4 the People

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4 the People
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Directed by Jayaraj
Screenplay by Iqbal Kuttippuram
Story byJayaraj
Produced bySabu Cherian
Starring Bharath
Arun Cherukavil
Arjun Bose
Padma Kumar
Narain
Cinematography R. D. Rajasekhar
Edited by Anthony
Music by Jassie Gift
Distributed byJohny Sagariga Film Company
Release date
  • 19 February 2004 (2004-02-19)
Running time
136 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam
Budget4 million [1]
Box office30 million [1]

4 the People is a 2004 Indian Malayalam-language vigilante thriller film directed by Jayaraj and written by Iqbal Kuttippuram from a story by Jayaraj. [2] It stars Bharath (in his Malayalam debut), Arun Cherukavil, Arjun Bose, and Padma Kumar in the title roles, along with Narain in supporting role. The plot follows four engineering students who leads a double-life as members of a vigilante group called 4 the People who physically incapacitates corrupt public servants.

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The songs were trendsetters and pioneered a new style of composition in Malayalam cinema. 4 the People was a critical and commercial success at the box office. The film was dubbed in Tamil as 4 Students. [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).

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 bullet motorcycles. They even set up a website for the public to 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 are 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.

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. 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 another vigilante group- a gang of four.

Cast

Soundtrack

4 the People
Soundtrack album by
Released27 January 2004 [6]
Recorded2003
StudioPooja Sound, Ernakulam
Genre Film soundtrack
Label Johny Sagariga
T-Series
Jassie Gift chronology
The King Maker Leader
(2003)
4 the People
(2004)
Ennittum
(2004)

Soundtrack was composed by Jassie Gift. The songs "Lajjavathiye" and "Annakkili" became popular. Jassie Gift later reused "Lajjavathiye" as "Mandakiniye" for Kannada film Hudugaata . [7] In these songs, Jassie Gift utilised and popularised Rap and Hip-hop in Kerala. [8]

Malayalam

#SongArtist(s)
1"Lajjavathiye" Jassie Gift
2"Ninte Mizhimuna"Jassie Gift, Jyotsna, Chorus
3"Lokasamastha" Deepankuran, Jassie Gift
4"Annakkili"Prathap Chandran, Chorus
5"For the People"Farhad, Rama Varma, Chorus
6"Lajjavathiye" (Western)Jassie Gift
7"Annakkili"Jassie Gift, Chorus

4 Students (Tamil version)

#SongArtist(s)
1"Lajjavathiye" Jassie Gift
2"Annakkili"Jassie Gift
3"Undhan Vizhimudhal"Jassie Gift, Jyotsna
4"Poovaale Indha"Harish Raghavendra
5"For the People"Farhad, Rama Varma

Release

The satellite rights of the film's Tamil dubbed 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". [9] Nowrunning said that "Though the storyline is wafer-thin, the narration is fast paced and the film is technically brilliant". [10] [11]

Box office

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

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