''Red Salute'' is a 2006

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film that was directed by Vinod Vijayan and produced by

Milan Jaleel Milan Jaleel is an Indian film producer and distributor mainly works in Malayalam cinema. He produce and distribute films under the banner of Galaxy Films. He started his production works in 1997 by producing the movie ''Kalyanappittannu''. ...

. The film starred

Kalabhavan Mani Kunnisseri Veettil Raman Mani (1 January 1971 – 6 March 2016), better known by his stage name Kalabhavan Mani, was an Indian actor and singer. Mani started his career as a mimicry artist with the Kalabhavan comedy troupe. He had starred in ove ...

as Chaala Vaasu, an activist and head load worker.

Synopsis

''Red Salute'' follows the character of Chaala Vaasu (

), a

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that eventually works his way to the top of the abkari liquor trade business. Despite this bringing him great fortune, Vaasu begins to realize that this fortune comes with its own problems and starts longing for his former life and the simplicity he thinks it brought.

Cast

as Chala Vasu * Sreedevika as Annie Joseph Thomas *

Kottayam Nazeer Kottayam Nazeer is an Indian actor, impressionist, and an artist from Kerala. Kottayam Nazeer started his career as a stage artist . Recently he also started his career in painting. Family Nazeer is married to Haseena. They have two sons, Mo ...

as Ramanan * Cochin Haneefa as Hamsa Koya *

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as C.I. Morchary Martin *

Dinesh Prabhakar Dinesh Prabhakar, also known by his birth name Dinesh Nair, is an Indian actor who predominantly appears in Malayalam films. Early life Dinesh was born as the second child of Prabhakaran Nair and Sarojini Amma at Pulluvazhi, Perumbavoor, Ern ...

as Mohanan * Janardhanan as Medayil Ittichan * Devan as Kolappalli Govindan * Abu Salim as S.I. Madhu *

KPAC Lalitha Maheshwari Amma, better known by her stage name K. P. A. C. Lalitha, was an Indian film and stage actress who worked primarily in Malyalam. She started her acting career with K. P. A. C., a theatre collective in Kayamkulam, Kerala. In a care ...

as Madhaviyamma *

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as Marthandan Velayudhan *

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as Alex * Captain Raju as Joseph Thomas *

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as Rajashekharan * Subair as Muttathara Sudhakaran *

Vijayaraghavan Vijayaraghavan (born 20 December 1951) is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema. He is popular for his character roles. He is the son of popular drama and cinema artist N. N. Pillai. He got his break by playing the icon ...

as Bapputty Haji *

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as S.P. Mohammed Kasim *

Kalabhavan Shajohn Shaji John, professionally credited by his stage name Kalabhavan Shajohn is an Indian actor, director and comedian who works primarily in Malayalam cinema. He started his career as a mimicry artist in Kalabhavan, Kochi. Making his debut in 1 ...

as Sa. Karunan *

Kollam Ajith Ajith Kollam (7 April 1962 – 5 April 2018) was an Indian actor, who predominantly appeared in Malayalam cinema. He had acted in more than 500 films in all South Indian languages. He mainly acted in villain roles. He acted in the Tamil movie ' ...

as Muniswamy * Gayathri as Sulochana Karunan * Shahnu as Sudha *

Urmila Unni Urmila Unni is an Indian classical dancer and actress who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema. Her daughter Utthara Unni is also an actress. Personal life Unni was born on June 14th, 1962 into a royal family as the daughter of K. C. Anuja ...

as Mariya Joseph * Nivia Rebin- Cameo Appearance * Maya Viswanath - Cameo Appearance *

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- Cameo Appearance

Reception

IndiaGlitz gave a lukewarm review of ''Red Salute'', calling it "old wine in a new bottle" and that towards the end parts of the film were "sloppy and unimpressive".

References

External links

* 2000s Malayalam-language films 2006 films {{2000s-Malayalam-film-stub