Sufiyum Sujatayum

Sufiyum Sujatayum
Official release poster
Directed by	Naranipuzha Shanavas
Written by	Naranipuzha Shanavas
Produced by	Vijay Babu
Starring	Jayasurya Aditi Rao Hydari Dev Mohan Siddique
Cinematography	Anu Moothedath
Edited by	Deepu Joseph
Music by	M. Jayachandran
Production company	Friday Film House
Distributed by	Amazon Prime Video
Release date	3 July 2020 (2020-07-03)
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Sufiyum Sujatayum (transl. Sufi and Sujata) is a 2020 Indian Malayalam-language romantic drama film written and directed by Naranipuzha Shanavas, and produced by Vijay Babu under his production company Friday Film House.^[1] The film stars Jayasurya, Aditi Rao Hydari, Dev Mohan, and Siddique.^[2] It was released on Amazon Prime Video on July 3, 2020.

Plot[]

Sujata (Aditi Rao Hydari) is introduced as a mute single daughter of Mallikarjunan (Siddique) and Kamala (Kalarenjini). She is also a talented Kathak dancer. Sujata is from a Hindu family. One day Sujata meets Sufi (Dev Mohan) on a bus. Sufi is a whirling dervish and a Muslim scholar who returns after an expedition to meet his Ustad. There he loses his misbaha (prayer beads), which Sujatha returns to him. Later, one day Sufi gifts his misbaha to Sujata, which was a gift from his mother. Soon after, they fall in love and decide to elope. Instead, her father marries her off to a well-to-do NRI Rajeev (Jayasurya), in Dubai. Bearing in mind that interfaith relationships are claimed by the Hindu Nationalists as fraudulent Love Jihad, Sujata's father argues with Ustad about the consequences of Love. Five years later, she thinks that love is lost.

Sufi returns to the village after ten years. Ustad is no more. Sufi visits his grave at the mosque cemetery. Imam (Mamukkoya) finds him there and invites him inside. Sufi gives out the call to prayer and gathers people. Unfortunately, he passes away during that prayer. Sujata is devastated by the news of Sufi's death. Her husband Rajeev decides to bring her back to the village to attend the burial. They reach the funeral only after Sufi's body is in the process of burial. However, Rajeev pays a visit at the grave, since females aren't allowed inside.

Later that evening, Rajeev realizes that he has lost his passport. After searching for it everywhere, he concludes that it could've fallen from his pocket into the grave. Rajeev and his father-in-law Mallikarjunan decide to unearth the grave, together with their tenant Kumaran. But the trio ends up bickering with one another when they can't find anything. Meanwhile, Sujatha arrives there with the passport, which she had hidden so she could return the misbaha, once the grave is unearthed. They return to Dubai and stop fighting.

Cast[]

• Jayasurya as P.R Rajeev
• Aditi Rao Hydari as Sujata, Rajeev's Wife
• Dev Mohan as Sufi, Sujata's Lover
• Siddique as Mallikarjunan, Sujata's Father
• Mamukkoya as Imam
• Hareesh Kanaran as Taxi Driver Ashokan
• Madhumohan Kuttamparambath
• Kalarenjini as Kamala, Sujata's Mother
• Valsala Menon as Sujata's Grandmother
• Manikandan Pattambi as Kumaran
• Swami Shoonya as Ustad Aboob
• Lohan Balan as Moosakka

Music[]

The soundtrack and film score were composed by M Jayachandran. The soundtrack runs for over nineteen minutes and has seven tracks; sung by Sudeep Palanad, Nithya Mammen, and Amrutha Suresh. Manoj Yadav and B. K. Harinarayanan were the lyricists.

All music is composed by M Jayachandran.

Release[]

Sufiyum Sujatayum was released on Amazon Prime Video on 3 July 2020.^[3] It was originally scheduled for a theatrical release, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it went straight to an OTT release.^[4][5] It is the second Malayalam film to have a direct OTT release after Fourth River. Baradwaj Rangan of Film Companion South described it as a classy romance that is too restrained and keeps viewers at arm’s length.^[6]

References[]

External links[]

• Sufiyum Sujatayum at IMDb