4 the People
| 4 the People | |
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 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 |
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Running time | 136 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Languages | Tamil Malayalam Telugu |
| Budget | ₹40 lakhs[1] |
| Box office | ₹9.45 crore (US$1.1 million) |
4 the People is 2004 Malayalam movie known in Tamil as 4 Students in the category of a vigilante thriller film directed by Jayaraj.Bharath, Gopika, Benny Dayal, Kishore, PadmaKumar, Narain, Sharwanand replacing Arun in Telugu and Pranathi played the lead role. 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
- Amit Tiwari
- Narain as Rajan Mathew IPS
- Unni Shivapal as MP's Son
- Pranathi as Teena
- Sharwanand as Aravind (in Telugu version)
Soundtrack
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| Released | 2003-04 | |||
| Genre | Film soundtrack | |||
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Malayalam
| # | Song | Artist(s) |
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| 1 | "Lajjavathiye" | Jassie Gift |
| 2 | "Annakkili" | Jassie Gift |
| 3 | "Ninte Mizhimuna" | Jassie Gift, Jyotsna |
| 4 | "Lokasamastha" | Deepankuran, Kaithapram |
| 5 | "For the People" | Farhad, Rama Varma |
| 6 | "Lajjavathiye (Western)" | Jassie Gift |
| 7 | "Annakkili" | Prathap Chandran |
Yuvasena (Telugu version)
| # | Song | Artist(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Malliswarive" | Jassie Gift |
| 2 | "Swapnalanu Piliche" | Sandeep |
| 3 | "Voni Vesukunna" | Jassie Gift, Smitha |
| 4 | "Loka Samastha" | Sandeep |
| 5 | "Yeddikuna" | Jassie Gift |
Release
The satellite rights of the film's Tamil version were sold to STAR Vijay.
References
- ^ "Year 2004 — a flashback". The Hindu. 31 December 2004. Archived from the original on 26 August 2010. Retrieved 2 March 2011.
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External links
- 4 the People at IMDb