Lal Salam (1990 film)
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| Directed by | Venu Nagavalli |
| Produced by | K. R. G. |
| Screenplay by | Venu Nagavalli |
| Story by | Cheriyan Kalpakavadi |
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Mohanlal Murali Geetha Urvashi |
| Music by | Raveendran |
| Cinematography | K. P. Nambiathiri |
| Edited by | N. Gopalakrishnan |
| Distributed by | K. R. G. Release |
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147 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Lal Salam is a 1990 Indian Malayalam-language political-drama film directed by Venu Nagavalli and produced under the banner K. R. G. Release. It stars Mohanlal, Murali, Geetha, and Urvashi in the lead roles.
The story revolves around two phases of the lives of three comrades - before and after the imprisonment of Sakhav Nettooran Stephen (Mohanlal), Sakhav D.K. Antony (Murali- inspired from T.V.Thomas) and Sakhav Sethulakshmi (Geetha- inspired From Smt. K. R. Gowri Amma) - members of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPIM).
The plot revolves around the early days of the Communist Party in Kerala. Three Comrades, Nettoor Stephen (Mohanlal), D.K. Antony (Murali) and Sethulakshmi (Geetha) work tirelessly to empower the daily wage laborers and other proletarians of their village, to end the reign of feudal landlords, in the days when Communism was illegal to practice. Sethu and Antony are in love with each other, as are Nettooran and Annamma (Annakkutty), the daughter of Medayil Ittichan, the landlord whose press Nettooran runs, as his day job.
During a farmers' uprising, a landlord is killed and the blame is assigned on the three leaders of the party. The three go into hiding, while various atrocities are committed by the State Police under the pretense of trying to find them. Sethulakshmi is arrested. Grieved by these events, Nettooran and D.K. surrender. The three are convicted and sent to jail.
Upon their release, Sethu, D.K. and Nettooran are welcomed as heroes by the Party cadre. During their imprisonment, the Party has grown popular and has become a substantial political power. With the election for the State Legislative Assembly looming, Sethu and D.K are unanimously chosen as Party candidates, supported by Nettooran and other Party members. The party wins the State elections through a landslide victory and Sethu is chosen Home minister and D.K. finance minister.
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