Classmates (movie)

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Classmates
Directed by Lal Jose
Written by James Albert
Starring Prithviraj
Indrajith
Kavya Madhavan
Sunil
Jayasurya
Music by Alex Paul
Release date(s) 25 August 2006
Country India
Language Malayalam
Budget 12 crores
IMDb profile
This article is about the Malayalam film released in 2006. For other uses, see Classmates.

Classmates (2006) is a movie about the alumni of a college re-uniting after 15 years. The film was directed by Lal Jose, it features Prithviraj, Indrajith, Kavya Madhavan, Sunil, Jayasurya and others as the eponymous classmates. The screenplay was written by James Albert. As of October 2006, Classmates is the highest grossing Malayalam movie ever.

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[edit] Plot

The film opens with the efforts of college professor, Iyer, and his wife to arrange a reunion of the batch of 1991. This re-union is also to commemorate their son who had passed away. As these former classmates gather to relive their memories of college life and share with each other their stories, some unforseen events occur.

The film opens with the coming together of the chemistry class of 1991 from SN college. They are gathered together for the opening of a music hall in memory of their classmate Murali who had died in the final year of college. After the ceremony is over, the friends retire back to their old hostel rooms, where they recollect their college life. However, later in the night, Sukumaran, one of the former college students, is found strangled on a piece of wire. Is it a suicide attempt on wake of his divorce, or was it an attempted homicide? This forms the crux of the story. As Sukumaran lies in the hospital strugling for his life, Pious, Sukumaran's best friend, recounts their college life to Professor Iyer, in the hope some event might provide a clue to what happened that night.

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[edit] Critical acclaim

Despite being released alongside much-hyped Mammootty and Mohanlal starrer movies, Classmates managed to garner much critical acclaim and mass popularity. The well-told story showcases very believable characters, who are wonderfully potrayed by the ensemble cast of a younger generation of artists. However, the immense popularity of the movie can be mainly attributed to the potrayal of college life in Kerala, which most of the target audience were able to identify with. Many viewers responded that the movie was almost like a walk down memory lane.

The performance of actress Radhika (Raziya) was highly appreciated. Despite it being her first movie, her performance is quite matured and laudable.


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