Nice movie 👌with feel-good presentation... Intresting lovestory with low pase.. especially visuals and Bgm also songs are mind-blowing...
112 Reviews
Nice to watch feel-good lovestory
vishnuuk-946013 July 2020
Good Movie, with a nice music👍
anishmoideen3 July 2020
A Pure Musical and Visual Retreat with a loose screenplay.
pritambag3 July 2020
An offbeat love story between a Sufi Saint and mute Hindu girl which I was extremely excited to watch. From the plot till narration style everything was great. But what I didn't get was the magic of the screenplay. It may be because I am too obsessed with Mani Ratnam's work that I search his unique magic in every love story. So, the main highlight of the whole film were the performances especially the chemistry between the two lead characters Dev Mohan as a Sufi Saint with an infectious smile and non other than Aditi Rao Hydari as mute girl with a unique charm. The expressions delivered by her in few frames are just phenomenal, I remember last time I enjoyed the same charm was in Mani Ratnam's Kaatru Veliyidai. Moreover, the visuals and locations in contrast with the addictive music are really great. Especially, the camera work of each and every minute details from the frame. Be it a drone shot of a Sufi dance or the close up shot of a longing girl. But the thing which could have been better was the Screenplay. If the Screenplay would have been a little better then this would have stand out from the rest of the Romantic Fairy Tales. Moreover, the idea, the attempt and the performances were great. You can give it a watch as a visual retreat.
Waste of time
pallupoorni4 July 2020
Hindu girl gets attracted to the Sufi saint mostly because of the call from the mosque. Absolutely no chemistry between the lead pair. The apparent love between the title characters is neither evident nor believable. The only saving grace is the good cinematography. Thankfully it was only about 2 hours long.
Save your time
kumarmanojp-841835 July 2020
A subpar love story-dull and overstretched
nidhunmoviebuff3 July 2020
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Sufiyum Sujatayum is a pretentious film that aspires to be a lot but falls desperately short. The narrative is stretched, tedious and downright boring in parts.
It isnt helped by the fact that the two leads, Dev Anand (who plays a Sufi) and Aditi Rao Hydari (who plays a mute village lass) are both one-dimensional in their performances.
Although Siddique, Manikandan Pattambi and Jayasurya shine in their limited roles, the viewer is never able to buy into the core love story and root for the unlikely pairing.
The film offers some soulful music and some fine visuals, but ends up being another disappointment from Prime's recent slew of direct-to-digital releases.
Not recommended.
Sufiyum Sujatayum is a pretentious film that aspires to be a lot but falls desperately short. The narrative is stretched, tedious and downright boring in parts.
It isnt helped by the fact that the two leads, Dev Anand (who plays a Sufi) and Aditi Rao Hydari (who plays a mute village lass) are both one-dimensional in their performances.
Although Siddique, Manikandan Pattambi and Jayasurya shine in their limited roles, the viewer is never able to buy into the core love story and root for the unlikely pairing.
The film offers some soulful music and some fine visuals, but ends up being another disappointment from Prime's recent slew of direct-to-digital releases.
Not recommended.
Below average😌
ngkjan3 July 2020
Bahsjjsns
vaibhavisvanshi19 January 2021
MUSICAL Narration
mailaashi8 July 2020
Failed religious bigoted attempt at a religious bigoted love story.
vishakvk-461365 July 2020
Gone are the days where stories were told from an unbiased point of view. The movie at times attempts at a take on "love jihad" but fails miserably because of a loose plot and weak acting. The pace of the movie is rather slow but the plot tends to get lost as the direction tends to bring about an unnecessary one sided religious focus with frequent religious references. The cinematography and visuals are rather good and some of the soulful sufi music in the movie does not suffice to save the movie and the viewers from their miserable plight.
Weak attempt.
Beautiful film
vinireddy-6670810 October 2020
A slow love story
arunnayar-266143 July 2020
Absolute waste of time
sreekumards4 July 2020
I highly recommend not to watch this film. Still if you want to view click every 10 minutes on the timeline and finish the show in 15 minutes. I guarantee, you will not miss anything. I would like to give a special mention about the costume designer. Absolutely no logic. Wonder how Friday Film House made such a waste product.
This is torture
chimeraenator5 July 2020
Amateurish and pathetic.
iamsmj6 July 2020
A Musical Romantic Tale
shejilali3 July 2020
This is not a fast paced romantic movie. This movie has its own pace. I personally liked the movie even though there are few scenes they streched a bit. I felt this movie would have been much better if movie time was 90 mins rather than 120 mins. If you are mass masala movie lover,then this might not be your cup of tea.
