4 the People


4 the People is a 2004 Indian Malayalam-language vigilante thriller film directed by Jayaraj. It features Bharath, Arun, Arjun Bose, Gopika, Padmakumar, Narain, and Pranathi played the lead role. The music of the film was trendsetting and most of the songs were chartbusters. The film was a critical and commercial success, it was the highest-grossing Malayalam film of the year. The movie was partially reshot in Tamil as 4 Students after the success of Bharath's Boys, Gopika's Autograph and Pranathi's Gambeeram. The film was released in Telugu as Yuvasena with Sharwanand replacing Arun.
4 the people Malayalam movie running 100 days and song was no1 hit.It is followed by two sequels By the People and Of the People

Plot

Vivek, Aravind, Eshwar and Shafeek 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 atire and mode of operation. They dress up in all black and ride bullets. They have a website where the public can 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 is regarded as heros. 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 is in hot pursuit of the gang who are now targeting a corrupt minister. In a racy climax, the foursome attempts to kill the minister, but fails. 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. The revolution continues.

Cast

Malayalam

4 Students (Tamil version)

Yuvasena (Telugu version)

#SongArtist
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 Zee Tamil.

Box office

It became the highest-grossing Malayalam film of the year, grossing ₹3 crore against a budget of ₹40 lakh.