Sunny (2024)

Sunny

Hemant Dhome, last year, united a group of women to celebrate life in Jhimma. Celebration is also the theme of Dhome’s most recent film, Sunny. Besides being shot in the United Kingdom, which it shares with its predecessor these two movies have nothing in common. Freedom and life were celebrated last time while bonds are celebrated this time around as a coming-of-age story.

Set in Pargaon (a fictional Maharashtrian town) and Surrey County (UK), where Dhome spent some time living abroad; written for screen by Irawati Karnik who also did screenplay and dialogues there is not much more left to say about this movie other than it’s entertaining! In general terms Indraneel aka Sunny (Lalit Prabhakar), a spoilt brat from political family who spends all his days hanging out with friends and partying can be described as such. This behavior puts his elder brother Vishwajeet (Chinmay Mandlekar) through embarrassing situations continuously until one day when Vishwajeet finally decides enough is enough and sends sunny off to study abroad hoping he will learn how deal with life on own. However; As expected by him this move only makes sunny think that vishwajeet wants him away from everyone forever so does anything ever change? Does he know understand why this was done ? Well watch it yourself!!

One thing you notice about “Sunny” right away is its texture instantly takes us into feel good land where soft hues dominate screens mostly because they’re British landscapes but also asks question: Is there such thing as too many happy endings? Yes or no answer works here too because there isn’t any overacting/melodrama used just for point proving although at times some scenes do come close or too close depending on person watching them. It’s not just another one those feel good films though; it becomes more than that. It’s realization, friendship, companionship even though sometimes (if not always) family and most importantly love stories! There are several progressive topics rarely touched in Marathi cinema portrayed sensibly.

Dhome smoothly moves between past present while telling story about journey from being spoiled brat to mental maturity – no mystery/suspense involved since this could very well be someone reading these lines right now or somebody who knows him/her already..but still interesting enough even for those people too! People like Sunny will resonate with individuals moved away hometowns temporarily/permanently due education/work because during such periods they find themselves surrounded by strangers but eventually become their second families after spending so much time together trying navigate through unfamiliar territories which eventually molds them into better people.

Sunny is Lalit Prabhakar’s film all the way as far as leading roles concerned he simply disappears into sunny character putting star power under shadows where it belongs if necessary. Another standout performance comes from Kshitee Jog who plays Vaidehi role she strong willed determined lady but also has her own inner demons going on at same time which makes this portrayal so beautiful watch unfold before our eyes. Among supporting players Chinmay Mandlekar stands out best he could easily have his own spinoff series based around Vishwajeet/Sunny relationship. Abhishek Deshmukh does good job here too..

But there are two flaws in “Sunny” predictability & running time concerns; both can be traced back to each other i.e., you expect certain things happen genre wise hence why do we need extra minutes for said events then?

Realising how much we take for granted, including love and care, is one of the things that this film does best. It’s not just about the main character; it tells his story through other people too. Sunny deserves to be seen because of these reasons and many others. Be sure to watch it because I promise you’ll leave the theater feeling warm inside.

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