July 4 (film)
July 4 is a 2007 Malayalam film directed by Joshi, starring Dileep and Roma in the lead roles.
| July 4 | |
|---|---|
 July 4 DVD cover | |
| Directed by | Joshi |
| Produced by | Alwin Antony Suku Nair |
| Written by | Udayakrishna Siby K. Thomas |
| Starring | Dileep Roma Riyaz Khan Devan |
| Music by | Ouseppachan |
| Cinematography | Shaji Kumar |
| Edited by | Ranjan Abraham |
| Distributed by | Varnachitra Big Screen & PJ Entertainments |
Release date |
|
Running time | 150 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Plot
The story begins in a jail. Ramachandran (Siddique), a very agile police officer, takes charge as the superintendent. He is given a brief about the jail and the prisoners by Narayanan Potti (Innocent), who is the jailer.
One day Ramachandran comes face to face with Gokul Das (Dileep), one of the prisoners who is to be released soon, on 4 July. It is then revealed that the very reason Ramachandran had taken charge of the jail is to meet Gokul Das, with whom he has some old scores to settle. From here unfurls, in flashback sequences, the story of Gokul Das.
As a child, Gokul Das had no one but his mother (Sona Nair) to call his own; he lived in a street and worked in a cycle shop. When he is picked up by the police along with other boys from the street for a crime he has not committed, things go berserk in his life. His mother comes to get him released but is raped and killed by the police officer (Chali Pala) in charge of the station.
When Gokul comes out, he teams up with some other boys and takes revenge on the police officer, strangling him. Then they flee to Mumbai, where they become criminals, constantly clashing with the cops. Things get too hot for them when a daring police officer takes charge, and they break up, with Gokul taking refuge in a colony at the house of Gopalan (Vijayaraghavan), who is a kind-hearted taxi driver. He gets close with Gopalan and his family, but soon the cops reach there, too. In the tussle that follows, Gopalan is killed. Gokul, who escapes from the cops, is filled with remorse. Later he takes Gopalan's family and leaves Mumbai, deciding to lead a good life. He works as a taxi driver at the Coimbatore airport. One day he meets a young girl, Supriya (Roma) there. She later travels in his car. When Sreepriya urges him to speed, offering him more money, he obliges, only to hit an auto rickshaw carrying school children. Sreepriya catches another taxi and continues on her way. Gokul Das later turns up at Sreepriya's house asking for compensation. Viswanathan, her father (Devan), offers him a job a driver, and things take a new turn.
After the engagement of Sreepriya with Suresh (Sarath Das), the son of Ramachandran, Das takes Sripriya for an examination in Coimbatore. But on the way back, they are chased by a gang of three toughies, who during the previous night, had tried to break into her bedroom. They hide in an old house in the forest. When Gokul meets the gang of three toughies, it is revealed in a flashback that they were his friends who helped him to kill the inspector. As they are forced to spend a few days together, they develop a liking for each other, and eventually in love. For saving her both from his friends, he jumps from the cliff holding her. They are saved by a Malayali (Salim Kumar)in a forest. When both gain consciousness, Gokul reveals that he done all these things to fulfill a contract from Ramachandran as a retribution to him for a huge sum, which was borrowed for an operation of children of Gopalan as the auto-rickshaw hit by his car was carrying a group of school kids in which they were included. But it is unknown to him for what purpose Ramachandran gave him quotation to kill, which he was not expected. It is later revealed that Viswanathan (Devan),is the stepfather of Priya as her mother mother married him ,who is a widower and has a daughter from his first marriage (Shilpa Viswanathan).
Cast
- Dileep as Gokuldas/Ji
- Roma Asrani as Sri Priya
- Siddique as Ramachandran IPS
- Riyaz Khan as Danny
- Devan as Viswanathan, Sri's Stepfather
- Innocent as Narayanan Potty
- Cochin Haneefa as Abukka alias Abu
- Vijayaraghavan as Gopalan
- Janardhanan as IG Lokanathan
- Salim Kumar as Sakthi
- Shammi Thilakan as Ripper Murugan
- Lakshmy Ramakrishnan as Vijayalekshmi, Sri's Mother
- Sona Nair as Gokul's Mother
- Reshmi Boban as Sujatha, Gopalan's Wife
- Sarath Das as Suresh Ramachandran
- Mangala as Shilpa
- Santhosh Jogi as Firoz
- Pawan as Willams
- Anil Murali as Vincent, Assistant of Ramachandran
- Chali Pala as Police Inspector
- Pallavi Narayanan as Gopalan's Daughter
Soundtrack
The movie features and acclaimed soundtrack composed by maestro Ouseppachan and lyrics penned by Shibu Chakravathi.
| Track # | Song | Artist(s) | Raga |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kaattupoocha | Afsal, Sayanora Philip | |
| 2 | Kanavin Kadavathu | Vidhu Prathap, Jyotsna Radhakrishnan | |
| 3 | Kanavinte Kadavathu | Jyotsna Radhakrishnan | |
| 4 | Oru Vaakku Mindathe | Vineeth Sreenivasan, Swetha Mohan, Chorus | Yamuna Kalyani |
| 5 | Oru Vaakku Mindathe | Vineeth Sreenivasan, Chorus | Yamuna Kalyani |
| 6 | Vakamarathin | Sayanora Philip | |
| 7 | Vakamarathin | M. G. Sreekumar, Sayanora Philip |
Release date
Some films in which Dileep was cast in the lead role and released on 4 July were big successes. The list includes Ee Parakkum Thalika (2001),[1] Meesha Madhavan (2002), C.I.D. Moosa (2003),[2] Pandippada (2005),[3] Chess (2006),.[4] This film too was planned to release on 4 July 2007 and had to change to 5 July 2007, due to a court order on a complaint that the story was copied without permissions from the author.
Box office
The film ended with getting negative reviews, and became a big disaster in box office.