Seniors (film)
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Seniors is a 2011 Malayalam mystery film
directed by Vyshakh , produced by Vaishakh Rajan, and written by Sachi-Sethu. The story is about four friends who return to their alma mater
as students. It stars Jayaram
, Kunchacko Boban
, Biju Menon
, and Manoj K. Jayan
in the main roles. The film features an original score by Gopi Sundar
and songs by Alphons Joseph
, Jassie Gift
and Alex Paul
. The film released on 7 May 2011 and was placed first in its opening weekend.It is also currently the third highest grossing film
of 2011.
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 to home. The friends are having a good time enjoying the college day festival. In sudden turn of events, there is a loud scream and as all the students rush out to see what happened, only to find Lakshmi dead.
Present Day, out of the four friends Pappu alias Padmanabhan (Jayaram
), Philipp Idikkula(Biju Menon
), Rex Manuel(Kunchacko Boban
) and Rashid Munna (Manoj K. Jayan
), 3 of them are excited to know about the return of Pappu who was accused and spent time in jail for the murder of Lakshmi. The four 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, giving a break to 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 their ultimate aim is to find the deep mystery behind the tragedy that happened 12 years ago and a question "Who was the real killer?".
, Jassie Gift
and Alex Paul
. Lyrics for the songs were penned by Anil Panachooran
and Santhosh Varma.
Mystery film
Mystery film is a sub-genre of the more general category of crime film and at times the thriller genre. It focuses on the efforts of the detective, private investigator or amateur sleuth to solve the mysterious circumstances of a crime by means of clues, investigation, and clever deduction.The...
directed by Vyshakh , produced by Vaishakh Rajan, and written by Sachi-Sethu. The story is about four friends who return to their alma mater
Alma mater
Alma mater , pronounced ), was used in ancient Rome as a title for various mother goddesses, especially Ceres or Cybele, and in Christianity for the Virgin Mary.-General term:...
as students. It stars Jayaram
Jayaram
Jayaram is an Indian film actor who mainly acts in Malayalam and Tamil films. He is also a chenda percussionist and mimic artist. In 2011, he was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India for his contribution towards the arts.-Early life:...
, Kunchacko Boban
Kunchacko Boban
Kunchacko Boban is an Indian film actor who works in Malayalam cinema. He is the grandson of film producer Kunchacko of the erstwhile Udaya Studios and the grandnephew of producer Maliampurackal Appachan...
, Biju Menon
Biju Menon
Biju Menon is an Indian film actor who has mainly worked in Malayalam, Tamil, and Telugu films. He appears mostly in supporting roles, but has also acted in antagonistic roles. He made his debut in 1995 in Mannar Mathai Speaking...
, and Manoj K. Jayan
Manoj K. Jayan
Manoj K. Jayan is an Indian actor who mainly acts in Malayalam, Tamil, and Telugu films. Manoj has won the Kerala State Film Award twice: Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Hariharan's Sargam and Second Best Actor for Hariharan's Pazhassi Raja .-Family and early life:He was born in...
in the main roles. The film features an original score by Gopi Sundar
Gopi Sundar
Gopi Sunder is an award winning Indian music programmer, film score composer, musician and singer. He has composed music for more than 5000 ad jingles, programmed music for many major composers and have scored more than ten Malayalam films....
and songs by Alphons Joseph
Alphons Joseph
Alphons Joseph is a music director and playback singer in the Malayalam film industry who got a break as a film music composer after composing for the film Vellithira. Alphons is also noted for singing the famous song "Aaromale" from the film Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa, which was composed by A. R...
, Jassie Gift
Jassie Gift
Jassie Gift is a Malayalam film music composer and singer from Thiruvananthapuram, India. He became famous after his song "Lajjavathiye" in the film 4 the people.-Biography:...
and Alex Paul
Alex Paul
Alex Paul is an Indian music director mostly active in Malayalam cinema.- Biography :Alex Paul, born in Kochi, Kerala, is the son of A.M. Paul, a music artist who formed the first Orchestra troupe in Kochi...
