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Classmates (2006 film)

Classmates
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Directed by Lal Jose
Produced by Prakash Damodaran
P. K. Muralidharan
Written by James Albert
Starring Prithviraj Sukumaran
Jayasurya
Narain
Indrajith
Kavya Madhavan
Jagathy Sreekumar
Balachandra Menon
Radhika
Music by Alex Paul
Cinematography Rajeev Ravi
Edited by Ranjan Abraham
Production
company
Arya Films
Distributed by Lal Release
Release date
  • 31 August 2006 (2006-08-31)
Running time
150 minutes
Country India
Language Malayalam
Budget 3.4 crore (US$530,000)
Box office 27 crore (US$4.2 million)

Classmates is a 2006 Malayalam coming-of-age romantic thriller film directed by Lal Jose and written by James Albert. The film has an ensemble cast consisting of Prithviraj, Jayasurya, Narain, Indrajith, Kavya Madhavan, Jagathy Sreekumar, Balachandra Menon and Radhika. The music is composed by Alex Paul with lyrics by Vayalar Sarath Chandra Varma. The cinematography was by Rajeev Ravi and the editing by Ranjan Abraham. Audiography was done by M. R. Rajakrishnan.

The story revolves around the college graduate class of 1991. In 2006, working in different corners of the world, the friends get together for a class reunion to revive the joy and laughter of their student days. On the night of the reunion, one of the classmates is almost murdered and goes into a coma.

Upon release, the film became the highest-grossing Malayalam film, at that time. It is frequently referenced in Keralite popular culture. The film went on to win the Kerala State Film Awards for Best Popular Film (Prakash Damodaran and P. K. Muralidharan) and Best Story (James Albert). It was later remade into Tamil as Ninaithale Inikkum, and in Telugu & Marathi as Classmates and Classmates respectively.


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