Bhuvanesh Chandar of The Hindu stated "Lal Salaam is the kind of film you wish you liked for how noble its intentions are.Read at source
Lal Salaam 2024 
Film · 2024 · Tamil · Action
Lal Salaam
150 min 9 Feb 2024
Synopsis
Lal Salaam
Thirunavukarasu "Thiru" gets arrested by the police and recounts his story from jail. Thiru is a happy-go-lucky jobless man who lives in Murabad, a village where Hindus and Muslims co-exist harmoniously. He later falls for Dhanalakshmi. A politician's son, Maharajan (Raji), argues with Thiru's mother, so Thiru beats up Raji and his men furiously. A competitive cricket match takes place in the village, featuring two teams, 3 Stars (full of Muslim people) and MCC (full of Hindu people). Maharajan plans to use the cricket match to incite the villagers. The 3 Star team plans to bring Samsuddin from Bombay to their team. In Bombay, Shamsuddin's father, D.
- Director
- Aishwarya R. Dhanush
- Release
- 9 Feb 2024
- Run time
- 150 min
- Language
- Tamil
Cast & crew
AN Ananthika Sanilkumar S JA Jay Parashar Salim 
Rajinikanth Cast 
Vishnu Vishal Cast 
Vikranth Cast AI Aishwarya R. Dhanush Director 
A. R. Rahman Composer AI Aishwarya Rajinikanth Director, Writer VI Vishnu Rangasamy Writer, Cinematographer AL Allirajah Subaskaran Producer A. A. R. Rahman Composer B. B. Pravin Baaskar Editor
Rajinikanth Cast Vishnu Vishal Cast Vikranth Cast AI Aishwarya R. Dhanush Director A. R. Rahman Composer AI Aishwarya Rajinikanth Director, Writer VI Vishnu Rangasamy Writer, Cinematographer AL Allirajah Subaskaran Producer A. A. R. Rahman Composer B. B. Pravin Baaskar Editor Reviews
Indian-media reviews, grouped by reception.
Critics' consensus
Mixed
Across 7 available source-linked Indian-media reviews for Lal Salaam, reception is mixed. The 4 scored reviews average 55/100.
IMDb and Rotten Tomatoes are reference ratings and are not counted as Indian-media reviews.Best forViewers looking for action and drama in Tamil cinema.
All 7 reviews shown
Janani K of India Today gave 2.5/5 stars and stated "While the first half of the film is uneven due to forced staging, the messaging comes together in the second half, leaving viewers with a satisfying aftertaste".Read at source
Lal Salaam is a winner if films are supposed to be noble message churning machines.Read at source
Latha Srinivasan of Hindustan Times stated "Aishwarya Rajinikanth’s Lal Salaam is a social drama with a message.Read at source
Ram Venkat Srikar of Film Companion stated "The social message is important, no doubt about it, but it's also important that the strong message exists in an equally strong film.Read at source
Roopa Radhakrishnan of The Times of India gave 3/5 stars and stated "The film's politics needs to be applauded.Read at source
Sudhir Srinivasan of Cinema Express gave 2/5 stars and stated that "a film, in which Rajinikanth seems quite willing to shed his star image in pursuit of story-related pleasures, in pursuit of progressive politics, deserves to be more emotional, and more powerful".Read at source
Details
Technical specs
- Release date
- 9 Feb 2024
- Run time
- 150 min
- Language
- Tamil
- Country
- IN
- Director
- Aishwarya R. Dhanush
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