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Red Chillies is a film of genre Thriller directed by Shaji Kailas with Mohanlal

Red Chillies (2009)

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Red Chillies is a 2009 Malayalam film starring Mohanlal, directed by Shaji Kailas and written by A. K. Sajan. It was produced by M. Renjith under the banner of Rajaputhra Visual Media and was distributed by Vaishaka Release.

Synopsis

Mohanlal plays the role of OMR, an affluent NRI who does oil business in Singapore. The movie begins on a new year before when the "Red Chilles", an all-girls music band with nine members, are involved in an accident. The girls flee from the place to leave their car behind. Moreover, the girls work for OMR and it was his car they drove around.

Actors

Mohanlal

(Oiyarath Makaranth Ramanathan (as OMR))
Vijayaraghavan

(Colonel / Headmaster)
Thilakan

(Com. Maani Varghese)
P. V. Jagadish Kumar
Maniyanpillai Raju
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