Seniors (film)
Seniors is a 2011 Indian Malayalam-language comedy thriller film directed by Vysakh and written by Sachi-Sethu. The plot follows four friends who return to their alma mater as students. It stars Jayaram, Kunchacko Boban, Biju Menon, and Manoj K. Jayan. The film features a score by Gopi Sundar and songs by Alphons Joseph, Jassie Gift, and Alex Paul. The film was released in India and the United Kingdom on 7 May 2011. The film was a blockbuster at the box office.[2]
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| Directed by | Vysakh |
| Produced by | Vaishakh Rajan |
| Written by | Sachi-Sethu |
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| Music by | Score: Gopi Sundar Songs: Alphonse Jassie Gift Alex Paul |
| Cinematography | Shaji |
| Edited by | Mahesh Narayan |
Production company | Vaishaka Cynymas |
| Distributed by | Vaishaka Release |
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Running time | 150 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
| Budget | ₹3.8 crore [1] |
Plot
The film starts with two scenes, one in 1981, in which a husband is waiting for his flirtatious wife to come home and take care of their son and baby daughter, the wife comes with her boyfriend and after a fight decides to leave the husband and child.
Again in flashback, in 1996, its college day festival and after a dance performance, Indu (Padmapriya) comes to enquire about her sister Lakshmi (Meera Nandan) who is with her four friends and one of them says he would drop her home. The friends are having a good time enjoying the college day festival. In sudden turn of events, there is a loud scream and all the students rush out to see what happened, only to find Lakshmi dead. Present Day, out of the four friends Rex Immanuel (Kunchacko Boban), Philip Idikkula (Biju Menon), and Rashid Munna (Manoj K. Jayan), 3 of them are excited to know about the return of Pappu alias Padmanabhan (Jayaram) who was accused and spent time in jail for the murder of Lakshmi. Due to Pappu's stubbornness friends decide to get back to their studies, after a gap of 12 years. Now back from Jail, Pappu wants to start everything from where they have missed it and the other three support him, taking a break from their jobs and joining the college for M.A Philosophy. Following certain hilarious sequences of the foursome in college, there are some interesting twists and turns to the plot, but the main aim of Pappu is to find the deep mystery behind the tragedy that happened 12 years ago and to find the killer which is among his friends. At the end of the college festival programme he identifies the killer of Lakshmi is none other than his friend Rex. He reveals that he was in love with Lakshmi and on her birthday when he came to wish her he saw Lakshmi in bed with another person which made him angry to know that two women in his life:- his mother and Lakshmi are cheaters which made him kill Lakshmi. After saying this, he targets Jenny but Pappu stops him. He becomes the convict to save Rex. In the end Pappu is back to college and everything is back to normal.
Cast
- Jayaram as Padmanabhan (Pappu)
- Kunchacko Boban as Rex Immanuel
- Biju Menon as Philip Idikkula
- Manoj K. Jayan as Rashid Munna
- Ananya as Jeni, a college student
- Padmapriya as Indu, a college lecturer and Pappu's love interest
- Suraj Venjaramoodu Thavala Thampi, the Lab Attender
- Siddique as Unnithan, college professor
- Meera Nandan as Lakshmi
- Radha Varma as Fathima, Munna's wife
- Jyothirmayi as Elsamma, Idikkula's wife
- Jagathy Sreekumar as Adiyodi, college professor
- Vijaya Raghavan as Alavudheen Ravuthar, college principal
- Lalu Alex as Idikkula's father-in-law
- Sreejith Ravi as Police Officer
- Shammy Thilakan as C.I. of Police
- Ragasya as Vaduthala Valsala, a call-girl
- Sumit Naval as Immanuel
- Sajitha Betti as Rex's mother
- Thesni Khan as call girl with Alavudheen Ravuthar
- Laskhmipriya as Damayandi
- Anjali Aneesh Upasana as Rex's sister
Box office
The film had a high opening at the Kerala box office. This movie was a blockbuster and ran over 125 days and grossed a total of ₹16 crore.
Soundtrack
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Artist(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Aaramam Niranje" | Anil Panachooran | Alphons Joseph | Benny Dayal, Lakshmi | |
| 2. | "Ithiri Chakkara Nulli" | Santhosh Varma | Jassie Gift | Jassie Gift, Imran, Anuradha Sriram | |
| 3. | "Neram Thettippoyalum" | Santhosh Varma | Alex Paul | Ramesh Babu, Pradeep Babu, Vipin Xavier, Shyam Prasad, Nithin | |
| 4. | "Rhythm of Death" (Instrumental) | Alphons Joseph |