‘The Inmates’, featuring 32 former residents of St. Thomas Hostel, Mar Ivanios College, is about camaraderie and crime

Directed by Baiju Thomas, one of the hostellers, this Malayalam film was made during lockdown and premiered recently on an OTT platform

A two-hour feature film with 32 cameramen! Unlike the proverbial broth spoilt by too many cooks, The Inmates, a Malayalam film released on OTT platform www.bcineet.com on October 1, is a celebration of friendship. Thirty-two men in their late fifties from all over the world came together to make the film helmed by film director Baiju Thomas. Baiju was the director of films Muthu Kudayum Choodi (1989) and Padaliputram and serials.

Beginning with a prayer by their former warden Alexander Jacob, who retired as DGP, the film has all the cast acting as themselves. The joie de vivre and camaraderie they experienced during its making comes alive as they recall the circumstances that culminated in the film.