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Friends is a 1999 Indian Malayalam-language buddy comedy-drama film written and directed by Siddique, produced by Lal and starring Jayaram, Mukesh, and Sreenivasan with Meena, Divya Unni, Jagathy Sreekumar, V. K. Sreeraman, Janardhanan and Cochin Haneefa in supporting roles.^[2] It was the highest-grossing Malayalam film of the year, grossing around ₹11 crore at the box office against a budget of ₹ 2 crore.^[1] It was later remade into Tamil with the same name (2001) and into Telugu as Snehamante Idera (2001) and Odia as Dosti.^[3]

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Friends
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Directed by	Siddique
Written by	Siddique
Produced by	Ousepachan Vaalakuzhy Lal
Starring	Jayaram Mukesh Sreenivasan
Cinematography	Venu
Edited by	T. R. Shekhar K. R. Gourishankar
Music by	Ilayaraja
Production company	Harisree Combines
Distributed by	Lal Creations
Release date	12 April 1999 (1999-04-12)
Running time	165 minutes
Country	India
Language	Malayalam
Budget	₹2 crore^[1]
Box office	₹11 crore^[1]

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Plot

Friends Aravindan, Chandu and Joey value friendship over everything else, even family, and for this reason, Chandu resists the advances of Aravindan's sister Uma. When the trio take up a painter's job at a mansion, Aravindan falls in love with Padmini, who lives there and Padmini's jealous cousin makes him believe that his overtures are reciprocated. When the truth is revealed and Padmini rejects him outright, Chandu stands up for his friend and speaks ill of her. This makes her swear to separate the friends. Her actions and their consequences forms the rest of the plot.

Cast

Jayaram as Aravindan
Mukesh as Captain Chandu
Sreenivasan as Chackachamparambil Joy
Meena as Padmini "Puppy kutty", Aravindan's Wife
Divya Unni as Uma, Aravindan's Sister and Chandu's Lover
Jagathy Sreekumar as Chackachamparambil Lasar, Joy's Uncle
V. K. Sreeraman as Justice Poonkulathu Shankara Menon, Aravindan and Uma's Father
Kavitha as Savithri, Aravindan and Uma's Mother
Janardhanan as Madhava Varma, Padmini's Uncle
Cochin Haneefa as Manager Sundareshan, Madhava Varma's Guide
Laxmi Rattan as Padmini's Father
Shilpa as Abhirami, Padmini's Cousin
T. P. Madhavan as Poonkulathu Damodhara Menon, Sankara Menon's Elder Brother and Aravindan and Uma's Uncle
Sukumari as Damodhara Menon's Wife and Aravindan and Uma's Aunt
Zeenath as Lalitha, Madhava Varma's Wife and Padmini's Aunt
T. R. Omana as Madhava Varma's Mother
Machan Varghese as Kunjappan
Kozhikode Narayanan Nair as Thampuran
Vallathol Unnikrishnan as Unnikrishnan, Thampuran's Brother
Mani C. Kappan as Cherai Cyriac
Joju George as Police Constable
Kollam Ajith as Goonda
Vaishnav Balachandran as Chandu, Aravindan's Son
Baiju Ezhupunna as Goonda
Kalabhavan Yousuf as Satheeshan, Cyriac's Helper
Lal as Himself in the Song "Pularikkinnam"

Soundtrack

The film's soundtrack contains six songs, all composed by Ilaiyaraaja and lyrics by Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri.

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#	Title	Singer(s)
1	"Kadal Kattin"	K. J. Yesudas
2	"Pularikkinnam"	M. G. Sreekumar, Chandrasekhar
3	"Panjami Thinkal"	M. G. Sreekumar
4	"Thankakkinaponkal"	K. J. Yesudas, K. S. Chitra
5	"Punnaram Poove"	K. S. Chitra
6	"Sivamallippoove"	K. S. Chitra
7	"Kadal Kattin"	Sujatha Mohan

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Box office

The film was the highest grossing Malayalam movie of 1999 and collected ₹11 crore at the box office against a budget of ₹ 2 crore.^[1]

References

[1]
Radhakrishnan, M G (26 June 2000). "Crippled by failed productions and losses, Malayalam film industry banks on sleaze". India Today. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
[2]
"Friends: Siddique-Lal's next". Screen. 12 March 1999. Archived from the original on 26 November 2010. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
[3]
"Know about contractor Lasar Elayappan before you #Pray_for_Nesamani". OnManorama. 30 May 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2022.

External links

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