Sufiyum Sujatayum Review: Predictable, Yet It has Nice Moments to Savor ; In Short Review: Director Naranipuzha Shanavas, movie starring Jayasurya and Aditi Rao Hydri has presented presented a predictable simple love story of a mute girl and sufi saint with stream full of emotions and rooh (soul). Debutant Dev Mohan and Aditi Rao Hydari make a delightful pair, Dev in his full beard and glowing head-gear and deep gaze, and Aditi so ethereal.
The malayalam movie narrates the story around a speech-impaired kathak dancer Sujata (Aditi Rao Hydari) and shows two phases of her life – when she falls in love with a Sufi saint (Dev Mohan) and 10 years later when she returns with her husband Rajeev (Jayasurya) for Sufi’s last rites.
The film was released on Amazon Prime Video on 3 July 2020. It was the first Malayalam film to have an exclusive OTT release.
The Plot : Sujata (Aditi Rao Hydari) is an innate mute single daughter of Mallikarjunan (Siddique) and Kamala (Kalarenjini). She’s also a talented Kathak dancer in the village. One day Sujata gets on a bus to her village where she meets Sufi (Dev Mohan), a whirling dervish and a scholar who returns after an expedition to meet his Ustad. There he accidentally loses his misbaha, which Sujatha returns to him.
Later one day Sufi gifts this misbaha to Sujata which itself was a gift from his mother. Soon after, both of them fall in love with each other and the couple decides to elope but her father gets her married off to a well-do-to NRI Rajeev (Jayasurya), in Dubai. Ten years have passed since and she thinks that she’s left that love in her past.
Sufiyum Sujatayaum highlights on the struggles, societal presumptions and how ‘religion is just a person’s opinion’, through gentle dialogues. The characters played their role to their very best to sink into the drama and story in a beautiful manner. However, the character of Jayasuriya, kind of looks forced into the narrative.
Some of the scenes in the film are impressive, for instance, when Sujata’s dad (Siddique) disapproves of her feeling towards Sufi, he goes to the latter’s teacher EK Aboob, who tells him off with insightful words in the most delicate of manner.
Jayasurya is on top form as a disgruntled husband whose love is not returned. Siddique, Manikandan Pattambi, Swami Shoonya and Kalaranjini ably support the three protagonists.
Aditi as Sujata is graceful – portraying innocence, vulnerability, grit and heartbreak through her eyes and expressions. Debutant Dev Mohan is a talent to watch out for and as Sufi, he brings an aura to the movie.
Only love… ♥️
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— Aditi Rao Hydari (@aditiraohydari) July 2, 2020
And all the wait is now over! 😊
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