Aishwarya Rajinikanth’s ‘Lal Salaam’ is an underwhelming, old-fashioned story about Hindu-Muslim unity
- Trinity Auditorium
- Feb 9, 2024
- 1 min read
The film stars Vishnu Vishal and Vikranth, and Rajinikanth appears in a supporting role. The good intentions are undone by a convoluted screenplay.
In Aishwarya Rajinikanth’s Lal Salaam, Senthil plays a temple priest named Saamikannu. He lives alone. His son lives elsewhere with his family, and Saamikannu yearns for the annual temple festival: the thiruvizha. That is when his son will visit, and that is when his loneliness will disappear for a while. But you know what happens in Tamil cinema whenever a temple chariot – the ther – is involved. There is a conflict, and the festival is suspended. Saamikannu is heartbroken. Thiru (Vishnu Vishal) is blamed, because he has a tendency to get into fights, and he got into a fight with a big shot played by Vivek Prasanna. That man, in revenge, dragged the ther away. Thiru’s mother is distraught. She beats her son in public and practically expels him from the village, saying – no, screaming – that the day she receives news of his death will be a happy day for her. The “Interval” sign came up and I began to wonder…
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