''Lal Salam'' ( " Red salute") is a salute, greeting, or code word used by communists in

South Asia South Asia is the southern subregion of Asia, which is defined in both geographical Geography (from Greek: , ''geographia''. Combination of Greek words ‘Geo’ (The Earth) and ‘Graphien’ (to describe), literally "earth descr ...

. The word ''lal'' means "red" in Hindustani; '' salam'' means "peace" in Arabic.

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Lal Salam (1990 film) ''Lal Salam'' is a 1990 Indian Malayalam-language political drama film directed by Venu Nagavalli and produced under the banner K. R. G. Release. It stars Mohanlal, Murali, Geetha, and Urvashi. This movie was a blockbuster, running in seven ce ...

'' is a film based in 1990 India in the Malayalam language. It is based on the lives of three actual communists in Kerala, South India:

Mohanlal Mohanlal Viswanathan (born 21 May 1960), known mononymously as Mohanlal, is an Indian actor, film producer, playback singer, film distributor, and director who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema besides also having sporadically app ...

as Varghese Vaidyan, Murali as T. V. Thomas, and Smt K. R. Gowri Amma. *

Lal Salaam (2002 film) ''Lal Salaam'' is a 2002 Bollywood musical action drama film starring Nandita Das, Sharad Kapoor and Sayaji Shinde. The film is directed by Gagan Vihari Borate and released on 3 May 2002. Plot This film revolves with the life of Rupi and Kann ...

, a Bollywood musical action drama film

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