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 songs by Alphons Joseph, Jassie Gift, and Alex Paul and a score by Gopi Sundar. The film was released in India and the United Kingdom on 7 May 2011. The film was a blockbuster at the box office.[2]

Seniors
Theatrical release poster
Directed byVysakh
Written bySachi-Sethu
Produced byVaishakh Rajan
Starring
CinematographyShaji Kumar
Edited byMahesh Narayanan
Music by
Production
company
Vaishaka Cynymas
Distributed byVaishaka Release
Release date
  • 7 May 2011 (2011-05-07) (India)
Running time
150 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam
Budget₹3crore[1]
Box office₹16 crore[1]

Plot

The film starts with two flashback scenes. In 1981, 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. In another flashback, it's a college day festival in 1996. After a dance performance, Indu comes to enquire about her sister Lakshmi 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.

In the present day, out of the four friends Rex Immanuel, Philip Idikkula, and Rashid Munna, 3 of them are excited to know about the return of Pappu alias Padmanabhan who was accused and spent time in jail for the murder of Lakshmi. Due to Pappu's stubbornness, the 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 an M.A in 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. Rex reveals that he was in love with Lakshmi and on her birthday when he came to visit 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. The film ends with Pappu back to college and everything is back to normal.

Cast

Soundtrack

Music was composed by Alphons Joseph, Jassie Gift and Alex Paul with a score by Gopi Sundar. The lyrics were written by Santhosh Varma and Anil Panachooran. Songs were in the charts upon release.

No.TitleLyricsMusicArtist(s)Length
1."Aaramam Niranje"Anil PanachooranAlphons JosephBenny Dayal, Lakshmi 
2."Ithiri Chakkara Nulli"Santhosh VarmaJassie GiftJassie Gift, Imran, Anuradha Sriram 
3."Neram Thettippoyalum"Santhosh VarmaAlex PaulRamesh Babu, Pradeep Babu, Vipin Xavier, Shyam Prasad, Nithin 
4."Rhythm of Death" (Instrumental) Alphons Joseph  

Reception

A critic from Rediff.com wrote that "Seniors may turn out to be a commercial success. But for the discerning viewer, it is just a cheap comedy".[3]

Indiaglitz wrote "Seniors will definitely score big time for its skillful performances and the superb execution of the subject. This is an entertainer that has something for everyone. So be at the movies houses for a movie that has the potential to rock big time."[4]

Box office

The film was a commercial success.[5][6][7] This movie was a blockbuster[8] and ran over 125 days and grossed a total of ₹16 crore.[9]

References
  1. "Kerala has a sunny summer box office!". Sify. 31 December 2011. Archived from the original on 20 March 2018.
  2. "Malayalam Cinema News | Malayalam Movie Reviews | Malayalam Movie Trailers - IndiaGlitz Malayalam". Archived from the original on 9 May 2011.
  3. Palicha, Paresh C. "Seniors is a cheap comedy". Rediff. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
  4. "Seniors review. Seniors Malayalam movie review, story, rating". IndiaGlitz.com. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
  5. "Going with the flow". Khaleej Times. 14 October 2012.
  6. "Comedy brought me closer to the audience: Biju Menon". The Times of India. 2 October 2014.
  7. "Kunchacko Boban and Biju Menon team up again". Sify. 2 September 2014. Archived from the original on 25 June 2014.
  8. "Malayalam movies turn urban-centric". The Indian Express. 15 June 2012. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
  9. "A troublesome 2011 for Mollywood". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
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