''Yuvasena'' () is a 2004 Indian

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-language film directed by

Jayaraj Jayarajan Rajasekharan Nair, professionally credited as Jayaraj, is an Indian filmmaker, who predominantly works in Malayalam film industry. He has won many awards, including Crystal Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival, the Golden ...

and starring Bharath, Sarvanand, Kishore, Padma Kumar,

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, and

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. The film is a remake of Jayaraj's own Malayalam film '' 4 the People'' (2004).

Cast

* Bharath as Vivek * Sarvanand as Aravind *Kishore as Siva *Padma Kumar as Rafi *

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as Sharat Chandra (credited as Suresh Menon) *

*Revathi *Madhuri * Jeeva as a police officer *

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as a minister *Jr. Relangi *

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as a professor * Sekhar (special appearance in the song "Vonee Vesukunna") *

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(special appearance in the song "Vonee Vesukunna")

Production

After the success of the Malayalam film '' 4 the People'',

remade the film in Telugu with

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as the producer. The film retains much of the cast of the original film. This film marks the film debut of lyricist

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and cinematographer Guna. This film marks the entry of Bharath into Telugu cinema after the success of the dubbed Telugu version of ''

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'' (2003). It also marks the Telugu debut of Jayaraj, Gopika, and Jassie Gift. Malayalam actor

was credited as Suresh Menon in the film.

Soundtrack

The songs were reused from the original film 4 the People.

Release

The film released on 4 November, coinciding with Diwali. Unlike the original, the film was a box office failure, but did not lose money due to the film's shoestring budget. Gudipoodi Srihari of ''

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'' compared the film with ''

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''. Jeevi of '' Idlebrain.com'' said that "The plus points are music and modern taking. Minus points are predictability in story and no surprise/shocking elements". A critic from ''Full Hyderabad'' wrote that "Jassie Gift's music is the only point of the movie worth sitting up for".

References

{{Reflist 2000s Malayalam-language films 2000s vigilante films 2004 action films 2004 films Indian action films Indian vigilante films Telugu remakes of Malayalam films