"I'm not sure that Mohanlal has a pan-Indian appeal.
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However, Bollywood is much harder to crack for a south Indian male actor than the neighbouring industries for various reasons.įilm critic Neelima Menon points out that in Mohanlal's first Hindi film, he was cast as a Tamil man to make him believable for the audience. The film had Vivek Oberoi and Ajay Devgn in the lead. In Company, a Hindi film directed by Ram Gopal Varma which released in 2002, the actor played a cop who takes on the Mumbai mafia.
While Kamal Haasan played the lead role, Mohanlal's Maraar was pivotal to the script.Įven before Unnaipol Oruvan, Mohanlal played a supporting role in a non-Malayalam film. But the actor still chose to take up the role, playing a police officer who has to track down a supposed terrorist. It wasn't that his career in the Malayalam industry was slowing down just the previous year, Mohanlal had a whopping eight releases in Mollywood. But with the film flopping, it was in 2009 that he returned to Kollywood with Unnaipol Oruvan in a supporting role.
Making oneself visible and familiar to other state audiences through their own cinema could potentially expand the market for Malayalam films, too.Īfter Mani Ratnam's 1997 film Iruvar, in which his performance was critically acclaimed, Mohanlal did one more Tamil film where he played the lead - Popcorn with Simran as his heroine. Metro cities now have multiplex theatres that run films with subtitles, increasing the reach of a film outside its state boundaries. However, though he is undoubtedly the king of the box-office in Malayalam cinema, Mohanlal continues to play supporting (and always substantial) roles in films in other languages - something male stars are reluctant to do once they have established themselves, unless their career is flagging or they realise they're about to be replaced by the next generation. The makers of Lucifer have announced a sequel to the film, buoyed by the response from fans. In fact, in the list of top 10 highest grossing Malayalam films, six have Mohanlal in the lead (if we include Kayamkulam Kochunni, the total is seven out of 10). In 2019, he's had two releases so far, with the first one, Lucifer, shattering multiple records and becoming the highest grossing Malayalam film ever till date. In 2018, he had three Malayalam releases where he played the lead role and he also did an extended cameo in Nivin Pauly's Kayamkulam Kochunni, stealing the thunder away from the younger star.
How Shakthi deals with his Father, and an unknown assailant forms the crux of the story.Mohanlal is currently the highest paid actor in the Malayalam film industry. Even towards his eventual lover (Kajal), initially hating, but then seeing her good side, But it is when his Father desires him to wear the uniform, that turn the tables on the illegal work of Sivan. Shakthi grows up with a vengeful hatred towards the Police uniform and any other Khaki clothing.
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After his driver was killed in an altercation with a few enemies, including a rowdy cop, he takes the driver’s son Shakthi (Vijay) as his own. Movie Plot: Sivan (Mohanlal) is a well-respected don in the area of Madurai.
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