Classmates (2016) Timeline Explained – Every Event in Order

Suku killed Murali by accident. On the night when Pious and Suku attempted to retrieve Thara's letter from the ballot box, Suku hid in the generator room waiting for Satheeshan's men. When he heard someone enter, he panicked and attacked, believing they were threat. He discovered too late that the person was Murali, his own friend, who had come to meet Raziya for their elopement plan.

Foreshadowing: Earlier in the film, Suku and Pious's failed attempt to retrieve the letter sets the stage for the tragic night.

• murali death
• suku
• generator room
• murder
• mistaken identity

Thara believed Suku had misused her personal letter to win political favor. Satheeshan publicly accused Suku of placing the letter in the ballot box to manipulate the election, making it appear as though Thara supported Suku romantically for political gain. Heartbroken and humiliated, Thara ended her relationship with Suku without hearing his side.

Foreshadowing: The stolen letter hidden in the ballot box becomes the catalyst for the campus scandal.

• thara
• suku
• breakup
• letter scandal
• election

Raziya attacked Suku because she believed he was responsible for Murali's death. She had overheard Suku's confession to Thara in the generator room about accidentally killing Murali. Overcome with rage over losing the man she loved, Raziya visited Suku at the hospital and strangled him with a guitar string, staging it as a suicide attempt.

Foreshadowing: Raziya's nervous breakdown after Murali's death hints at her deep emotional trauma.

• raziya
• suku
• guitar string
• attack
• revenge
• murali death

After Murali's death and the campus scandal, Suku dropped out of college and moved to Mumbai. He partnered with a businessman named Shantharam in the diamond trade. Shantharam later married Suku to his daughter Ratna. When Shantharam died, Suku took over the business, though his marriage to Ratna eventually ended in divorce.

Foreshadowing: Suku's departure from college after Murali's funeral marks his transition to a new life.

• suku
• mumbai
• diamond business
• shantharam
• ratna

Suku confessed that he was the one who accidentally killed Murali. On the night of the letter retrieval attempt, he waited in the generator room, expecting trouble from Satheeshan's men. When Murali entered for his elopement with Raziya, Suku attacked him in panic, mistaking him for a threat. He then fled in fear, leaving Murali dead and his future destroyed.

Foreshadowing: The failed late-night retrieval attempt directly leads to Suku's presence in the generator room.

• suku confession
• generator room
• murali death
• truth
• thara

Thara came to the reunion specifically to apologize to Suku. After learning the truth about the letter scandal, discovering that Satheeshan had orchestrated everything to damage Suku's reputation, Thara realized she had wrongfully blamed Suku for fifteen years. She wanted to make amends before it was too late.

Foreshadowing: Thara's unresolved guilt over the breakup has haunted her throughout the fifteen years.

• thara
• reunion
• apology
• suku
• truth

Suku and Satheeshan were rivals in student politics. Satheeshan led a rival faction while Suku emerged as a fiery student union leader fighting for reform. Their rivalry intensified when Suku began dating Thara, the daughter of a powerful MLA. Satheeshan orchestrated the letter scandal to destroy Suku's reputation and political future.

Foreshadowing: The political tension between the two factions foreshadows the manipulative tactics Satheeshan would use.

• suku
• satheeshan
• student politics
• rivalry
• election

Raziya and Murali were secretly in love and had planned to elope on the night of the tragedy. They arranged to meet in the generator room, but Murali never arrived because he was killed by Suku in the same location. Raziya's subsequent breakdown was triggered by both the trauma of Murali's death and the guilt of surviving their planned future together.

Foreshadowing: The elopement plan in the generator room sets up the tragic misunderstanding.

• raziya
• murali
• love
• elopement
• death

After Raziya strangled him and he regained consciousness, Suku chose to tell the police that he attempted suicide rather than reveal the truth about his murder of Murali and Raziya's attack. He wanted to protect Raziya from criminal charges since she was already suffering emotionally. This lie also allowed him to finally face his past and seek reconciliation.

Foreshadowing: Suku's pattern of hiding the truth to protect others spans from the original night of Murali's death.

• suku
• police
• suicide
• cover up
• raziya

Satheeshan stole Thara's love letter to Suku and hid it inside the ballot box to use as political ammunition. When Pious and Suku attempted to retrieve it late at night, they failed. The next day, the letter was discovered and Satheeshan publicly accused Suku of placing it there to manipulate the election, destroying Suku's reputation and causing Thara to break up with him.

Foreshadowing: The stolen letter serves as the central plot device that triggers all subsequent tragedies.

• thara letter
• ballot box
• satheeshan
• scandal
• election