Covid as a narrative device, 'Sunny' is an engaging watch. Recommended! -
cyrilsunil29 September 2021Simple, slow and beautiful movie on a struggling musicians in the struggling times of new normal.
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tsapoorv24 September 2021The movie is very slow that sometimes you feel why nothing much is happening.
The philosophical side of the movie starts around 60% of the movie. It draws inspiration from the short story THE LAST LEAF by O'Henry (not exactly, though).
The movie tells us not to lose hope. Keep holding on... even with little strength you got.... In the end, that's all that matters... -
sajibalan23 September 2021This was a Very Very solid and enjoyable film. Jayasuriya as Sunny gives a solid performance coupled with a good storyline and good scores. Might be relatable to people who had to go through quarantine as well. Solid movie with little faults. The run time also was only about 1hr and 30 minutes which i felt was a plus point. There was never a point where i thought it dragged. 8/10 , recommended.
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skmenon199323 September 2021"Sunny".... 🎥 🎥 Jaysuriya's 💯 th movie...I can say a perfect movie to display his 💯 th movie.....
Jaysuriya plays the character of Sunny who comes from Dubai during the Pandemic in Kochi, Kerala and haults at a hotel serving his quarantine.....
The movie is not the usual Jaysuriya movie with laughter, songs, action but yes it's a jaysuriya movie when it comes to experimentation & here to he has given the same....
Story shows how Sunny a person who is total failure in his music field, failure as a businessman, failure as a person and how he travels through that trauma during his quarantine forms the rest part of the story....
Every movie when we see, we see with not only an intention of entertainment but also to grab any message if any.... This movie has message....
" If life gives you tough times, failures.....dont loose hope as its always says " This too shall pass".... YES everything is temporary...We just have to be positive and have 💯 % confidence as we don't know when life deviates our journey from darkness to life...."
Personally saying movie good to watch oved a digital platform but in big screen it will not that be entustatic as 93 minutes will be tough for a viewer keeping aside the performance and the content & moreover the whole film portrays only one person " SUNNY" , rest all are just vocal performance.... So it will be tough for the audience to stretch themselves.... -
deepudp17 October 2021Sunny's broken and hopeless life taking a gradual turn towards sunny days. With nothing to hope for, and contemplating suicide, sunny moments spark in his life in the form of a few phone calls during his quarantine days.
Nice work.
Short movie. Well directed and articulated. -
ashaaugu28 September 2021Ranjith Sankar's 'Sunny' (with a deeply felt Jayasurya performance) is a gently moving drama.
It equates COVID-related solitude with a man's isolation from his own life. -
vjnambu5 October 2021Jayasuriya-ranjith shankar's seventh collaboration sunny is about sunny an NRI, who comes to Kerala and stays in grand hyatt for quarantine. We come to know that sunny is a failed businessman in neck deep debt. His wife divorced him because he cheated on her. He is suffering from alcohol and the quarantine restrictions doesn't allow him to consume it. Rest of the film is how the quarantine changes sunny.
Its jayasuriya's one man show as he is the only physically existing character. We have voice roles of innocent, vijayaraghavan, aju varghese etc. Barring the pretham series Jayasuriya-ranjith shankar combo movies were based on hope and optimism. Sunny falls also in the same category. Its engaging decently. Story offers nothing new, script is predictable and there is lack of depth.
On the whole, if you are a fan of Jayasuriya-ranjith shankar combo, then you will like sunny. -
cinepranthan1 October 2021Jayasurya in a single space narrative. Set Against Pandemic & Quarantine in Kochi's high end "Hyatt" hotel is a grim story of a failed musician..
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arungeorge1323 September 2021Sunny is a COVID-era film that arrived a bit too late into the mix. It takes us into the early days of the pandemic's peak in Kerala, when Sunny (Jayasurya), a failed businessman from Dubai makes his way back to Kochi. The isolated quarantine at one of the city's poshest hotels is an escape in many ways for Sunny. He has drinking problems, on-going divorce problems, failed businessman problems, and so on. On screen, Jayasurya is the only major actor that we see. The rest of the cast lend their (familiar) voices as people who call Sunny over the phone or the ones he reaches out to during the 7-day mandatory institutional quarantine phase.
As the lone on-screen performer, Jayasurya is exceptional. He carries the whole 90 minutes on his shoulders, and he's cent-per-cent believable as the hopeless Sunny. The familiar voices also help big time, because we relate to them sufficiently well. But the script, written as an "experiment", lacks flourish. It's painfully expository (to the minutest detail) - the only thing left to see was a flash mob of people dancing to a song holding "Don't Lose Hope" signs. The quick, overwhelming turn of events in the final act also doesn't come across as convincing enough - it rather feels like writer-director Ranjith Shankar wanted to wrap things up on a positive note from every possible angle. -
varghesejerin1 October 2021Ranjith Sankar's drama, which is set amid the pandemic, depicts how isolation can take a toll on one It takes a lot of guts for a mainstream actor like Jayasurya to have no qualms about doing a project like Sunny, which is nearly a single-character movie, as his 100th film.
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nikhilnssn23 September 2021Story is same old cliche, which you would have seen n number of types in Yourube as short films.
Low budget film, as literally shooting location is inside Hyatt hotel, which I think Hyatt would have sponsored the film for promoting their hotel and services at such a great level. And then you just have to pay for Jaysurya, as there is no other character in the film.
Irony is that Youtube is becoming new platform for (new generation) variety stories, whereas cinemas are moving backward- becoming more of old "youtube short film" stories. -
jasmineroseekm1 October 2021Director Ranjith Sankar's Sunny Starring Jayasurya is a brave attempt in showing how covid-induced isolation takes a toll on you,The film parallelly shows the lead character equates his trouble with quarantine..
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bijuchiyaram1 October 2021Sunny has been touted as a single character drama but, thankfully, it does not feel like one because the secondary characters make their presence known through voice messages, pictures and the partial face .This is also a post pandemic film that makes us feel the impact of the debilitating event more than any other film set in the present scenario.
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silverlaceaquatics23 September 2021Noting more. Just a quarantine drama. Worst film from a good team.
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greentechsolutions1 October 2021A brilliantly Conceived One man show with a towering perfomance from jayasurya.