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Lal Salaam review

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2024 · Tamil · 2h 42m · Drama, Action · BBFC 12A
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5 reviews
49
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Summary

Lal Salaam (2024, Tamil) has a Filmi Score of 49 from 5 critic reviews, is rated 12+ by Filmi (BBFC: 12A), and streams on Sun NXT in the US.

When a cricket game between two brothers goes wrong, a group of Indian villages are torn apart in the process. With tensions exacerbated by a scheming politician, the two brothers and their father must reconcile their differences to revitalize the locals’ Hindu and Muslim unity.

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Box office collection ₹$
₹31.25 CrWorldwide gross in 106 days
India gross₹21.00 Cr
Overseas gross₹10.25 Cr
As of 4 Jan 2025 · Sacnilk
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Summary

When a cricket game between two brothers goes wrong, a group of Indian villages are torn apart in the process. With tensions exacerbated by a scheming politician, the two brothers and their father must reconcile their differences to revitalize the locals’ Hindu and Muslim unity.

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What the critics said

5 reviews · the critic’s own number where they gave one
The critic’s own number where they gave one
The critic praises Rajinikanth's dual role, the meaningful dialogue, the leads' natural cricketing chemistry, and AR Rahman's score, but faults… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
76
Bhavana Sharma · 9 Feb 2024
Lal Salaam: Comeback for Aishwaryaa Rajinikanth Read it there →
Published · 3/5 Filmi’s reading 63
60
Hita Prakash · 10 Feb 2024
The critic calls the film watchable but unsatisfying, praising its urgent message and Rajinikanth's anchoring performance while criticizing the… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
48
Baradwaj Rangan ✓ Claimed · 9 Feb 2024
Rangan finds Lal Salaam a clumsy marriage of old-fashioned melodrama and trendy non-linear structure, propped up by lazy voiceover and skewed… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
32
Unni Narayanan · YouTube, Malayalam · transcript read · 9 Feb 2024
The critic mocks the film's clumsy planning, overacting, and bloated runtime, singling out the script and direction as the biggest failures, while… Watch it there →
Derived by Filmi
28
How this number was made. We read every review and derive a 0–100 reading from each — including where the critic printed a number, which stays first on its row, because it’s theirs. The Filmi Score is the mean of 5 readings; 1 of those rows also carry the critic’s own rating, shown beside ours. Rubric v2.1, computed 26 Oct 2026. Any critic can ask us to remove a derived reading.
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Lal Salaam: quick answers

Box office, where to watch and what critics said — from the same data as the page.

What is Lal Salaam's box office collection?

Lal Salaam has a box office collection of ₹31.25 Cr worldwide (gross), made up of ₹21.00 Cr India gross and ₹10.25 Cr overseas gross. Figures are Sacnilk's, as of 4 Jan 2025, day 106. Grosses are contested in India, and money never feeds the Filmi Score.

How much has Lal Salaam collected at the box office?

Lal Salaam has collected ₹31.25 Cr worldwide in 106 days, as of 4 Jan 2025, according to Sacnilk.

Where can I watch Lal Salaam?

Lal Salaam is streaming on OTT: Sun NXT (India, the US, the UK and Canada), UltraPlayBox (India) and JioHotstar (India). It can also be rented or bought on Amazon Video (India). Availability comes from JustWatch and is checked every Friday.

What did critics say about Lal Salaam?

Lal Salaam has a Filmi Score of 49 (Mixed), the mean of 5 readings of critic reviews, one per review. Readings run from 28 (Unni Vlogs Cinephile) to 76 (Hindustan Times). Every review and how it was scored is listed below.

What readers say

The Audience Score appears once three readers’ reviews have been read under the rubric — built from what people write, never from the rating numbers.
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