4 the People

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

• Arun Cherukavil as Aravind Sebastian
• Bharath as Vivek
• Arjun Bose as Eeswar Iyer
• Padma Kumar as Shafeek
• Narain as Rajan Mathew IPS (Credited as Sunil Kumar)
• Gopika as Divya Anand
• Pranathi as Teena
• Babu Annur as MP Mahadevan
• Samad Sulaiman
• 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

Soundtrack

| T-Series Soundtrack was composed by Jassie Gift. The songs "Lajjavathiye" and "Annakkili" became 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 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 one among the highest-grossing Malayalam films of the year, grossing ₹3 crore against a budget of ₹40 lakh.

References

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