Salute (2022 Indian film)

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Salute
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Official release poster
Directed by Rosshan Andrrews
Written by Bobby-Sanjay
Produced by Dulquer Salmaan
Starring
CinematographyAslam K. Purayil
Edited by A. Sreekar Prasad
Music by Jakes Bejoy
Production
company
Distributed by SonyLIV
Release date
  • 17 March 2022 (2022-03-17)
Running time
143 minutes [1]
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Salute is a 2022 Indian Malayalam-language crime thriller film, directed by Rosshan Andrrews and written by Bobby-Sanjay starring Dulquer Salmaan in the lead role as a cop. [2] [3] Produced by Dulquer Salmaan under his banner Wayfarer Films, the film has Aslam K. Purayil as the cinematographer while A. Sreekar Prasad handles the editing and Santhosh Narayanan was signed on to compose the original background score before being replaced by Jakes Bejoy. [4] [5]

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The film was scheduled for a theatrical release on the occasion of Sankranti in January 2022, but was indefinitely postponed later due to the rise of Omicron cases in India. Later, it was announced that the film would be skipping the theatrical release and decided for a direct-to-streaming release on SonyLIV. [6] [7] It was set to have the world premiere on 18 March 2022, but premiered a day early, on 17 March 2022. [8] The film marks Diana Penty's Malayalam debut. It received positive reviews from critics.

Plot

Aravind Karunakaran, a sub-inspector, along with his colleagues and superior, Deputy Superintendent Ajith Karunakaran, who is also his brother, arrests a man named Murali, who they are convinced was a murderer they were looking for, forging evidences against him. However, they soon discover to their shock that the real murderer was someone else. While Ajith and the others are in solidarity over keeping silence about their misconduct, lest they risk their careers, Aravind retires from the force after refusing to be a part of the charade and getting condemned by his colleagues for the same.

A few years later, when Aravind returns to his hometown along with his friend Dia for his niece's wedding, he discovers certain leads that can lead him to the actual culprit, thereby saving Murali. Aravind then rejoins the force and begins to conduct the investigation on his own time, narrowing on a potential serial killer and identity thief who has been behind several murders around Kerala over the years using fake identities, while his brother and accomplices continue to sabotage his plans by transferring him to the Kasaragod branch only to find out that Aravind was getting closer and closer to the culprit. However, by the time Aravind tracks down his house, he finds out that the culprit died in a car accident while using another fake identity and his face is deformed. He nevertheless uses this in order to free Murali. Aravind is later suspended along with Ajith, Pramod, and Alex.

The movie ends with Aravind reading the culprit's letter, which acknowledges Aravind's findings, but after reading the date of the stamp, he realizes that the letter was written before the day the culprit died.

Cast

Production

Development

In May 2020, during the seven year anniversary of film Mumbai Police, director Rosshan Andrrews announced that he would be teaming up with Dulquer Salmaan for his next film which is a thriller. The film's story and screenplay is written by his regular collaborators Bobby & Sanjay marking their sixth film together. [9]

Filming

The principal photography began on 3 February 2021 in Kollam. [10] Diana Penty joined the sets on 9 February 2021 marking her debut in Malayalam film. [11] Manoj K. Jayan joined the shooting on 12 February 2021. [12] The major locations are Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Kasaragod, and New Delhi. [13]

Release

Salute released on SonyLiv on 17 March 2022 as a Direct-to-OTT release. [14] The film was originally planned to release in April 2021, but was postponed multiple times due to waves of the COVID-19 pandemic in India. The premiere was rescheduled multiple times before it was finally released on the platform on 17 March 2022. [15]

On 15 March 2022, ahead of the film's release, the Film Exhibitors United Organisation of Kerala (FEUOK), banned Dulquer Salmaan's movies from releasing in theatres anymore since the lead actor, producer, makers had violated the rules and given the film out for a direct OTT release even though they had confirmed that it would have a theatrical release first. They also banned Wayfarer Films and Dulquer Salmaan projects. They said the ban would be permanent and refused to co-operate with Dulquer. [16] Later the ban was withdrawn by them. [17]

Reception

In a review for Firstpost , Anna M. M. Vetticad rated the film 3 out of 5 stars and wrote, “For the most part, Salute remains engaging (...) Somewhere in the second half though, the narrative begins to stretch itself, mistaking length for ruminativeness and needless additional seconds for detail.” [18] The Times of India gave 3.5/5 and wrote ," A cop drama with a difference." Rediff.com gave 3.5/5 and wrote, "Salute explores narratives of police brutality and unethical practices, power-hungry politicians who will stop at nothing and the helplessness of innocent victims of crime, observes Divya Nair". The News Minute gave 3.5/5 and wrote, "Dulquer's thriller is an engaging police procedural". Filmibeat gave 3/5 and wrote, "Salute is a realistic, unconventional, and intriguing cop drama that dares to take a different route. This Dulquer Salmaan starrer is definitely worth a watch". The Quint gave 3/5 and wrote, "Dulquer Salmaan's Gripping Thriller Deserves a Salute, Almost". Pinkvilla gave 3/5 and wrote, "A cold, detached character study in the guise of a crime procedural". "Janani K of India Today gave the film a rating of 3/5 and wrote "Dulquer Salmaan's riveting cop drama is replete with new ideas". [19] Shilpa Nair Anand of The Hindu commented "Dulquer Salmaan scores with his restrained performance as a cop". Mirchi9 gave 2.5/5 and wrote, " Dulquer's thriller is an engaging police procedural". Indian Express Reviewed "Dulquer Salmaan shines in absorbing investigative drama". [20]

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