Lal Salaam moves out- Kerala heroes Lal- Prithviraj- Sanju Samson back in 2023

As Lyca announced that Arun Vijay starrer Mission directed by A L Vijay is coming for Pongal, it is to be inferred that the prodtion house is deffering the release of Lal Salaam directed by Aishwarya Rajinikanth. The other films in fray are Dhanush Captain Miller and Sivakarthikeyan’s Ayalaan. Ayalaan producer is facing court cases regarding financial issues and if a legal respite does not come through, Dhanush and Captain Miller will have a free run. This will help Producer of Captain Miller to offset the losses that he would incur in Andhra and TS as there are 5 Telugu films fighting for theatres. Sources say that a last minute patch work involving Rajinikanth and Vikrant was shot and this has to be edited yet. After seeing the film, makers wanted Rajinikanth and Vikrant who plays son to have more footage. On the other side Vishnu Vishal role has been trimmed. Lyca wants a live audio launch of Lal Salaam with A R Rahman performing. Though Kanyakumari and Tirunelveli are limping back to normal, Thoothukudi is still flooded. This has kept many films from cashing in on the school- college holidays for Xmas and New Year in Kollywood. Dunki and Salaar are only films along with Ashok Selvan’s Sabha nayakan in theatres. In Kerala, Lal- Jeethu combo Neru is doing bumper business and reports say that Venkatesh who did Drishyam in Telugu has he has asked for remake rights.

As far as Kerala’s Entertainment industry and sports lovers, 2023 will be remembered for Mohanlal’s comeback with Neru and Prithviraj’s Salaar role in a Pan Indian film and Sanju Samson century knock of 108 against South Africa on December 21. The common thread is that these three celebs were seen by Keralites as missing out of opportunities to prove themselves. Staring from films like Aaraatu, Alone, Monster had got critics and public to think that the vintage Mohanlal who is a an actor who has no parallels has lost his magic It was evident that Lal was not getting the roles that could show his talent and at the same time, Mammooty was picking the right projects. Facing the brutal brunt of criticism and a impatient fan base on other side. Neru showed that Lal MAGIC is still intact. As Priyadrashan said one cannot put down a GENIUS. Similarly Sanju Samsung who played for Rajasthan RR and traded it for national team was labelled as a batsman who got many opportunities to prove himself but missed it al. On the contrary , many feel that in Test cricketbhe did not get much opportunity as in ODI. Eight years after his debut in Test Cricket, he scored a 109 that dfeated South Africa. Prithviraj wo has proved himself as an actor- Director had acted in non Malayalam films including Hindi. He met with little acceptability. Now Salaar has taken him to Pan Indian level and especially to the North Indian audience. Salaar is doing exceedingly well in North Indian areas except Mumbai.