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Rewinding to the Times When Malayalam Cult Film Lal Salam Swayed the Masses
The acclaimed film is based on the love story of a legendary political couple of Kerala, and delves deep into the life of a forgotten communist leader. Lal Salam poster
This code phrase from
Lal Salam (1990), along with many other dialogues from the film involving lead character âNettooranâ (Stephen Nettoor, played by Mohanlal) would reverberate across the length and breadth of Kerala during the Christmas season 30 years ago, beginning this week.
Lal Salam was released in the backdrop of the district council election, the precursor to the local body elections, in which the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) government led by E.K. Nayanar won a landslide 12 of the 14 districts, heightening expectations that the Left would win a second term.