Red
Chillies,
superstar
Mohanlal's
first
release
of
2009,
directed
by
Shaji
Kailas
and
scripted
by
A.K
Sajan,
will
hit
theatres
on
Valentine's
day
(February
14),
the
distributors
Vaishaka
and
producers
Rajaputhra
Movies
have
confirmed.
The
film
was
supposed
to
be
released
in
Christmas
2008,
but
was
postponed
due
to
a
delay
in
the
post-production
work.
Red
Chillies
is
a
murder
mystery
revolving
around
a
gang
of
nine
Radio
Jockeys
working
with
FM
919.1.
Mohanlal's
plays
Omar,
an
NRI
businessman
settled
in
the
Gulf
and
running
this
radio
station
in
Kerala.
Omar
is
an
impeccable
personality
with
multi-lingual
talents;
he
can
speak
English,
Arabic
and
Malayalam
fluently.
All
his
female
staff
are
madly
in
love
with
him;
he
always
communicates
through
e-mails
with
his
female
jockeys.
On
a
New
Year
eve,
he
promises
that
he
will
reveal
his
love
for
one
of
them.
But
in
a
terrible
twist
in
the
plot,
they
are
murdered,
one
by
one!
Interestingly,
Malayalam
playback
singer
Ranjini
Jose
is
making
her
first
appearance
on
the
silver
screen
with
this
film.
She
plays
the
main
character
Isabella,
one
of
the
nine
Radio
Jockeys.
She
has
also
rendered
songs
for
her
character.
Also
in
the
cast
are
Vijaya
Raghavan,
Thilakan,
Jagadeesh,
Maniyan
Pillai
Raju
and
Sreekumar.
Music
is
by
Vinu
Abraham
and
camera
by
Shaji.