Boring movie.
mohammedjaseem4 July 2020
Musical romantic and peaceful movie. So sad to read reviews of religious discrimination
mektoubdc21 February 2021
Atidi Rao and Mahadev are very beautiful. I loved this movie. To watch this is very peaceful and it took me to an amazing romantic and painful moods. How painful and beautiful the love is...this movie does not hurt any religions but it brings a sort of spirituality.. I loved this movie much.
I wonder why some review writers are angry to this so beautiful movie because the hero is from a certain religious community please look at the actor name. Maha Dev and Jaysurya and especially Aditi Rao made their roles so perfect. The movie is really awesome and it points fingers to the barrior of religion against love. This movie is against all relgions. It does not promote any religion also. The problem of some review writers with negative comments is that they are addicted to the sedation of religions.
I wonder why some review writers are angry to this so beautiful movie because the hero is from a certain religious community please look at the actor name. Maha Dev and Jaysurya and especially Aditi Rao made their roles so perfect. The movie is really awesome and it points fingers to the barrior of religion against love. This movie is against all relgions. It does not promote any religion also. The problem of some review writers with negative comments is that they are addicted to the sedation of religions.
Walk through with Sufi& Sujatha.......
pobox-7754321 July 2020
Upper Hindu caste vs spiritual Muslim, Pure Love Vs Love-Jihad ....Keep away these factors from your sensitive mind before watching Sufi & Sujatha ... am sure you will enjoy this great musical journey. A journey between dream and reality ...... silence and rhythm of love.
I guess majority of the middle class girls of age 25-35 living in this era could easily relate themselves to this fantasy voyage. Philosophically speaking, We have many Sujathas around, who are handicapped due to circumstances and countless Rajeevs as well who loves his wives unconditionally, however ignored. Sufi remains a fantasy from beginning till end, but rich with visuals and music.
Being impaired doesn't stop any one from dreaming however ascertaining a fantasy of a speech impaired high caste Hindu woman towards a handsome Muslim guy is just not an accident rather a well recited social attention seeker.
It looks like a conscious approach from writer towards limiting Sujatha's likings and dreams when it comes to fall in for Sufi, a handsome Muslim saint. Of course, Sufi whirls like a wind and carry you away to an imaginary world within few minutes of appearance, however failed to express his deep feelings for Sujatha (Sorry Mr. inexperienced director) as the story progress.
Questions remaining are..
whether proselytism is a destiny or a decision?
Does Living in present means sleeping with your husband without awakening from fantasy?
If awakening ends of dream, how does a dream keep you alive for years ?
I would suggest to watch and think about it... Music may keep you fastened to the seat though it is bit dragging in between.
A Must not-watch : Movie makers have to raise the bar.
vshanoj6 July 2020
Malayalam movies has always been above par as compared to any other Indian cinema in terms of quality, script, story telling, acting and direction. However offlate these amateur directors are hell bent on ruining the reputation.
Slow going love story with emotions
smileraki3 July 2020
Thattathin Marayathu with the Roles Reversed
toreachthesky4 July 2020
Sufiyum Sujatayum is yet another addition to the number of Malayalam film we've already seen about unrequited love from evergreen classics like Thoovanathumbikal to newer movies from recent times such as Thattathin Marayathu and Neelakasham Pachakadal Chuvanna Bhoomi. (Honorary mention to show how this concept will never die down: 96 from Tamil too)
And for this reason ever since hearing about the premise and throughout watching the film, the only thing I could focus on was the fact that this was a concept we had already seen so so many times before.
Now it isn't that cliches and attempting tried and tested concepts for the 15th time are a bad thing. Different filmmakers can give newer experiences to the audience regardless.
That's why I decided to give this movie a chance because although I am very much over the whole interreligious unrequited relationship type of movie, I thought this one could spin it's own tune with it and therefore be something worth watching.
Alas! Sufiyum Sujatayum felt like a mix between Vaisali and Thattathin Marayathu. The film was unfortunately (or fortunately) the same formula as all the above mentioned movies with very little deviance, if any.
The stunted character development, along with the overriding need to be minimalistic thus compromising ideal character development and growth really diminished this movie's full experience for me.
