Classmates (2015 film)

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Classmates
Classmates film poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Aditya Sarpotdar
Written by Kshitij Patwardhan
Screenplay by Kshitij Patwardhan
Sameer Vidhwans
Story by James Albert
Produced bySuresh Pai
Mediamonks
Starring Ankush Choudhary
Sai Tamhankar
Tushar Kamble
Sachit Patil
Sonalee Kulkarni
Siddharth Chandekar
Sushant Shelar
Suyash Tilak
Pallavi Patil
Tushar Pawar
Vinita Chavan
Cinematography Manoj Kumar Khatoi
Edited byFaisal Mahadik
Imran Mahadik
Music by Amitraj
Troy–Arif
Avinash–Vishwajeet
Pankaj Padghan
Production
companies
Mahalasa Entertainment
Media Monks
Distributed by
  • Video Palace
  • S. K. Production Films
Release date
  • 16 January 2015 (2015-01-16)
Running time
175 minutes
Country India
Language Marathi
Box officeest.21 crore [1]

Classmates is a 2015 Indian Marathi-language romantic thriller film directed by Aditya Sarpotdar and starring Ankush Choudhary, Sai Tamhankar, Sachit Patil, Tushar Kamble, Sonalee Kulkarni, and Siddharth Chandekar. The film is a remake of the 2006 Malayalam film of the same name.

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Cast

Plot

Satya is a last-year student and a college leader from the Yuva Shakti Party. Ani is a freshman who is Satya's friend. Aditi Nimbalkar is the niece of a politician. Appu is a rough girl and Satya's right hand. She loves Satya. Rohit is also a last year student and a swimmer. Ani has an ambition to build music section in college. In the beginning, Satya and Aditi hate each other but later, they fell in love with each other. During this, elections begin and Rohit decides that Aditi is going to oppose Satya in elections. The turning point of the story is Ani's death. [2]

Soundtrack

Classmates
Soundtrack album by
Amit Raj, Troy-Arif, Avinash-Vishwajeet & Pankaj Padghan
Released13 January 2015 (2015-01-13)
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length32:12
Label Video Palace

Music of the film is composed by Amitraj, Troy Arif, Avinash-Vishwajeet and Pankaj Padghan with lyrics are penned by Mandar Cholkar, Satyajeet Ranade, Guru Thakur and Kshitij Patwardhan. [3]

The first single from the film "Teri Meri Yaariyan" was released on YouTube on 7 November 2014. The second song "Bindhast Bedhadak" was released on 24 November 2014 on 9x Jhakaas.

Track listing

Classmates
No.TitleLyricsMusicSinger(s)Length
1."Teri Meri Yaariyan"Mandar Cholkar Amitraj Harshavardhan Wavare & Amit Raj4:11
2."Bindhast Bedhadak"Satyajeet Ranade Avinash-Vishwajeet Ashish Sharma, Farhad Bhivandiwala & Hrishikesh Ranade 4:02
3."Roz Mala Visrun Me" Guru Thakur Amitraj Bela Shende & Harshavardhan Wavare3:42
4."Aala Re Raja" Kshitij Patwardhan Troy-Arif Adarsh Shinde 3:37
5."Swapna Chalun Aale"Kshitij PatwardhanPankaj Padghan Sonu Nigam & Sayali Pankaj3:45
6."Saang Na"Kshitij PatwardhanTroy-Arif Shekhar Ravjiani 5:14
7."Teri Meri Yaariyan (Reprise)"Mandar CholkarAmitrajHarshavardhan Wavare & Amitraj5:03
8."Roz Mala Visrun Me (Female Version)" Guru Thakur AmitrajBela Shende2:23
9."Classical Classmates"InstrumentalAvinash-VishwajeetInstrumental
Additional Vocals: Aanandi V. Joshi, Priyanka Barve & Vishwajeet Joshi
1:35
Total length:32:12

Reception

Mihir Bhanage of The Times of India opined that "On the whole, it wouldn’t be wrong to say that 2015 has started on a high note with the first two releases pulling crowd to theatres and living up to the expectations. We hope the trend continues and we have more gems to watch on the silver screen." [4] Soumitra Pote, writing for the Maharashtra Times , wrote that "The most important thing is the artist. All the artists worked hard. Overall, this movie is made using all kinds of spices. Sufficient expenditure has been made for this. He dyes. But there is not much innovation in it. As Mahashi puts it, when you walk out of the theater, you feel like you have seen per worldliness" [5] Loksatta wrote "All the artists have portrayed their personalities in a good way. Good acting is the strength of this film." [6]

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