| Friends | |
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| Directed by | Siddique |
| Written by | Siddique |
| Produced by | Ousepachan Vaalakuzhy Lal |
| Starring | Jayaram Mukesh Sreenivasan |
| Cinematography | Venu |
| Edited by | T. R. Shekhar K. R. Gourishankar |
| Music by | Ilayaraja |
Production company | Harisree Combines |
| Distributed by | Lal Creations |
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Running time | 165 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
| Budget | ₹2 crore[1] |
| Box office | ₹11 crore[1] |
Friends is a 1999 Indian Malayalam-language buddy comedy-drama film written and directed by Siddique, produced by Lal and starring Jayaram, Mukesh, and Sreenivasan with Meena, Divya Unni, Jagathy Sreekumar, V. K. Sreeraman, Janardhanan and Cochin Haneefa in supporting roles.[2] It was the highest-grossing Malayalam film of the year, grossing around ₹11 crore at the box office against a budget of ₹ 2 crore.[1] It was later remade into Tamil with the same name (2001) and into Telugu as Snehamante Idera (2001) and Odia as Dosti.[3]
- ^ a b c Radhakrishnan, M G (26 June 2000). "Crippled by failed productions and losses, Malayalam film industry banks on sleaze". India Today. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
- ^ "Friends: Siddique-Lal's next". Screen. 12 March 1999. Archived from the original on 26 November 2010. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
- ^ "Know about contractor Lasar Elayappan before you #Pray_for_Nesamani". OnManorama. 30 May 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2022.