4 the People is a 2004 Indian Malayalam-language vigilante thriller film directed by Jayaraj.[2] It features Arun, Bharath, Arjun Bose, Gopika, Padmakumar, Narain (Credited as Sunil), and Pranathi played the lead role. The music of the film was trendsetting and most of the songs were chartbusters. The film was a critical and commercial success, it was the highest-grossing Malayalam film of the year. The movie was partially shot in Tamil as 4 Students after the success of Bharath's Boys, Gopika's Autograph and Pranathi's Gambeeram.[3][4][5] The film was remade in Telugu as Yuvasena (2004). It is followed by two sequels By the People (2005) and Of the People (2008).

4 the People
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Directed by	Jayaraj
Written by	Jayaraj Iqbal Kuttippuram
Produced by	Sabu Cherian
Starring	Arun Bharath Arjun Bose Gopika Narain
Cinematography	R. D. Rajasekhar
Edited by	Anthony
Music by	Jassie Gift
Distributed by	Johny Sagariga Film Company
Release date	20 February 2004 (2004-02-20)
Running time	136 minutes
Country	India
Language	Malayalam
Budget	₹4 million[1]
Box office	₹30 million[1]

Plot

Aravind (Arun), Vivek (Bharath), Eshwar (Arjun Bose) and Shafeek (Padma Kumar) are four engineering students from economically struggling families that were victims of society's corruption in one way or the other. Enraged by various injustices happening around them, the group take the law into their own hands and form the secretive clique called 4 The People that targets corrupt officials. They create an identity for themselves with their attire and mode of operation. They dress up in all black and ride bullets. They have a website where the public can lodge their complaints. From the complaints lodged they chose an official and cut their dominant arm to send a message to other officials and expose them in media with relevant evidences that they collect before attacking a target. The group gains a lot of public support and is regarded as heroes. Their actions also lead to government officials refusing to take bribes in fear of someone lodging a complaint against them to 4 The People. Soon, the police are on their track. A young cop Rajan Mathew (Narain) is in hot pursuit of the gang who are now targeting a corrupt minister. In a racy climax, the foursome attempts to kill the minister, but fails. Seeing the brutality of the police, the students come to the support of the foursome. One of the students kills the minister and is joined by three more students. It is concurrently revealed that these four students were benefited from 4 The People's influence in the society. They escape with the help of other students who were present there and forms a gang of four. The revolution continues.

Cast

• Arun as Aravind Sebastian
• Bharath as Vivek
• Arjun Bose as Eeswar Iyer
• Padma Kumar as Shafeek
• Gopika as Divya Anand
• Pranathi as Teena
• Narain as Rajan Mathew IPS (Credited as Sunil Kumar)
• Adhitya (Jai) as Rajath Kumar
• Chandra Banu as Suanathan A.C.P.
• Ani as Sidharthan G.I.
• Antony Mathew as Alexander Punnoose D.I.G.
• Unni Shivapal as MP's Son
• Babu Annur as Mahadevan MP
• Pradeep Kottayam

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by Jassie Gift. All the songs in both Malayalam and Tamil versions became hugely popular. Jassie Gift later reused "Lajjavathiye" as "Mandakiniye" for Kannada film Hudugaata.

Malayalam

4 Students (Tamil version)

Release

The satellite rights of the film's Tamil version were sold to Star Vijay.

Sify wrote that "Jayaraj's 4 The People is a trendsetter and a welcome change in the placid superstar driven Malayalam film industry".[7] Nowrunning said that "Though the storyline is wafer-thin, the narration is fast paced and the film is technically brilliant".[8][9]

Box office

It became the highest-grossing Malayalam film of the year, grossing ₹3 crore against a budget of ₹40 lakh.[1]

References

External links

• 4 the People at IMDb