While when Thattathin Marayathu released, this concept hadn't been handled the way it had been until that film and therefore was received more open mindedly, with Sufiyum Sujatayum, it's been close to 8 years and the audience demands and deserves more in-depth and well-written characters to fill their screens.
Because to me, Sufiyum Sujatayum seemed like a story about Sujata who fell in love with Sufism as a religion more than Sufi as a person. If that were the metaphor they were trying to put across then GREAT! But since I'm sure that wasn't the case, it can't be seen as anything more than poor writing.
The poor guy's name even was Sufi, for god's sake!
In trying to put across the originality in the idea of Sufism, they forgot to add the same authenticity to their characters and storyline which is what makes a film truly original and not something repetitive. Because at the end of the day, Sufism is just a PART of the characters and the movie. It isn't what the movie is about, so quit trying to make it the star of the film!
So to me, this movie was Thattathin Marayathu with the roles simply reversed. While Aisha was the unsuspecting receiver of poor character development, meagre dialogues and only placed in the movie for her beauty, in Sufiyum Sujathayum, it was Sufi.
I mean, when a relatively minor character like Rajeev has more character depth than the title character Sufi, you can't help hut shake your head at the film writer at least a little bit.
Also for the same reason, all three of the title characters appeared to be very similar to me.
They were all mellow, subdued and good hearted and portrayed as such, stuck in their own worlds. The disregard to their negatives especially Sufi's takes away from truly getting a three dimensional, realistic picture of the character and breaks the connect the audience can build with the character.
Also on a side note, I didn't like the fact that on most of the movie's posters, Jayasurya's character was placed front and center along with Aditi's and Dev's character was nothing more than a shadow in the background. I understand that production details would have lead to this choice but it still seems disrespectful to not only the actor but also the character of Sufi when in reality this is just as much Sufi's film as it is Sujata's or Rajeev's film. Perhaps even more! (The posters had me confused about their roles too. I thought Jayasurya was Sufi until I watched the movie)
Besides all that though, the strengths of this movie were the three main actors themselves.
Although Aditi's dancing seemed quite amateurish for someone who was addressed as a professional throughout the film, her subtlety when it came to portraying Sujata was brilliant. Especially the scene that showed her inability to call out to her parents during an emergency being a mute was heart-touching.
Jayasurya was wonderful as always. The audience were able to empathize with his character when there was every opportunity for him to be portrayed as the villain.
And last but definitely not the least, the best part of the movie in my opinion. Dev Mohan.
What a wonderful actor! I can see him go miles already.
Though there were the small inaccuracies of a first time actor, theybwere so few I didnt even realize it was his first film in many scenes.
His genuine portrayal of the character of Sufi was beautiful. He, like Fahadh Faasil is blessed with such emotive eyes and the scenes where Sufi is as vulnerable as a stray kitten were truly the best parts of the film for me.
Overall, it's a good, watchable family film. But I wish that in at least 2020 we can get films that aren't as predictable as movies handling this concept have already been established to be.
And for this reason ever since hearing about the premise and throughout watching the film, the only thing I could focus on was the fact that this was a concept we had already seen so so many times before.
Now it isn't that cliches and attempting tried and tested concepts for the 15th time are a bad thing. Different filmmakers can give newer experiences to the audience regardless.
That's why I decided to give this movie a chance because although I am very much over the whole interreligious unrequited relationship type of movie, I thought this one could spin it's own tune with it and therefore be something worth watching.
Alas! Sufiyum Sujatayum felt like a mix between Vaisali and Thattathin Marayathu. The film was unfortunately (or fortunately) the same formula as all the above mentioned movies with very little deviance, if any.
The stunted character development, along with the overriding need to be minimalistic thus compromising ideal character development and growth really diminished this movie's full experience for me.
While when Thattathin Marayathu released, this concept hadn't been handled the way it had been until that film and therefore was received more open mindedly, with Sufiyum Sujatayum, it's been close to 8 years and the audience demands and deserves more in-depth and well-written characters to fill their screens.
Because to me, Sufiyum Sujatayum seemed like a story about Sujata who fell in love with Sufism as a religion more than Sufi as a person. If that were the metaphor they were trying to put across then GREAT! But since I'm sure that wasn't the case, it can't be seen as anything more than poor writing.
The poor guy's name even was Sufi, for god's sake!
In trying to put across the originality in the idea of Sufism, they forgot to add the same authenticity to their characters and storyline which is what makes a film truly original and not something repetitive. Because at the end of the day, Sufism is just a PART of the characters and the movie. It isn't what the movie is about, so quit trying to make it the star of the film!
