The concepts, the imagery, the use of rain, the songs and haunting background score and even Trissur, the place itself, gets a life of its own. To say it is a love story between a man and two women (one, a head strong distant relative and the other a woman he helped bring into the escort industry) would be doing this movie a horrible injustice. Thoovanathumbikal - A cult classic today, this P Padmarajan movie is considered to be ahead of its time.National Awards for Mohanlal ( Actor ), Yesudas ( Male Playback ) and Raveendran Master ( Jury Award for composition ). Why he has disappeared and how Mohanlal has to cope with what he knows form the crux of this film. Set to a carnatic music background, this film tells the tale of a younger brother (Mohanlal) who is forced to take up responsibilty when his more famous brother's ( Nedumudi Venu ) musical talents are overshadowed by first personal issues (alcoholism), and then his own disappearance. Bharatham - The significance of the title ( Ramayana from Bharat's eyes ) dawned on me years later.Warning : Do not watch either this or it's sequel, Chenkol, while you are depressed. It is easily one of the best acting roles of Mohanlal. Watching the character being broken down by the system - his life destroyed for standing up for honesty - is heartbreaking. Kireedam - The iconic role of Sethu Madhavan, who wants to be a honest police officer like his father, but is not just let down by society but eventually converted into the very thing he despised, is more relevant in today's India than ever before.
This movie featured all-round excellent performances from Prabhu, Tabu and Amirsh Puri and features some truly haunting moments. Kaalapani - Based on the lives of Indian prisoners during British rule, this National Award winning film features an iconic performance from Mohanlal who plays a doctor wrongly accused of terrorism and taken to the legendary jail on the day of his wedding.The heady mix of tradition, beliefs, history, psychology and a thrilling script would have made it a hit at any rate - but it is the performance of Shobana that elevates this movie towards excellence. A true psychological thriller, it focuses on the sequence of unnatural events that occur when a married couple arrive at their ancestral house. Manichitrathazhu - This film is not famous for Mohanlal, but for Shobana and deservedly so.Fun fact: This was A R Rahman's only musical score for a Malayalam film. that is, if he doesn't end up killing his annoying cousin, Appukuttan ( a hilarious Jagathy ) first. Unknown to him however, he is to be the saviour of a young monk, destined to be the Rimpoche ( Tibetian for 'Precious One' ). A small-village lad ( Mohanlal ) is packed off to his uncle's place in Nepal when an astrologer claims he will commit a murder very soon. Yodha - Inspite of bordering on the fantastical, Yodha was a major hit when it released.The real hero here is the script which combines slapstick with situational comedy to great effect. ) Mohanlal plays a 'rascally scoundrel' who's dating one air-hostess too many and trying to get away with it. It doesn't helps when your equally 'rascally' friend ( Mukesh ) wants a share of the 'metaphorical' pie and you have a aging chef ( Sukumari ) who's struggling to remember which girl is which. Nothing to do with originality ( it is a copy of a 1960 play, remade in English in '65, in Malayalam 20 years later and a further 20 years later in Hindi as Garam Masala. Boeing Boeing - Nothing to do with acting.This thriller was a deserved winner of the National Award for Screenplay ( M.T. Sadayam - This was a darker role, of a convict awaiting the gallows, who narrates the chain of events culminating in him killing two men and two small children to the prison doctor.
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