''Seniors'' is a 2011 Indian

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 2 ...

-language comedy

thriller film Thriller film, also known as suspense film or suspense thriller, is a broad film genre that evokes excitement and suspense in the audience. The suspense element found in most films' plots is particularly exploited by the filmmaker in this genre. ...

directed by

Vysakh Ebbey Abraham (born 1 June 1980), better known by his stage name Vysakh, is an Indian film director who works in Malayalam films. He began his career as a television anchor and later as an associate director to Joshiy and Johny Antony. He debu ...

and written by Sachi-Sethu. The plot follows four friends who return to their alma mater as students. It stars

Jayaram Jayaram Subramaniam, (born 10 December 1965) known mononymously as Jayaram, is an Indian actor who predominantly appears in Malayalam,Tamil films, along with a few Telugu films. He is also a chenda percussionist, mimicry artist, and occasion ...

Kunchacko Boban Kunchacko Boban (born 2 November 1976) is an Indian actor and film producer. Sometimes referred to as Chackochan, he works in the Malayalam film industry and has acted in more than 90 films in more than two decades. He is a member of the Kun ...

, Biju Menon, and Manoj K. Jayan. The film features a score by

Gopi Sundar Gopi Sundar C. S. (born 30 May 1977) is an Indian music director, programmer, playback singer, songwriter, actor and performer who works prominently in Malayalam, Telugu and Tamil film industries. He started his career composing music for tel ...

and songs by Alphons Joseph,

Jassie Gift Jassie Gift is an Indian film music composer and playback singer. He composes songs and sings for Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil and Telugu films. He became famous after the success of his song "Lajjavathiye" from the film ''4 The People''. He w ...

, and

Alex Paul Alex Paul is an Indian music director who works in Malayalam cinema. Personal life Alex is the son of A. M. Paul, a music artist who formed the first orchestra (in Malayalam: 'ganamela') troupe in Kochi & Philomina. He is the younger brother ...

. The film was released in India and the United Kingdom on 7 May 2011. The film was a blockbuster at the box office.

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 son. 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 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 is back to college and everything is back to normal.

Cast

as Padmanabhan (Pappu) *

as Rex Immanuel * Biju Menon as Philip Idikkula * Manoj K. Jayan as Rashid Munna *

Suraj Venjaramoodu Suraj Vasudevan (born 30 June 1976), professionally credited as Suraj Venjaramoodu, is an Indian actor, comedian, impressionist, and television presenter, who appears in Malayalam films, television and stage plays. He has acted in more than 2 ...

as Thavala Thampi, the Lab Attender * Siddique as Unnithan, college professor *

Jagathy Sreekumar Sreekumar P. K. (born 5 January 1951), better known by his stage name Jagathy Sreekumar or simply Jagathy, is an Indian actor, director and playback singer, who has appeared in over 1500 Malayalam films in a career spanning almost four decades ...

as Adiyodi, college professor * Vijayaraghavan as Alavudheen Ravuthar, college principal * Ananya as Jenny, a college student (voice-over by

Sreeja Ravi Sreeja Ravi is an Indian voice artist who has lent her dubbing voice to over 2000 films in total and also performed voices for numerous commercial ads. She started her dubbing career in the year 1975 for the movie ''Uttarayanam'', directed by G ...

) *

Padmapriya Padmapriya (born Padmalochani; died 16 November 1997) was an Indian actress who worked in Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu films. Her first movie was in Telugu, ''Adapillala Tandri'' (1974). In Kannada, she debuted with '' Bangarada Gudi ...

as Indu, a college lecturer and Pappu's love interest (voice-over by

Devi S. Devi S. is an Indian dubbing artist and actress who works in Malayalam films and television serials. She became popular through the main character ''Kunjipengal'' she played in ''Oru Kudayum Kunju Pengalum'', a serial on Doordarshan. She has ...

) *

Meera Nandan Meera Nandan is an Indian actress who appears mainly in Malayalam films. She also appeared in a few Tamil and Telugu films. Early life Meera Nandan was born as Meera Nandakumar on 26 November 1990 as the daughter of Nandakumar and Maya at ...

as Lakshmi, Indu's sister * Radha Varma as Fathima, Munna's wife *

Jyothirmayi Jyothirmayi is an Indian actress, television presenter, and former model, who works in Malayalam cinema. Starting her career as a model, she ventured into television, working as an anchor and later starring numerous Television show. Career Jy ...

as Elsamma, Idikkula's wife *

Lalu Alex Lalu Alex is an Indian actor who works in Malayalam cinema. In a career spanning four decades, Lalu Alex has acted over 250 movies and is known for his character roles, comic roles and antagonistic roles in Malayalam movie industry. Lalu Alex ...

as Stephen, Idikkula's father-in-law *

Sreejith Ravi Sreejith Ravi (born 19 May 1976) is an Indian actor who appears predominantly in Malayalam films and also in Tamil films. He is the son of actor T. G. Ravi. Early life Sreejith is the son of actor and industrialist T. G. Ravi and V. K. Subhad ...

as Santhosh, Police Officer *

Shammi Thilakan Shammi Thilakan is an Indian actor and dubbing artist who is active in Malayalam films. He is the son of veteran actor Thilakan. He lent his voice for Napoleon in ''Devasuram'', Prem Nazir in '' Kadathanadan Ambadi'' and for Nassar in ''Ghaza ...

as C.I. Thomas George *

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as Vaduthala Valsala, a call-girl * Sumit Naval as Immanuel * Sajitha Betti as Rex's mother *

Thesni Khan Thesni Khan is an Indian actress who appears in Malayalam films, television, and stage. She made her acting debut through '' Daisy'' in 1988. She is widely known for the portrayal of character roles. In 2020, she contested in the second season ...

as call girl with Alavudheen Ravuthar * Laskhmipriya as Damayanthi * Anjali Aneesh Upasana as Rex's sister

Box office

The film was commercial success. This movie was a blockbuster and ran over 125 days and grossed a total of ₹16 crore.

Soundtrack

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Seniors 2010s Malayalam-language films 2010s comedy mystery films Indian comedy mystery films Films shot in Kochi Films shot in Thrissur Films directed by Vysakh 2011 comedy films 2011 films Films scored by Alphons Joseph Films scored by Alex Paul Films scored by Jassie Gift