Dear Friend

Dear Friend is a 2022 Indian Malayalam-language comedy-drama film directed by Vineeth Kumar and starring Tovino Thomas and Darshana Rajendran. The film released on 10 June 2022. Plot The movie begins with a group of friends (Vinod, Jannath, Arjun, Shyam, Sajith and Amutha) celebrating Vinod’s birthday. As a prank, Vinod is forced to wear a homemade Superman costume while the friends parade around the city. While celebrating in a club, Sajith and his friends get into a drunken altercation with somebody who was live-streaming Vinod in the Superman costume without his consent. This leads to the friends being apprehended by the police. The officer focuses on Vinod, mocking his tattoos (one of which reads ‘Mother’ in Malayalam). Vinod gets slapped by the interrogating officer for stepping out of line. Embarrassed by this, Vinod tells Jannath that this was his "most memorable birthday" and that he will pass it forward as revenge. The movie then shows the lives of the friends, their bonds, struggles, personal issues, estranged families, personal tragedies, and so on. Jannath struggles to be accepted by her father, who doesn’t approve of her relationship with Arjun; knowing that they won’t get his blessing, the pair have a courthouse wedding. Arjun, Vinod, Shyam, and Sajith are trying to secure financial backing for a health-based app that they are developing. While Shyam comes from wealth, he does not wish to carry on the family business of running a pub. Sajith is struggling financially and trying to support his family—his poor English and lack of social graces make it difficult for him to get any jobs, as he cannot do well in interviews.