‘Sunny’ Malayalam movie review: Jayasurya’s quarantine meltdown fails to engage

In his eighth collaboration with the actor, director Ranjith Sankar draws on the pandemic experiences to tell the story of a man, for whom the virus is the least of his concerns

If making the protagonist relatable is something that could help the movie connect effectively with its audience, Sunny has something very relatable to start with, in this pandemic period. The quarantine experience, forced by COVID-19, is something that many will find it easy to identify with. Sunny (Jayasurya) has just landed back in Kerala from a stint in the Middle East, and checks in at a high-end hotel to spend his mandatory quarantine period.

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But that’s where the relatable part ends, for Sunny is someone who is saddled with a truckload of problems, much more than that an average human being would face. Everything that can go wrong has gone wrong in the life of this down-and out-businessman, who is also a part-time musician. He is facing a huge debt after a friend deceived him, his marriage is on the rocks, and he is struggling with a drinking problem that could threaten his life.