Classmates

Lal Jose's 2006 Malayalam film follows a group of friends coming together years after graduating. When one of them attempts suicide on the night of the reunion, the story turns back and what actually happened in those years is rebuilt. The structure works as a mystery; campus politics, class difference and a betrayal open gradually. The story joins nostalgia to crime construction and became one of the most imitated examples of the template in Malayalam cinema. Alex Paul's music is what has lasted. The explanatory section over-explains and some coincidences are forced. Who it's for: viewers who like Malayalam cinema and campus mysteries. Who it's not for: anyone avoiding the subject of suicide, or who would rather not guess the twist early.