| By The People | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Jayaraj |
| Produced by | Sabu Cherian |
| Screenplay by | Sunil Parameswaran |
| Starring | Narain, Kutty, Mangala, Nischal, Sammad, Bijoys, Santosh, B K Antony, Anaitha Nair |
| Music by | Pravin Mani |
| Cinematography | Azagappan |
| Release date(s) | August 2005 |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
By The People is a 2005 Malayalam movie directed by Jayaraj starring Narain and a few newcomers. This movie is the sequel of the 2004 movie 4 the People and the prequel of the 2008 movie Of The People.
By The People is the Sequel of 4 The People. The movie starts with the climax of 4 the People.Then it says that during the arrest Vivek (Bharat) dies.Then it says two years later a group of four students join up to fight corruption in education. They are angered with the suicide of a girl student who does not get a loan for studies. The police department brings Rajan Mathew (Sunil) who back from the administrative job that he had been shifted to for killing a student in a previous encounter.
Rajan’s investigation leads to a powerful kingmaker who controls the media and political parties. Rajan tapes the conversation. His wife is murdered and he is crippled by the attack. He is now posted as incharge of jails. The gang that opposed corruption now lead an attack on the kingmaker who lays out a trap in which they get killed. Now Rajan employs a few members of the 4 the people, who are currently in jail, and uses his brains to annihilate the members of the caucus.
An investigating officer (Satish Poduval) is close on the trail of the student gang and Rajan, but finally gives up without getting any clue.
The movie was produced by Sabu Cherian under the banner of Anandabhairavi. Narain plays the lead role, while Kutty, Mangala, Nischal, Sammad, Bijoys, Santosh, and B K Antony are also in the cast. The story is by director Jayaraj and the screenplay has been written by Sunil Parameswaran. Art direction is by Pradeep, costumes are by Kumar Edappal, script supervision is by Anwar Abdullah. Thayagarajan handles the action department and Kannan Sooraj is the still photographer for the film.
The Music is by Pravin Mani and all the songs have been sung by and featured on Tamil Pop band S 5,comprising Anaitha Nair, Benny Dayal,Suvi Suresh, Bhargavi Pillai and Arjun Sashi. The Tamil hit single Malaray, also features as a malayalam song in this film.