Classmates (2007 film)

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{{Infobox film
| name = Classmates
| image = Classmates_telugu.jpg
| director = [[K. Vijaya Bhaskar]]
| producer = [[Sravanthi Ravi Kishore]]
| writer = [[James Albert (screenwriter)|James Albert]] [[Abburi Ravi]]
| starring = [[Sumanth]] [[Ravi Varma (actor)|Ravi Varma]] [[Sharwanand]] [[Sadha]] [[Kamalinee Mukherjee]]
| music = [[Saluri Koteswara Rao|Koti]]
| cinematography = [[Hari Anumolu]]
| editing = [[A. Sreekar Prasad|Sreekar Prasad]]
| studio = [[Sri Sravanthi Movies]]
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|2007|04|20|df=y}}
| runtime =
| language = Telugu
| budget =
}}
'''''Classmates''''' is a 2007 Telugu drama feature film starring [[Sumanth]], [[Ravi Varma (actor)|Ravi Varma]], [[Sharwanand]], [[Sadha]], [[Sunil (actor)|Sunil]], and [[Kamalinee Mukherjee]]. [[K. Vijaya Bhaskar]] directed the film and [[Sravanthi Ravi Kishore]] produced it. The film released on 20 April 2007. It is a remake of the 2006 Malayalam movie ''[[Classmates (2006 film)|Classmates]]''.

== Plot ==
Ravi ([[Sumanth]]), Raaji ([[Sadha]]), Satish ([[Ravi Varma (actor)|Ravi Varma]]), Razia ([[Kamalinee Mukherjee]]), and Baddu ([[Sunil (actor)|Sunil]]) were classmates and a group of friends in the 1990s. after several years, they all meet again at their 10-year reunion. Everyone is present except for Murali ([[Sharwanand]]), who died during their last semester.

Back in college, Ravi and Raaji fall in love with each other. Satish, eager to join politics, wants to marry Raaji, who is the daughter of a powerful politician. He encourages Raaji to stand in the college elections, opposing Ravi, hoping to drive a wedge between the couple. He eventually succeeds in doing so.
In an ensuing incident, Murali dies suddenly. Everybody thinks that Murali died of an asthmatic attack. Subsequently, Ravi abruptly drops out of college and leaves without telling anyone.
Raaji thinks that Ravi left because of their ongoing conflict. She tries to find his whereabouts but fails.

Ravi later went to Delhi and studied hard and later became a successful IAS officer.

In the present, somebody tries to kill Ravi by strangulation. The police investigate but find no clue. Later it is revealed that Razia, the shy and reserved girl in the group, was the one responsible. Her reason is that she happens to overhear Ravi's confession to Raaji, where he reveals that he was accidentally responsible for Murali's death. Razia and Murali were secretly lovers, and her motivation was revenge. Ravi and Razia subsequently reconcile. So do Raaji and Ravi and they decide to get back together. Once the truth is revealed, the entire group reconcile.
They leave the college reunion happy, promising that they would all meet again.

==Cast==
* [[Sumanth]] as Ravi [[IAS]]
* [[Sadha]] as Rajeshwari "Raji"
* [[Sharwanand]] as Murali
* [[Kamalinee Mukherjee]] as Razia
* [[Ravi Varma (actor)|Ravi Varma]] as Satish
* [[Sunil (actor)|Sunil]] as Baddu
* [[Shiva Reddy]] as Satish's friend
* [[Kota Srinivasa Rao]] as Murali's father
* [[Giri Babu]] as principal
* [[Tanikella Bharani]] as hostel warden
* [[Sudha (Telugu actress)|Sudha]] as Murali's mother
* [[Uttej]] as hostel boy
* [[Chitti Babu (Telugu actor)|Chitti Babu]] as peon
* Karuna as Baddu's wife
* [[Ahuti Prasad]]
* [[Raghu Babu]] as Police Inspector
* [[Rajitha]]

== Reception ==
The movie was critically acclaimed and a hit.

== Soundtrack ==

The soundtrack was composed by [[Koti (composer)|Koti]] and all lyrics were written by [[Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry]].<ref name = "Classmates songs">{{cite web | url = https://open.spotify.com/album/53j0rkxvGn5yWLqMVWMz0w | website = [[Spotify]] | title = Classmates | access-date = 4 February 2021}}</ref>

{{Tracklist
| headline = Track list<ref name = "Classmates songs" />
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| total_length = 22:57

| title1 = Gunde Chatuga - Male
| extra1 = [[Vedala Hemachandra]]
| length1 = 4:26

| title2 = Naranallo
| extra2 = [[Tippu (singer)|Tippu]]
| length2 = 4:34

| title3 = Mounamendhuku
| extra3 = [[Mallikarjun]], Anjana Sowmya
| length3 = 5:24

| title4 = Boogolam
| extra4 = Vedala Hemachandra, Sandeep, [[Kousalya (singer)|Kousalya]]
| length4 = 4:05

| title5 = Gunde Chatuga - Female
| extra5 = [[Chaitra H. G.|Chaitra]]
| length5 = 4:26
}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.idlebrain.com/movie/archive/mr-classmates.html Idle Brain Review ]
* {{IMDb title|1018698|Classmates}}

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