Salt N' Pepper

This article is about the 2011 Indian film. For the American hip hop trio, see Salt-N-Pepa. For the 1968 comedy film, see Salt and Pepper (film).

Salt N' Pepper
Theatrical poster
Directed byAashiq Abu
Written by
Produced bySadanandan Rangorath
Starring
CinematographyShyju Khalid
Edited byV. Saajan
Music by
Production
company
Lucsam Creations
Distributed byRemya Movies
Release date
  • 8 July 2011 (2011-07-08)
Running time
118 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam
Budget₹2.5 crore (equivalent to ₹5.2 crore or US$620,000 in 2023)[1]

Salt N' Pepper is a 2011 Indian Malayalam-language romantic comedy film directed by Aashiq Abu and produced for Lucsam Creations. The film stars Lal, Asif Ali, Shwetha Menon, and Mythili in the lead roles, while Baburaj and Vijayaraghavan play supporting roles.

The film follows the love stories of two couples. The main characters are: Kalidasan, an archaeologist; Maya, a dubbing artist; Meenakshi, an IELTS student; Manu, a happy-go-lucky management graduate; and Babu, Kalidasan's cook. Food plays an important role in the story, and the tagline of the film is ഒരു ദോശ ഉണ്ടാക്കിയ കഥ - oru Dosa undaākkiya kadha ("A story made by Dosa", or "A story of making a Dosa").[2]

The film has an original score by Bijibal, with three songs composed by Bijibal and the song "Aanakkallan" written and sung by Malayalam rock band Avial. The film was produced by Lucsam Cinema and released by Lal. Principal production started on 3 January 2011 and the film was released in theatres on 8 July 2011 to positive reviews and good initial viewing figures.[3] It is widely regarded as one of the defining movies of the Malayalam New Wave.[4]

Salt N' Pepper's Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, and Hindi remake rights have been bought by actor–director Prakash Raj.[5] It was remade in Tamil as Un Samayal Arayil and shot simultaneously in Telugu and Kannada as Ulavacharu Biriyani and Oggarane, respectively. Prakash Raj directed the remakes and appeared in the lead role, playing Lal's character, while Sneha took on the role of Shweta Menon's character. Prakash directed a Hindi remake, titled Tadka. In 2019, Baburaj announced the shooting of a sequel titled Black Coffee, written and directed by him,[6] and the movie was released on 19 February 2021.[7]

  1. ^ "2011 was troublesome for Malayalam films". News18. 4 January 2012. Archived from the original on 19 March 2018. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Express 16 July was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Dinas. (15 July 2011)."Salt N'Pepper opens good.". Indiaglitz. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
  4. ^ Nagarajan, Saraswathy (19 December 2019). "The 25 best Malayalam films of the decade: 'Premam', 'Maheshinte Prathikaram', 'Kumbalangi Nights' and more". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Archived from the original on 10 January 2020. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  5. ^ "സാള്‍ട്ട് ആന്‍ഡ് പെപ്പറുമായി പ്രകാശ് രാജ് മൂന്നുഭാഷകളിലേക്ക്‌" Archived 9 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine (in Malayalam) Mathrubhumi. 8 January 2012. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
  6. ^ "Baburaj comes up with 'Black Coffee', sequel to 'Salt and Pepper'". Mathrubhumi. 25 June 2019. Archived from the original on 26 February 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  7. ^ "'Black Coffee' trailer: The film seems like a revamp of Aashiq Abu's 'Salt N' Pepper'". The Times of India. 17 December 2020. Archived from the original on 17 December 2020. Retrieved 17 December 2020.