. The film released on 7 May 2011 and was placed first in its opening weekend.It is also currently the third highest grossing film
Malayalam films of 2011
The tables list the Malayalam films released in Kerala in the year 2011.-Events:Events in 2011 relating to Malayalam films include:-* 13th Asianet Film Awards* * * * -Released films:The following is the list of Malayalam films released in the year 2011....
of 2011.
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, 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
Meera Nandan
- Career :She started her career with the popular Musical reality show Idea Star Singer on Asianet Television by Co - hosting the show with Ranjini Hariadas in the year 2007...
) who is with her four friends and one of them says he would drop her to home. The friends are having a good time enjoying the college day festival. In sudden turn of events, there is a loud scream and as all the students rush out to see what happened, only to find Lakshmi dead.
Present Day, out of the four friends Pappu alias Padmanabhan (Jayaram
Jayaram
Jayaram is an Indian film actor who mainly acts in Malayalam and Tamil films. He is also a chenda percussionist and mimic artist. In 2011, he was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India for his contribution towards the arts.-Early life:...
), Philipp Idikkula(Biju Menon
Biju Menon
Biju Menon is an Indian film actor who has mainly worked in Malayalam, Tamil, and Telugu films. He appears mostly in supporting roles, but has also acted in antagonistic roles. He made his debut in 1995 in Mannar Mathai Speaking...
), Rex Manuel(Kunchacko Boban
Kunchacko Boban
Kunchacko Boban is an Indian film actor who works in Malayalam cinema. He is the grandson of film producer Kunchacko of the erstwhile Udaya Studios and the grandnephew of producer Maliampurackal Appachan...
) and Rashid Munna (Manoj K. Jayan
Manoj K. Jayan
Manoj K. Jayan is an Indian actor who mainly acts in Malayalam, Tamil, and Telugu films. Manoj has won the Kerala State Film Award twice: Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Hariharan's Sargam and Second Best Actor for Hariharan's Pazhassi Raja .-Family and early life:He was born in...
), 3 of them are excited to know about the return of Pappu who was accused and spent time in jail for the murder of Lakshmi. The four 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, giving a break to 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 their ultimate aim is to find the deep mystery behind the tragedy that happened 12 years ago and a question "Who was the real killer?".
Cast
- JayaramJayaramJayaram is an Indian film actor who mainly acts in Malayalam and Tamil films. He is also a chenda percussionist and mimic artist. In 2011, he was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India for his contribution towards the arts.-Early life:...
as Padmanabhan (Pappu) - Biju MenonBiju MenonBiju Menon is an Indian film actor who has mainly worked in Malayalam, Tamil, and Telugu films. He appears mostly in supporting roles, but has also acted in antagonistic roles. He made his debut in 1995 in Mannar Mathai Speaking...
as Philip Idikkula - Manoj K. JayanManoj K. JayanManoj K. Jayan is an Indian actor who mainly acts in Malayalam, Tamil, and Telugu films. Manoj has won the Kerala State Film Award twice: Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Hariharan's Sargam and Second Best Actor for Hariharan's Pazhassi Raja .-Family and early life:He was born in...
as Rashid Munna - Kunchacko BobanKunchacko BobanKunchacko Boban is an Indian film actor who works in Malayalam cinema. He is the grandson of film producer Kunchacko of the erstwhile Udaya Studios and the grandnephew of producer Maliampurackal Appachan...
as Rex Immanuel - AnanyaAnanya (actress)Ayilya Nair , better known by her stage name Ananya, is an Indian film actress, who appears in Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu films. She made her acting debut in Malayalam with Positive and debuted the following year in Tamil with Naadodigal, which emerged a critical and commercial success...
as Jeni, a college student - PadmapriyaPadmapriya JanakiramanJ. Padmapriya or Padmapriya JanakiramanInitial system is an Indian film actress and model.A classical Tamil bharatanatyam dancer, Padmapriya made her acting debut in the Telugu-language film Seenu Vasanthi Lakshmi , following which she appeared in a number of Malayalam and Tamil-language films...
as Indu, a college lecturer and Pappu's love interest - Suraj Venjaramoodu Thavala Thampi, the Lab Attender
- SiddiqueSiddique (actor)Siddique is a Malayalam film actor, producer, and television compere. He started his film career doing comedy roles and later performed in a variety of roles.-Early career:...
