Friends (1999)
2h 38m
Running Time
August 12, 1999Release Date
Plot.
The threesome who lend reason to the title are Aravindan (Jayaram), Chandu (Mukesh) and Joy (Sreenivasan). They value friendship over everything else, even family, and for this reason, Chandu resists the advances of Aravindan's sister Uma (Divya Unni). When the trio take up a painter's job at a mansion, Aravindan falls in love with Padmini (Meena), 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.
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Cast & Crew.
Jayaram
Aravindan
Mukesh
Chandu
Sreenivasan
Chackachamparambil Joy
Divyaa Unni
Uma
Meena
Padmini
Jagathy Sreekumar
Chackachamparambil Lasar
Siddique
Director
Janardhanan
Madhava Varma
Media.
Details.
Release DateAugust 12, 1999
Original Nameഫ്രണ്ട്സ്
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 38m
Genres
Wiki.
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. It was the highest-grossing Malayalam film of the year, grossing around ₹11 crore at the box office against a budget of ₹ 2 crore. It was later remade into Tamil with the same name (2001) and into Telugu as Snehamante Idera (2001) and Odia as Dosti.