Now she has baffled her followers by posting an Instagram video in which she appears to eat a glass piece by saying 'The art of eating glass'. She is best known for her performances in Airlift (Hindi), Ennu Ninte Moideen, Left Right Left, Iyyobinte Pusthakam, Usthad Hotel, Traffic and Anegan. A postgraduate in clinical psychology, she worked as a clinical psychologist in Mumbai before she took on acting. With a tighter script and proper casting, perhaps, Sufiyum Sujathayum would have been much more than just the illusion it turned out to be, for the sleepless folks who logged in at midnight to catch the exclusive premiere.Lena has always amused film lovers with a variety of looks and intense performances in her career that spans over 19 years. Despite being a proven actor and a talented dancer, Hydari disappoints as Shanavas's Sujatha. Though the language barrier is taken care of by casting her as a speech-impaired girl, she struggles to not only look the part, but also fit into the role. Jayasurya, in an extended cameo of a suffering husband Raveendran, does justice to his role but the same cannot be said about Hydari, who sticks out like a sore thumb. But his character is mostly one-dimensional, and, as a result, he looks promising only in patches. Debutant Mohan, reportedly, trained for nine months to get the whirl of the Sufis correct, and even learnt Arabic. The loopholes in the script affects the actors, too. Agreed that he whirls like a dream, and she is an angelic beauty, but is that enough for these two to behave like lovestruck teenagers? Even the 'love jihad' angle makes only a guest appearance or two, after promising much. Even Sujatha, who has been raised in a conservative upper-caste household falls head over heels in love with the saint at first sight. A Sufi saint, on a spiritual quest, falling for a 22-year-old girl, must cause some inner conflict, right? But not in Sufi. The absence of any real conflict is yet another sin that Shanavas the scriptwriter commits. As a viewer, it is difficult to believe that their love transcends boundaries of time. In fact, the love itself between Sufi and Sujatha, which is the bedrock of the film, is woefully under-explored. Shanavas, who is also the scriptwriter, fails to add depth to either the plot or his characters. The discordant note, however, is the writing.
To his credit, Jayachandran, right from the azaan to the clarinet portion, manages to give goosebumps to the listener. Jayachandran has invoked the Sufi spirit admirably, though, at times, the repetitive 'Roohi' in the background reminds one of the iconic BGM in yet another 'forbidden love' saga, Ennu Ninte Moideen, where it was used more aptly, perhaps. The music is brilliant, and is the saving grace. And whether the protagonists manage to attain closure, 10 years down the line. It is more of a musical journey, through a small-town, possibly near the Kerala-Karnataka border, with its own rustic charm, beautifully framed by Anu Moothedathu. The concept of 'love jihad', though, spoken in hushed and not-so-hushed tones in this part of the world, has not been explored much in Malayalam cinema, with the exception of, possibly, the critically-acclaimed Kismath.īut Naranipuzha Shanavas's Sufiyum Sujathayum is no Kismath. Sufi (Dev Mohan) and a speech-impaired upper caste Hindu girl Sujatha (Aditi Rao Hydari), with 'love jihad' thrown in. The first ever Malayalam film to be released on an OTT platform (Amazon Prime), Sufiyum Sujathayum narrates the tale of forbidden love between a Sufi saint called, err.
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In a land full of such sleepless folks, can Sufi and his Sujatha slip into a deep and easy sleep? All these are mere illusions of the sleepless folks." "When in deep sleep, there is no untouchability, no caste, no religion, no anger, no sorrow, no hatred.
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