Classmates

'Classmates' is truly one of those movies that make a great impact on the viewers. The new age actors of the Malayalam film industry like Prithviraj, Indrajith, Naren etc have done a wonderful job. It's also a great relief to see that movies like this can be well made without involving the veteran actors. Special accolades should be credited to the strong screenplay and a beautifully done direction by Lal Jose. The songs in 'Classmates' are very romantic and also contains a well written lyrics. The story goes on to tell about the story of a batch of classmates who reunite 15 years after their graduation in a get-together. Unfortunately one of the classmate had undergone a suspicious death during their college days. The story progresses as to tell us how this mysterious death takes place. The climax of this movie is so beautifully shot that it lasts in the memory for long. The female actors like Kavya Madhavan and the débutante actor Radhika have performed their roles really well. Overall, i would say that this movie should definitely be watched by every Malayalam film lovers.

Classmates. The story is based on the campus in the early 90s. The film centres on a group of classmates who attendeded the same Chemistry class in their final year of college, 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

It seems yet another girl deserted Pazhanthuni. A weeping pazhanthuni finds relief in the eternal love song of malayalam, 'Sanyansinee Nin' which is sung exclusively for him by college's pet singer Murali. Murali who can not say no to anybody, obliges and reminds him that this third of this kind. The humour in this scene is not so loud or slapstick as we were experiencing in recent malayalam movies. Puzhanthuni, who just has hardly 4 to 5 dialogues in the entire movie is still fresh in the memories of viewers. Thats the beauty of this film.

The batch of 1991 decides to meet at old college campus after a long gap of 15 years. Many of them are changed. Some of them has achieved a lot, some still struggling, some married and some are not, and some of them are looking forward to this meeting with their own ambitions. Then there is flashback of their old college days where fierce election was fought between two rival groups, which brings about a lot of freshness, humour and nostalgia. The strength of the movie lies in the script and direction which unveils a murder mystery in an untold fashion.

Everybody connected with this film is giving their best performance so far. Be it is Lal Jose the director, Pritviraj

the protagonist, Kavya, Sunil, Indrajith or the newcomers Rasiya and scriptwriter Alex Paul. The songs were just too melodious and it has already became a huge craze among the youth. One heartening thing about this movie is the acceptance of young actors by the viewers of Kerala, at a time when the industry was sticking only to Mammootty and Mohanlal, the superstars of malayalam cinema.

It is the first genuine hit for Pritviraj, whose career was under scanner for a while. Reports say that it has already became a cult-classic in malayalam film history. It has broken the all-time collection records, and still going strong. Don't miss this movie, its a movie for lifetime.

While watching the movie we feel like going back to school and college life to relive those moments once again. The movie has all emotions like comedy, suspense, romance, friendship everything. A very well scripted and executed movie. Kudos to the team

Classmates (2006) : Brief Review -

Perhaps, the best campus comedy-thriller ever made and most likely to retain this rank for years. This Malayalam Classic flick has been remade in 3 languages. I haven't seen the Tamil and Telugu remakes but i have seen the Marathi Remake directed by Aditya Sarpotdar and that too in theater 'First Day First Show'. Now after watching this original version i realised that the Marathi Remake had few additional charcters and made a love-triangle too, which wasn't here. And because i had seen the Marathi remake already, i was keeping my expectations low knowing everything about the storyline. So, the fact that this original one is one of the Top rated Malayalam Film at IMDb was somehow itching me. But now i feel happy that this film has surpassed my expectations and i think it deserves that High rating. College classmates meet for a 15-year reunion, which does not go as smoothly as planned. Love is discovered, friendships are broken, poltical conspiracies and secrets about tragic events in the past are revealed. There are many great Campus Comedies made in India in other film industries but I don't remember any of them being a Suspense Thriller without any antagonist or crime world angle. Everything in Classmates looks so organic and it keeps you engaged for 150 minutes. The feel-good vibes are there, funny scenes are there, there is romance plus melodious songs, there are thrilling twists coming unexpectedly and most importantly all of it is unintentional. The only thing that didn't work for me was the reflection of college events shattering the real Life of the character. But that's forgivable as we see get to know some unknown facts later than can be termed plausible in cinematic Liberty. Overall, a timeless film and the entire team is responsible to make it so.

RATING - 8/10*

By - #samthebestest.