Four Friends
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Saji Surendran
Written by	Krishna Poojapura
Produced by	Tomichan Mulakupadam
Starring	Jayaram Kunchacko Boban Jayasurya Meera Jasmine
Cinematography	Anil Nair
Edited by	Manoj
Music by	M. Jayachandran
Production company	Mulakuppadam Films
Distributed by	Mulakuppadam Release
Release date	28 October 2010 (2010-10-28) (India)
Country	India
Language	Malayalam
Budget	₹5.75 crore[1]

4 Friends is a 2010 Indian Malayalam-language comedy-drama film directed by Saji Surendran. It stars Jayaram, Kunchacko Boban, Jayasurya and Meera Jasmine in the lead roles with Kamal Haasan appears in a cameo appearance as himself.^[2]

The film was released on 28 October 2010.^[3] It was dubbed into Tamil as Anbulla Kamal.^[4]

Synopsis

Roy, Surya, Amir, and Gauri come from entirely different backgrounds, but one thing that they have in common is cancer. Roy is a multi-millionaire; Amir is a small-time goonda; Soorya is an MBA student; and Gouri is an MBBS student. Each of them is dying from the disease (blood, liver, bone, and lung cancer) and they all come for treatment to a plush hospital, Pratheeksha, run by Dr. Nandakumar. Though they take some time to become friends, they eventually become close. They decide to go to Malaysia to meet Surya's girlfriend because they want to be positive in their lives forms rest of the story.

Cast

• Jayaram as Roy Mathew, the MD of RM Group, a multinational company
• Kunchacko Boban as Surya, an MBA student
• Jayasurya as Amir, a thug who earns a living by selling black tickets in theatres and gang works
• Meera Jasmine as Gauripriya, a brilliant fourth semester MBBS student
• Lalu Alex as Haridas, Surya's father
• Siddique as Dr. Siddharth
• Salim Kumar as Kochaouseppe, a staff in Pratheeksha
• Suraj Venjaramoodu as Ringgit Sasi
• Sukumari as Amir' grand mother
• K. B. Ganesh Kumar as Dr. Nandhagopal
• Manikuttan as Vishnu, Gouri's brother (voiceover by Jis Joy)
• Prem Prakash as Murali, Gouri's father
• Sarayu as Vineetha
• Seema as Lathika, Surya's mother
• Srinda as Ayisha, Amir's sister

Cameo appearance

• Kamal Haasan as himself at the airport

Production

The film was shot at locations besides Kerala and Malaysia. It was produced by Tomichan Mulakuppadam under the company Mulakuppadam Films on a budget of ₹5.75 crore.^[1] Mahadevan Thampi was the still photographer of the film.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by M. Jayachandran, with lyrics penned by Kaithapram. It features three original compositions and a remix version of the 1975 hit song "Yeh Dosti" from the film Sholay.