Friends

<p>Friends Aravindan, Chandu and Joey value friendship over everything else, even family, and for this reason, Chandu resists the advances of Aravindan’s sister Uma. When the trio take up a painter’s job at a mansion, Aravindan falls in love with Padmini, 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. Her actions and their consequences forms the rest of the plot. The film’s soundtrack contains six songs, all composed by and lyrics by . The film was the highest grossing Malayalam movie of 1999 and collected 11 at the against a of .</p>