Salt N' Pepper

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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 oru dosa undaakkiya kadha ("a story made by dosa", or "a story about making a dosa"). 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. It is widely regarded as one of the defining movies of the Malayalam New Wave. Salt N' Pepper's Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, and Hindi remake rights were bought by actor–director Prakash Raj. 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 played 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, and the movie was released on 19 February 2021.