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  • Lal Salaam (2002)
  • 131 min | Action, Drama
Lal Salaam (2002)
131 min | Action, Drama

This film is mainly based on various true incidents relating to tribles, their culture and their lifestyle. The main characters are Dr. Kanna (Sharad Kapoor), his fiancée Rupi (Ms. Nandita Das), Rajayya (Makrand Deshpande) as Naxalite ...See moreThis film is mainly based on various true incidents relating to tribles, their culture and their lifestyle. The main characters are Dr. Kanna (Sharad Kapoor), his fiancée Rupi (Ms. Nandita Das), Rajayya (Makrand Deshpande) as Naxalite Commander, Inspector Despande (Sayaji Shinde), Ghisu (Vijay Raj) and Dattu (Rajpal Yadav). Also, introducing Hemangini as Mainee. Dr. Kanna & Rupi are childhood lovers and made for each other. Kanna is intelligent and presently doing final year MBBS in Nagpur. Everybody is proud of him. The first trible Indian to achieve such status. Rupi is typical aggressive trible girl, wildcat like manners and irrespective of free trible culture where sex before marriage is treated as part of education, nobody proposes to her knowing her love and devotion to Kanna. Kannas brother Ghisu is one aggressive and hot-tempered with who is illiterate and is slowly getting attracted towards Naxalites. Kanna does not like this. Kanna goes back to city to complete his final year but not before warning his loved ones that Naxalisam is not good for them. Due to Rangers atrocities and high handedness, Ghisu becomes a Naxalite. Rupi who is totally devoted to Kanna does try to convince Ghisu. Ghisu firm on his views. Ranger and Inspector Shinde are desperately searching Ghisu. In the process they have tortured villagers and something dreadful happens and Rupi disappears. When Kanna comes back from Nagpur both the persons he loved the most Rupi and Ghisu are not there for him. He is under the impression that Rupi is dead. He makes all efforts to bring Ghisu back but does not succeed. Actually Rupi is not dead. She has also become a Naxalite. She knows that Kanna is back but now she does not want to go back to him. Naxalites are becoming more and more popular among tribles because of their capacity to give instant justice and more and more youths are joining them. Ghisu and Rupi are now promoted as commanders of their new Dalam. On the other hand, Govt. has taken serious note of the situation and special task force is sent to the jungle to deal with Naxal problem. War between Kanna's non-violence and Rajayya violence begins. Both, Ghisu and Rupi are in a situation; where on one side is their love for Kanna and on the other side is the conviction to fight for justice. Written by See less
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Writers
Suresh Dwadeshiwar (story) | Arshad Jamal (written by) | Arshad Siddiqui (as Arshad Jamal)
Composers
Hridaynath Mangeshkar | Uday Mazumdar (background score)
Cinematographer
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Updated May 3, 2002

Release date
May 3, 2002 (India)

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30 cast members
Name Known for
Nandita Das
Rupi 'Comrade Chandrika' Rupi 'Comrade Chandrika'   See fewer
Vijay Raaz
Ghisu Ghisu   See fewer
Rajpal Naurang Yadav
Dhattu (as Rajpal Yadav) Dhattu (as Rajpal Yadav)   See fewer
Anant Jog
Jr. Forest Ranger Jr. Forest Ranger   See fewer
Akhilendra Mishra
Rathod (Forest Ranger) Rathod (Forest Ranger)   See fewer
Sayaji Shinde
Inspector G.C. Deshpande Inspector G.C. Deshpande   See fewer
Hemangini
Mainee (Tribal Girl) Mainee (Tribal Girl)   See fewer
Vishwajeet Pradhan
No appearance No appearance   See fewer
Dwarika
Actor Actor   See fewer
Mahendra
Actor Actor   See fewer
Jyoti
Actress Actress   See fewer
Ashraf
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Ramayan
Actor Actor   See fewer
Nagesh Bhonsle
Actor (as Nagesh Bhosle) Actor (as Nagesh Bhosle)   See fewer
Sanjay Shrivastava
Actor (as Sanjay Shrivastav) Actor (as Sanjay Shrivastav)   See fewer
Sivam
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Anup
Subrow Subrow   See fewer
Parveen Bano
Actress (as Parveen Banu) Actress (as Parveen Banu)   See fewer
Uday Tikekar
Major Shirkey Major Shirkey   See fewer
Pramodini
Actress Actress   See fewer
Mahendra Raghuvanshi
Father (dattu) Father (dattu)   See fewer
Gauri Shankar
Naxal (as Gauri shankar) Naxal (as Gauri shankar)   See fewer
Shekhar Shukla
Govt Shop keeper Govt Shop keeper   See fewer
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