as Unnithan, college professor - Meera NandanMeera Nandan- Career :She started her career with the popular Musical reality show Idea Star Singer on Asianet Television by Co - hosting the show with Ranjini Hariadas in the year 2007...
as Lakshmi - Radha VarmaRadha VarmaSunitha Varma is an Indian film actress who works in the South Indian film industries. Born into a Telugu-speaking family, she hails from the lineage of Alluri Sita Rama Raju. She has been appearing in feature films in Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam and Kannada languaged for over a decade, since her...
as Fathima, Munna's wife - Jyothirmayi as Elsamma, Idikkula's wife
- Jagathy SreekumarJagathy SreekumarSreekumar Achary, better known by his stage name Jagathy Sreekumar, is an Indian film actor who has performed in more than 1,000 Malayalam films. He has also directed two films and has written screenplays for two films...
as Adiyodi, college professor - Vijaya Raghavan as Alavudheen Ravuthar, college principal
- Lalu AlexLalu Alex- Early life :Lalu Alex was born in a Jacobite Christian family in Piravom near Muvattupuzha, Kerala.-Career:He started his career as a supporting actor in early 1980s. He has started his career in supporting as well as in villanoeus roles in I. V...
as Idikkula's father-in-law - Shammy Thilakan as C.I. of Police
- Rahasya as Vaduthala Valsala, a call-girl
- Sumit Naval as Rex's father
- Sajitha Betti as Rex's mother
Soundtrack
The soundtrack to Seniors features songs composed by Alphons JosephAlphons Joseph
Alphons Joseph is a music director and playback singer in the Malayalam film industry who got a break as a film music composer after composing for the film Vellithira. Alphons is also noted for singing the famous song "Aaromale" from the film Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa, which was composed by A. R...
, Jassie Gift
Jassie Gift
Jassie Gift is a Malayalam film music composer and singer from Thiruvananthapuram, India. He became famous after his song "Lajjavathiye" in the film 4 the people.-Biography:...
and Alex Paul
Alex Paul
Alex Paul is an Indian music director mostly active in Malayalam cinema.- Biography :Alex Paul, born in Kochi, Kerala, is the son of A.M. Paul, a music artist who formed the first Orchestra troupe in Kochi...
. Lyrics for the songs were penned by Anil Panachooran
Anil Panachooran
Anil Panachooran is a noted Malayalam film lyricist and poet. A lawyer by profession, Panachooran lives on the income from his lyrical and poetic work...
and Santhosh Varma.
- "Aaramam Niranjal" — Benny DayalBenny DayalBenny Dayal is an Indian singer. He is a member of the band S5 launched by the channel SS Music. Originally from Kerala, he has worked as a playback singer with many noted composers to produce successful soundtracks.-Biography:Benny Dayal's parents hail from Kollam district, Kerala...
& Lakshmi (composer: Alphons JosephAlphons JosephAlphons Joseph is a music director and playback singer in the Malayalam film industry who got a break as a film music composer after composing for the film Vellithira. Alphons is also noted for singing the famous song "Aaromale" from the film Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa, which was composed by A. R...
, lyricist: Anil Panachooran) - "Ithiri Chakkara Nulli" — Jassie GiftJassie GiftJassie Gift is a Malayalam film music composer and singer from Thiruvananthapuram, India. He became famous after his song "Lajjavathiye" in the film 4 the people.-Biography:...
, Imran & Anuradha Sreeram (composer: Jassie GiftJassie GiftJassie Gift is a Malayalam film music composer and singer from Thiruvananthapuram, India. He became famous after his song "Lajjavathiye" in the film 4 the people.-Biography:...
, lyricist: Santhosh Varma) - "Neram Thettippoyalum" — Ramesh Babu, Pradeep Babu, Vipin Xavier, Shyam Prasad, Nithin (composer: Alex PaulAlex PaulAlex Paul is an Indian music director mostly active in Malayalam cinema.- Biography :Alex Paul, born in Kochi, Kerala, is the son of A.M. Paul, a music artist who formed the first Orchestra troupe in Kochi...
, lyricist: Santhosh Varma) - "Drama Theme" — Instrumental (composer: Alphons Joseph)