Classmates

Classmates

Year: 2007

Runtime: 156 mins

Language: Telugu

Director: K. Vijaya Bhaskar

MysteryDramaRomance

When a group of college friends gathers for their ten‑year reunion, the evening quickly unravels. Old attractions resurface, strained friendships crack under the pressure, and long‑buried secrets about a tragic incident from their past finally come to light, forcing each of them to confront what they have become.

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Timeline – Classmates (2007)

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1

Murali's reunion dream inspires the plan

Murali dreams of a 15-year college reunion and his death in 1991 becomes the catalyst for fulfilling that wish posthumously. His parents Iyer and Lakshmi organize the reunion and actively reach out to the former classmates. The gathering is scheduled for 2006 on the college campus.

2006 College campus
2

Reunion night and Suku's apparent suicide attempt

Old friends arrive to relive the past and memories flood back. That night, Suku makes a dramatic attempt that appears to be suicide, though the others suspect it may be a misreading or staged. The incident leads to a hospital visit where conversations about Murali, Suku, and Thara begin to surface.

2006 Reunion venue (later hospital)
3

Pious narrates Suku's backstory in the hospital

At the hospital, Pious recounts Suku's past and the college-era dynamics to Iyer, filling in the missing pieces of the present conflict. The narration helps connect the reunion events with the earlier love story and rivalries. It sets up the revelation of what happened in those years.

2006 Hospital
4

1991 college life: Suku, Thara, and the power struggle

During the final year of college, Suku is a fiery singer and student union leader, while Thara is the daughter of an MLA and an award-winning dancer. Satheeshan leads the rival faction of student politics, with Vasu as his sidekick. Raziya comes from a conservative Muslim family, and Pious is a rich, spoiled friend of Suku.

1991 College campus
5

Satheeshan schemes to break Suku and Thara

When Satheeshan discovers Suku and Thara's romance, he plots to separate them and uses the upcoming college election to do so. He steals Thara's letter and hides it inside the ballot box, hoping to trigger a public scandal. The act sets off a chain of consequences that will ripple through the campus.

1991 College
6

Pious and Suku fail to retrieve Thara's letter

Pious and Suku attempt to retrieve Thara's letter at night but are unable to do so. The failed plan intensifies the tension on the eve of the college election and deepens the looming fallout from Satheeshan's scheme. The letter's theft remains a flashpoint for the lovers' fate.

1991 College
7

Raziya and Murali plan to elope

Raziya and Murali decide to elope, seeking escape from the surrounding politics and expectations. Raziya waits in the generator room for Murali, but he does not show up. The failure to meet that night foreshadows tragedy to come.

1991 Generator room, college
8

Murali's death and the public scandal

The next day brings a public scandal as Thara's letter is exposed and Suku is blamed for its disappearance. A fierce argument erupts between Suku and Satheeshan, while Thara breaks up with Suku. They are told that Murali has been found dead by Raziya in the generator room, and Raziya experiences a nervous breakdown.

1991 College / generator room
9

Funeral and Suku's move to Mumbai

After Murali's funeral, Suku decides to discontinue his studies and moves to Mumbai. He enters the diamond business with Shantharam, who later dies and leaves Suku to take over the enterprise. Suku also marries Ratna, though the marriage eventually ends in divorce.

Post-1991 Mumbai
10

Thara's 2006 revelation about Satheeshan

In the present reunion, Thara reveals that she came to apologize to Suku for their breakup. She explains that Satheeshan sabotaged their relationship by planting Thara's letter in the ballot box, and she has since learned about Suku's marriage and divorce.

2006 Reunion venue
11

Reconciliation in the generator room

Thara and Suku reunite when they meet in the generator room; she tearfully apologizes and they reconcile. Suku confesses that on the night they sought Thara's letter, he hid in the generator room and, mistaking Murali for an enemy, attacked and killed him. This revelation ties the past tragedy to his present guilt.

2006 Generator room
12

Raziya's confrontation and murder attempt

Raziya later visits Suku in the hospital and, consumed with rage over Murali's death, confronts him. She then strangles him with a guitar-string and stages it as suicide, but regrets the act afterward.

2006 Hospital
13

Forgiveness and a hopeful future

Suku regains consciousness and tells the police that he had attempted suicide, seeking to protect the others from his guilt. Iyer, Lakshmi, and Raziya forgive him and urge him to be with Thara, who has waited for fifteen years. The film closes on the note of reconciliation and renewed hope.

2006 Hospital / police

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