Lal Salaam (2024)

Name: Lal Salaam
Released: 2024-02-09

Original title: லால் சலாம்
Directed by: Aishwarya R. Dhanush
Country: India
Rated: 12A
Rating: 2.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere: IMDb

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A sports action drama set in a Tamil town. Two young men clash over cricket and personal rivalries, while a former cricket star gets involved. The film follows their struggles and the community around them.

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What happens

Lal Salaam (transl. Red Salute) is a 2024 Indian Tamil-language sports action drama film directed by Aishwarya Rajinikanth and produced by Allirajah Subaskaran under Lyca Productions. The film stars Vishnu Vishal and Vikranth, with an ensemble supporting cast including Vignesh, Livingston, Senthil, Jeevitha, K. S. Ravikumar and Thambi Ramaiah, while Rajinikanth appears in an extended cameo role. The film was officially announced in November 2022. Filming took place between March and August 2023, in several locations including Chennai, Mumbai and Pondicherry. The film has music composed by A. R. Rahman, cinematography headed by Vishnu Rangasamy and editing by B. Pravin Baaskar. Lal Salaam was released theatrically on 9 February 2024 in theatres. The film received mixed to negative reviews from critics and was a box-office bomb, earning ₹19 crore against the budget of ₹80–90 crore. Aishwarya has since attributed the film's failure to loss of crucial footage during filming. An extended version, incorporating some rediscovered footage, was released on Sun NXT on 6 June 2025, to a more positive reception. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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