Oru Njayarazhcha

Oru Njayarazhcha
Directed byShyamaprasad
Written byShyamaprasad
Produced byJanardhanan Nair Saratchandran
Starring
  • Murali Chand
  • Satheesh Kumar
  • Megha Thomas
  • Ramesh Verma
  • Sally Verma
CinematographyManoj Narayan
Edited byManmadan Aravind
Music byShyamaprasad
Release date
  • 13 December 2019 (2019-12-13)
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Oru Njayarazhcha (English: A Sunday) is a 2019 Malayalam language drama film written, composed and directed by Shyamaprasad. It stars Murali Chand, Satheesh Kumar, Megha Thomas, Ramesh Verma and Sally Verma in pivotal roles. The film is based on two Bengali short stories written by Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay and Dibyendu Palit respectively.[1]

It won the Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Film, along with the best editor for Aravind and best director for Shyamaprasad at the same ceremony.[2][3] It was screened at the 2019 International Film Festival of Kerala and was released theatrically on 13 December 2019.[1]

Cast

  • Murali Chand as Ajith
  • Satheesh Kumar as Devdas
  • Megha Thomas as Suja
  • Sally Varma as Sujatha

Reception

Neelima Menon of The News Minute called the film Shyamaprasad's "most unassuming work till date, with a short film tone, frames stark and ordinary and actors fresh and raw."[4] CS Venkiteswaran of Film Companion wrote: "What makes viewing this film a riveting experience is the way in which the narrative meanders and weaves together events happening in one single day–A Sunday–in the life of two couples, all of them in love with someone outside marriage."[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Shyamaprasad's award-winning 'Oru Njayarazhcha' is about complexities in relationships". The Hindu. 5 December 2019. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Jayasurya, Soubin share best actor title; Nimisha actress". Business Standard. 27 February 2019. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Kerala State Film Awards 2019: Kanthan–The Lover of Colour Wins Best Film, Jayasurya is Best Actor". CNN-News18. 28 February 2019. Archived from the original on 1 March 2019. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  4. ^ "'Oru Njayarazhcha' review: A non-judgmental film on extra-marital affairs". The News Minute. 19 December 2019. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  5. ^ "What Shall We Do With All This Love?: On 'Oru Njayarazhcha' (A Sunday) By Shyamaprasad". 10 April 2019. Archived from the original on 11 April 2019. Retrieved 18 March 2020.