Mohanlal filmography

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Mohanlal is an Indian actor, producer, distributor, host, and playback singer who has starred in mainstream blockbuster and art-house films. He has made over 360 appearances in feature films during the span of his career, primarily in Malayalam cinema and along with Tamil, Telugu, Hindi and Kannada films. Mohanlal began acting at the age of 18 in a brief role in the then-unreleased film Thiranottam (1978), released a quarter century later. He made his cinematic debut in 1980 as an antagonist in the romantic thriller Manjil Virinja Pookkal. His portrayal of Narendran, a sadistic husband, garnered him recognition and the film developed a cult status. He was thereafter cast in several films as villainous characters. Padayottam (1982), the first Malayalam film shot on 70 mm film featured him in a major supporting role as the son of one of the film’s leading antagonists. The family drama Aattakalasam established him as a leading actor in Malayalam cinema. In 1984 he starred in the screwball...

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