4 the People

4 the People
4 the People
	DVD Cover
Directed by	Jayaraj
Written by	Jayaraj ; Dr. Iqbal Kuttippuram
Starring	Bharath; Gopika; Narain
Cinematography	R. D. Rajasekhar
Edited by	Anthony
Music by	Jassie Gift
Release date	20 February 2004;
Running time	136 minutes
Country	India
Languages	Malayalam; Tamil
Budget	₹40 lakhs
Box office	₹3 crores

4 the People is a 2004 Malayalam film directed by Jayaraj. It is the first of a trilogy of films, followed by By the People and ending with Of The People. Bharath, Gopika, Benny Dayal, Kishore, PadmaKumar, Narain, and Pranathi played the lead roles. It was later re-shot with minor alterations in Tamil as 4 Students and remade in Telugu as Yuvasena- 4 the people. The music of the film was trendsetting and most of the songs were chartbusters. The film was an unexpected critical and commercial success and recorded as Blockbuster at the box-office after comparison with its budget and gross.

Plot

Vivek (Bharath), Aravind (Arun), Eshwar (Arjun Bose) and Shafeek (Padma Kumar) are four angry engineering students who cannot stand the corruption in society. They take the law into their own hands and they form the secretive clique called 4 The People (their dress code is black and everything about them is black) that takes out corrupt officials. They have a website where the public can lodge their complaints. Soon the police are on their track. A young cop (Narain) is in hot pursuit of the gang. In a racy climax the foursome attempt to kill the Minister but fail. 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. They escape due to the support of students. The revolution continues.

Cast

Bharath as Vivek
Arun as Aravind
Arjun Bose as Eeswar Iyer
Padma Kumar as Shafeek
Gopika as Divya
Narain as Rajan Mathew IPS
Unni Shivapal as MP'son
Pranathi as Teena

Songs

The music for the movie has been given by Jassie Gift.

Songs list

Lajjavathiye: Jassie Gift
Annakkili: Jassie Gift
Ninte Mizhimuna: Jassie Gift, Jyotsna
Lokasamastha: Deepankuran, Kaithapram
For The People: Farhad, Rama Varma
Lajjavathiye [Western]: Jassie Gift
Annakkili: Prathap Chandran

Release

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

References

^ ^a ^b "Year 2004 — a flashback". The Hindu. 31 December 2004. Retrieved 2 March 2011. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

External links

4 the People at IMDb

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