''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. It stars
Arun Cherukavil,
Bharath, Arjun Bose, and Padma Kumar in the title roles, along with
Gopika and
Narain
Narayana (Also rendered Narayane, Narayanan, Narain, Narayankar or Narine) (from Sanskrit नारायण, ''nārāyaṇá'', literally "eternal man") is an Indian name. It is identical in form to the name of the deity Narayana, another name ...
in supporting roles. The film's soundtrack was composed by debutant
Jassie Gift. 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.
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, it was the highest-grossing Malayalam film of the year. The film was dubbed in
Tamil
Tamil may refer to:
* Tamils, an ethnic group native to India and some other parts of Asia
** Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka also called ilankai tamils
**Tamil Malaysians, Tamil people native to Malaysia
* Tamil language, nati ...
as ''4 Students''. 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
Narayana (Also rendered Narayane, Narayanan, Narain, Narayankar or Narine) (from Sanskrit नारायण, ''nārāyaṇá'', literally "eternal man") is an Indian name. It is identical in form to the name of the deity Narayana, another name ...
) 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 vigilane group- ''
a gang of four.''
Cast
*
Arun Cherukavil as Aravind Sebastian
*
Bharath as Vivek
* Arjun Bose as Eeswar Iyer
* Padma Kumar as Shafeek
*
Gopika as Divya Anand
*
Pranathi as Teena
*
Narain
Narayana (Also rendered Narayane, Narayanan, Narain, Narayankar or Narine) (from Sanskrit नारायण, ''nārāyaṇá'', literally "eternal man") is an Indian name. It is identical in form to the name of the deity Narayana, another name ...
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
Babu Annur also known as C. K. Babu is an Indian film and theater actor, working predominantly in the Malayalam movie industry. He is actively involved in theater in Malayalam as an actor since 1974. He has done more than seventy-five plays as ...
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''. In these songs, Jassie Gift utilised and popularised
Rap and
Hip-hop in Kerala.
Malayalam
4 Students (Tamil version)
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". ''Nowrunning'' said that "Though the storyline is wafer-thin, the narration is fast paced and the film is technically brilliant".
Box office
It became the highest-grossing Malayalam film of the year, grossing ₹3
crore
A crore (; abbreviated cr) denotes ten million (10,000,000 or 107 in scientific notation) and is equal to 100 lakh in the Indian numbering system. It is written as 1,00,00,000 with the local 2,2,3 style of digit group separators (one lakh is e ...
against a budget of ₹40
lakh
A lakh (; abbreviated L; sometimes written lac) is a unit in the Indian numbering system equal to one hundred thousand (100,000; scientific notation: 105). In the Indian 2,2,3 convention of digit grouping, it is written as 1,00,000. For ex ...
.
References
External links
*
{{DEFAULTSORT:4 The People
2000s Malayalam-language films
Indian vigilante films
People1
Indian action thriller films
Malayalam films remade in other languages
Films shot in Thrissur
Films shot in Chalakudy
2004 action films
2004 films
2000s vigilante films
Indian film series