India Synopsis
റെഡ് ചില്ലീസ്
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. OMR is forced to come down to India. As a mystery, several other characters come into light, including a party secretary portrayed by Thilakan and four policemen played by Siddique, Vijayaraghavan, Biju Menon and Ganesh Kumar.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Red Chillies. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Crime + Thriller in India
140 India titles in our catalog blend the Crime and Thriller genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Red Chillies itself).
The 2008–2010 India Window
In the crowded 2008-2010 India release window, Red Chillies sits at #175 of 181. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.
The 2000s India Landscape
2009 was the decade’s peak output year for India — 59 titles released, including Red Chillies. Bars below show how the 2000s stacked up year by year (454 total).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 58 other India films in 2009.
The 695th India title from India we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1913).
Our India catalog contains 1,983 titles in total (1,904 films).
Audience Engagement
11 audience reviews — more than 14% of India films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 30th percentile among India films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Red Chillies, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- corporate · 3
- omr · 1
- isro · 1
- scientist · 20
- massacre · 13
- killing · 10
- communist · 9
- car accident · 9
- son · 6
- revenge · 210
- police · 105
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #1,968 of 1,983 India films indexed here (1st percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -2.9 points below the India average of 6.4/10.
Among India Crime productions specifically: #282 of 283 (top 100%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | India |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Malayalam |
| Runtime | 2h 38m |
| Release Date | February 14, 2009 |
| IMDb | tt1399081 |