Review: This weekend, skip Sunday

GENEROUS DOSE: Ayesha Takia plays a young who cannot seem to account for the last Sunday.

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Actor: Ayesha Takia, Ajay Devgan, Arshad Warsi, Irrfan Khan

Director: Rohit Shetty

I'm not sure how to approach writing a review of Sunday, because I can't seem to make up my mind about the film. It was certainly more watchable than a lot of bad comedies I've seen recently, but I can't exactly say it's a film I enjoyed in its entirety either. Director Rohit Shetty's Sunday, remake of a super hit Telugu film, is what I suppose you'd describe as a comic thriller.

Ayesha Takia plays a young, Delhi girl who can't seem to account for the last Sunday in her week. She remembers going to a nightclub on Saturday night, and then she spent almost all of Monday with her friends. It's the Sunday in between that she has no recollection of.

It's important for her to find out though, because suddenly she's being chased by goondas who're trying to kill her, and a taxi-driver who's demanding money for a ride he insists she took with him.

It's pretty clear these people and these events are linked to that mysterious Sunday, so she enlists the help of a local cop, played by Ajay Devgan, to solve the jigsaw puzzle.

The first half of Sunday is a pretty smooth ride. If you're willing to suspend disbelief and give the film a chance, it's very likely you'll find yourself amused at least until the film breaks for intermission. Arshad Warsi as the smart-ass taxi driver and Irrfan Khan as his struggling-actor buddy provide most of the laughs in this picture.