So to me, this movie was Thattathin Marayathu with the roles simply reversed. While Aisha was the unsuspecting receiver of poor character development, meagre dialogues and only placed in the movie for her beauty, in Sufiyum Sujathayum, it was Sufi.
I mean, when a relatively minor character like Rajeev has more character depth than the title character Sufi, you can't help hut shake your head at the film writer at least a little bit.
Also for the same reason, all three of the title characters appeared to be very similar to me.
They were all mellow, subdued and good hearted and portrayed as such, stuck in their own worlds. The disregard to their negatives especially Sufi's takes away from truly getting a three dimensional, realistic picture of the character and breaks the connect the audience can build with the character.
Also on a side note, I didn't like the fact that on most of the movie's posters, Jayasurya's character was placed front and center along with Aditi's and Dev's character was nothing more than a shadow in the background. I understand that production details would have lead to this choice but it still seems disrespectful to not only the actor but also the character of Sufi when in reality this is just as much Sufi's film as it is Sujata's or Rajeev's film. Perhaps even more! (The posters had me confused about their roles too. I thought Jayasurya was Sufi until I watched the movie)
Besides all that though, the strengths of this movie were the three main actors themselves.
Although Aditi's dancing seemed quite amateurish for someone who was addressed as a professional throughout the film, her subtlety when it came to portraying Sujata was brilliant. Especially the scene that showed her inability to call out to her parents during an emergency being a mute was heart-touching.
Jayasurya was wonderful as always. The audience were able to empathize with his character when there was every opportunity for him to be portrayed as the villain.
And last but definitely not the least, the best part of the movie in my opinion. Dev Mohan.
What a wonderful actor! I can see him go miles already.
Though there were the small inaccuracies of a first time actor, theybwere so few I didnt even realize it was his first film in many scenes.
His genuine portrayal of the character of Sufi was beautiful. He, like Fahadh Faasil is blessed with such emotive eyes and the scenes where Sufi is as vulnerable as a stray kitten were truly the best parts of the film for me.
Overall, it's a good, watchable family film. But I wish that in at least 2020 we can get films that aren't as predictable as movies handling this concept have already been established to be.
Not worth the time - don't watch the movie. The movie deserves zero star
krishnan_pp7 July 2020
Warning: Spoilers
As one whatsapp status said, if the movie was released in theater, one would be running around to find the theater as the movie is so bad that either it will not be released in good theater or will be removed in next day.
The plot does not make any sense and has lot of loopholes. There are lot many questions that are left to audience to answer themselves like why the hell did the girl marry Jayasurya? How could she start family with Jayasurya and have kid even when she loved the other guy for last 9 years? The most craziest thing is why the hell did they come to Kerala for his cremation - the reason seams too silly? How did she get the prayer beads when she had given it to her father. The scene at cemetery is too dark that we can't see a thing !
Just give this move a miss and don't waste time watching it. Coming form a person who wasted time on this movie :(
The plot does not make any sense and has lot of loopholes. There are lot many questions that are left to audience to answer themselves like why the hell did the girl marry Jayasurya? How could she start family with Jayasurya and have kid even when she loved the other guy for last 9 years? The most craziest thing is why the hell did they come to Kerala for his cremation - the reason seams too silly? How did she get the prayer beads when she had given it to her father. The scene at cemetery is too dark that we can't see a thing !
Just give this move a miss and don't waste time watching it. Coming form a person who wasted time on this movie :(
Utter flop and waste of time.
dmaster-4016711 July 2020
Utter flop narration and it doesn't give satisfaction.
Lots of mismatches in this movie. Lack of script not actually it's a bad script.
This movie is an example for those kind of writers which they don't know how to express love through their movie.
In this movie Sufism and Islam falsely narrated, except calling for prayer and prayer. Rest of the things like Makhbara, all are against islam. They thought sufism is like just wearing sufi dress and dance like sufi. No it's not. Deep love to creation to creator is one of the main thing in Sufism.
In this movie we can clearly see it's just an infatuation of Sujatha only. Because of her crap infatuation her husband suffering a lot.
Didn't get enough feeling from Sujatha and Sufi love story. We will feel more about Jaysurya's character.
Moreover any Keralite actress can perform well than this Bollywood actress.
Except lots of unsatisfied narration,
Cinematography and songs are good.
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