Red Salute) is a 2024 Indian Tamil-language sports action film directed by Aishwarya Rajinikanth and produced by Subaskaran Allirajah under Lyca Productions.

The film stars Vishnu Vishal and Vikranth as main protagonists, with an ensemble supporting cast including Vignesh, Livingston, Senthil, Jeevitha, K. S. Ravikumar and Thambi Ramaiah, while Rajinikanth appeared in an extended cameo role.

The film has music composed by A. R. Rahman, cinematography handled by Vishnu Rangasamy and editing by B. Pravin Baaskar.

[4] Thirunavukarasu "Thiru" and Shamsuddin are talented and brilliant cricket players from Murarbad, a village where Hindus and Muslims co-exist harmoniously.

One of the politicians son, Raj takes the sole task of exploiting Thiru and Shamsuddin's rivalry under the guise of a cricket match.

In a fit of rage, Thiru injures Shamsuddin's right hand during a match, sparking a serious conflict between the Muslims and Hindus in Murrabad.

With some guidance from his friends and mentor, he plays cricket for the surrounding villages and wins, while also earning some money for the thayr funding.

Hearing this, his pregnant wife, Ammani, threatens him to surrender to the police for his criminal acts or lose their unborn child.

The second single titled "Ae Pulla" sung by Sid Sriram was released on 15 January 2024 coinciding with Pongal.

[29][30] In December 2024, Aishwarya said a director's cut would be available on streaming soon as the hard disk was found, and the missing footage was edited back into the film.

[35] Latha Srinivasan of Hindustan Times stated "Aishwarya Rajinikanth’s Lal Salaam is a social drama with a message.

And the audience will love Rajinikanth as Moideen bhai and hopefully, they’ll take back home and to heart what he says on screen.

[38] Kirubhakar Purushothaman of The New Indian Express gave 2.5/5 stars and stated "Lal Salaam is a winner if films are supposed to be noble message churning machines.

But if cinema is considered to be much more than the takeaways and moral of the story, we only have a middling film with a topical and much-needed message for the country".