Your school bully RSVPs to your wedding uninvited. Chaos, coconut oil, and Kerala comedy ensue.
Chiri is an Indian Malayalam language movie whivh tells a tale of friendship. The film is said to be a light-hearted entertainer revolving around a group of youngsters, a wedding, and a troublemaking colleague from their school days who shows up unexpectedly years later to cause more problems.
Acting
Sreejith Ravi's Peter — perfectly punchable yet weirdly sympathetic.
Writing
Wedding-weekend structure keeps chaos tight and momentum building.
Director
Joseph P. Krishna
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Joseph P. Krishna spent years as an AD in Tamil cinema before returning to Kerala for this debut — explaining the tight commercial pacing unusual in indie Malayalam.
The film quietly captures shifting class dynamics in small-town Kerala, where 'school friends' often mask real economic hierarchies that persist into adulthood.
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