After a hiatus of seven years, Aishwarya Rajinikanth made a return to the director's chair with the film 'Lal Salaam,' advocating for Hindu-Muslim unity. The movie features her father, the iconic superstar Rajinikanth, in an extended cameo role, thrilling fans who flocked to theaters to celebrate the release in true Rajinikanth style.
'Lal Salaam' is a Tamil sports drama backed by Lyca Productions starring Vishnu Vishal, Vikranth, Vignesh, Livingston, Senthil, KS Ravikumar and Thambi Ramaiah. The film's musical score was done by the maestro AR Rahman.
Aishwarya Rajinikanth, known for her previous hits like '3' and 'Vai Raja Vai,' once again demonstrates her directorial prowess with 'Lal Salaam', according to early reviews.
Viewers took to social media platforms like X, Facebook, and Instagram to share their thoughts about the film 'Lal Salaam' and praise mass star Rajinikanth.
A X user said, "#LalSalaamReview - IMAGE WILL CONVEY THE MSG FOR NOW.🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆Conveyed the movie with a powerful msg 💪🏽🔥@ash_rajinikanth 🏆👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽#LalSalaam 🕉️✝️☪️ I repeat, ANNAIVARUKKUM aana #Thalaivar @rajinikanth
❤️🤘🏽@TheVishnuVishal @vikranth_offl & entire team 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽"
Another user said, “One word-#LalSalaam (4.75/5) wow wow what a movie. Hats off @ash_rajinikanth and one and only #Rajinikanth and @arrahman what a #Thalaivar @rajinikanth Godfather of screen presence. #mullummalarum and #Nationalawards sure#LalSalaamFDFS.”
“What a mass entry of Thalaivar @rajinikanth 2nd Half movie vera level Hindu Muslim Unity perfectly portrayed @ash_rajinikanth. Must watch 4 Rajini Fans @LycaProductions Brilliant Efforts,” said a user.
Taking to X, a twitterati said, "#LalSalaamFDFS Neatly narrated by @ash_rajinikanth handling the subject well. A pure content based movie & connect well with family audiences & fans too with balanced mass scenes. Dialogues are good. #SuperstarRajinikanth extended comeo is 🔥 BGM& DOP is good #LalSalaamReview."
The film received praise from several individuals for promoting religious harmony. "#LalSalaamReview Humanity should defeat religion
Second half was disappointing in recent movies But #LalSalaam scores better post interval. Climax was hard ✨🔥Winner ✨✨✨."
The movie also received negative reviews from the section of people who watched the first day first show.
In Tamil Nadu, the reviews of the first show are yet to be released since the FDFS showtime was changed from 4 AM to 9 AM a while ago.