It’s not the first time Mohanlal has struggled to deliver memorable characters and movies with substance. Moreover, movies like 1971: Beyond Borders, Villain, Ittymani Made in China and Big Brother became meme material due to their amateur screenplay and cringe-inducing clichés. Of these ten movies in which he played the lead character, except for Lucifer and Drishyam, none of the movies made any impact at the box office nor did it gain critical appreciation. He also appeared in cameo roles in Kayamkulam Kochunni and Aadhi during this period. Mohanlal’s last 10 films as a lead actor include 1971: Beyond Borders, Velipadinte Pusthakam, Villain, Neerali, Drama, Odiyan, Lucifer, Ittymani: Made in China, Big Brother and Drishyam 2.
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Not the movie’s box office revenue but how they were received by movie lovers. (Photo: Twitter/PrimeVideoIN)įor a closer examination of this trend, let’s analyze what happened to the last ten movies of Mohanlal before the release of the much hyped Marakkar Arabikkadalinte Simham. Since 2000, with the advent of superstardom, most Mohanlal movies lacked human elements and relatable characters, and instead started to focus only on the actor’s superstar image where the lead character is this larger than life persona. Thus, Mohanlal has become such a huge figure in the Malayalam film industry but the movies he acted in since 2000 lacked conviction and character. There were television shows made about Mohanlal, shows hosted by Mohanlal and many commercial movies used ‘Lalettan’ reference to generate frenzy in theatres. Mohanlal went one step ahead to become a brand in himself. It’s no surprise that he became the icon or poster boy of Malayalam cinema by 2000’s along with another superstar Mammootty. Mohanlal has played a plethora of characters during this golden era of Malayalam cinema thanks to some brilliant filmmakers and writers like Padmarajan, IV Sasi, Venu Nagavalli, Lohithadas, Faasil, G Aravindan, MT Vasudevan Nair among others who created some relatable, versatile and intense characters for the actor to portray on screen. Such is the impact this veteran actor has on the hearts of viewers, thanks to some memorable roles he portrayed during the ‘80s and ‘90s. Malayalam film industry is completed by Mohanalal, or Mohanlal completes this comparatively small south Indian film industry. To understand the lack of quality in content and narration of superstar movies, we will take Mohanlal’s cinematic journey since 2000 as a reference. They spend money to make more money, but will their business model survive with their age-old formula of mass masala movies? Let’s see if these mass movies still have the power to draw people into theatres, or has their time come to step away as we can see movies with grounded scripts and relatable characters gaining more popularity among the audience. Mohanlal and Prithviraj have their own production companies, if not in their name, and have every right to view cinema as a business. Prithviraj, who made Lucifer with Mohanlal in the lead role in 2019, has even admitted that if movies like Lucifer are marketed and branded well, it can increase the economic mileage of small industries like Mollywood. These superstars and their ‘mass’ movies, riddled with predictability and clichés, boost the finances of the industry. When this phenomenon comes to the Malayalam film industry, we don’t have many names other than the big M’s – Mohanlal and Mammootty. If Bollywood has Salman Khan, Tollywood has Pawan Kalyan, Kollywood has Rajinikanth, Vijay, Ajith among others to do larger than life roles. Superstardom and mass movies have been an essential part of all film industries for years now.
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