Classmates

Classmates is a 2006 Malayalam film directed by Lal Jose and written by James Albert. The film has an ensemble cast consisting of Jayasurya, Prithviraj, 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. Audiograhy was by M. R. Rajakrishnan. The story revolves around the college graduate class of 1992. 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. It is one of the biggest blockbusters in the Malayalam film industry and is frequently referenced in Keralite popular culture. The film went on to win the Kerala State Film Awards for Best Popular Film and Best Story. It was later remade into Tamil as Ninaithale Inikkum, and in Telugu & Marathi as Classmates. The plot was inspired from a novel A Wedding in December by Anita Shreve.