who will make a great return?
Topic started by RN (@ 61-205-102-59.eonet.ne.jp) on Sun Aug 25 11:13:59 .
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Hi,
I am new Member.
All the medias are taking about dileep and mohanlal.
While Meesha maadhavan is a hit thandavam is loosing. Mohanlal is still in the
field but people started talking about his future.
Mammootty is considered to be escaped to tamil movies and Jayaram manages his presence with a
"shesham". Prithviraj is more popular than Suresh Gopi.
Existance is a tought task for newcomers. In this context a new question arises which actor can
make a a great comeback, Like BigB in Hindi?
When we count the number of hits and fans, if there is an actor in malayalam
like AB in Hindi and Rajni in Tamil , it is Mohanlal. Eventhough he started as a villain, the image created by Priyadarshan,Lohitadas, satyan anthikkaadu, Thmapi kannanthanam made him acceptable to families.
And if we look at his career he was having atleast one mega hit by
any of them in every year. But when we have seen his another face
in devasuram (at that time IV sasi was making so many flops and ranjith was not
not at all accepted - both of them made an evertime flop - Neelagiri with mammootty)
Malayalees got surprised. Nobody expected such a big hit from that team
as Neelagiri was a flop. There starts mohanlal playing with his mustache
and red eyes. That was his most popular and successful time.
He could play both comedy reloes (kilukkam ) and Gunda roles (spadikam).
And there was no other hero who can do those kind of roles.
These type of roles made him the most accepted actor in Kerala.
Mohanlal's comeday roles lost the charm exactly after the film "The Prince"
which was a big flop and was an action movie. Do you remember the news about
his voice change? After that film his appearance and voice changed so much.
Anyway after that "chandralekha" and "kakkakkuyil" were released and i feel
in both of them lal's comedy was not as good as his old numbers.
At that time there was another hero who was more suitable to do such roles.
It was Jayaram and he had continuous hit for long time. (Now Dileep is doing such roles)
That can be one of the reason why mohanlal kept away from such roles.
Meanless to say his numbers in ayal katha ezhuthukayaanu was too good as the role was different.
Very recently i was watching kakkakkuyil just after watching naadodikkaattu.
In kakkakkuyil he was trying to imitate the old lal but he couln't.
Getting aged is not the only reason. Mukesh done better than lal. Or think about
Jagathi, how he performed in that movie.
The reason i felt is that the roles he was continoulsy doing kept him away from comedy roles.
He lost the flexibility in comedy roles.
Now he became a pakka gunda. A going back is difficult. So in my openion better
don't expect mohanlal in his old roles. He lost his flexibility because of this kind of roles
he was continously doing. He cannot do Nadodikkaattu or chitram or kireedam now.
He can only be narasimham. Or he should get good stories. It is the fans who didn;t criticised him
made him worst than ever.
In my openion the star/actor who faced so much
criticism in selecting roles and who faced so many ups and downs
in his career is mammootty. While Mammootty got criticized continuously
for his attempts in dancing, fighting and his younger roles nobody criticised mohanlal.
In every two year all the medias predicted mammootty's end but he made his came back with
a different role. In stardom mammootty was always second compared to mohanlal.
But the advantage with him is that even now also he can come back with his old roles like
Newdelhi, vadakkan veeragatha , amaram, aavanaazhi or hitler. He selected characters despite their
age and that is what made him popular. This is because of the continous
criticism we made over mammootty. When he started acting tamil there were criticism.
But now he is acting more tamil movies eventhough he is not having much movies in Malayalam. That is good.I was feeling very much bored when i was seeing him in many movies(thachiledathu
chundan, pallavoor devanaarayanan, stalin shivadaas). News says that he is facing so many problems in releasing one movie. Why phantom gor delayed and why Chr. bachelor is delaying...Nobody to spent money.
So let him have a break in malayalam and hopefully he will come with another hit.
Compared to Mohanlal he was lucky in managing his career.
So i feel the future of mohanlal is more dangeruous than mammootty.Mammootty can come back with a different role . Malayalees always accepted it. But what kind of role is suitable for lal now?
No more Gunda roles. No scope for old comedy numbers. And if he does a different role will the fans accept? I feel the only solution to keep his stardom is following rajni's path. Come with mega hit
once or in one year or two years.
Comments are expected.
Responses:
- From: Vince (@ ppp-67-37-148-176.dialup.chcgil.ameritech.net)
on: Sun Aug 25 11:58:13
oru nalla abhiprayam aanu thangal ivare kurichu ezhuthiyirikkunnathu.....a good evaluation.
- From: V (@ ppp-67-37-148-176.dialup.chcgil.ameritech.net)
on: Sun Aug 25 12:05:58
I saw devadhoodhan, and i felt mohan lal kind of lost his old touch to the comedy. oru maathiri valichu neettiyulla samsaram aayirunnu onnu randu sceneukalil. Mohan lalinte kurachayulla oru parajayavum, mammootty malayala cinimayil karyamayi illathathum, pinne family, comedy moviesinte kuravum aanu ippam dileepine popular aakkiyirikkunnathu. just like jayaram was. So we can't count on dileep to be a successfull film star. Again Prithvi is there with 11 pic, and i say thats going to be the end of him.
I think all mohan lal need to do is, see what kind of role he is going to do before he sign up. I heard he only listen to some group of friends who are always with him. I mean who would act in a movie like DEVADHOODHAN???
- From: jibi (@ dialup-209.244.101.246.dial1.newyork1.level3.net)
on: Sun Aug 25 13:36:18
good thread rn
vince who would act in devadoothan .....ya but tht happened is they started the movie..i mean the paper works for devadoothan..with leading role as a new comer ....then they couldn't get the a good one tht time and mohan lal knew the story ...so sibi finally put lal an made it a big budget ....i mean the big budget not for lal i mean every other expenses were highly costs...and abt the movie it was fairly good ..i don't know why these people rejected it ...i mean it had good suspense untill the end ...but the climax was really stupid ....but it was good movie compared to praja/onnaman/thandvam....good music ...
abt dileep his next movies will determine wht dileep can do ? or not ? ....gramaphones sachidamdhan and kungis prasad and kingi ..in these roles he can provide some thing ..then he'll be here for a long time ....
who will come back great..thats a big question ....lal with k.madhu and i don't know abt vishu one ....mammoty with may be 'pattalam' lal jose movie and choronic bachelor for next vishu ...only one thing who can come with fresh treatment will have a great come back ....
- From: v (@ ppp-67-37-148-176.dialup.chcgil.ameritech.net)
on: Sun Aug 25 16:14:20
Movie wasn't that good, too much athisayokthi. innathe kaalathu pretha kadha okke aarelum kaanumo??
- From: malayalam-film-fan (@ 164.164.86.66)
on: Mon Aug 26 04:53:06
For RN (@ 61-205-102-59.eonet.ne.jp) who started this thread..
Wel done man. Frankly speaking, this review was one of the best I have seen in recent times. Especially, your comparison regarding the careers of MohanLal and Mammootty. I agree with you regarding your observations.
Mammootty was always at the receiving end of critizism, whereas the media or the critics never dared to point out Lal's mistakes. (I am of the opinion that Lal is an excellent actor, but he too has made mistakes in choosing roles, stories etc..). Perhaps, they feared the wrath of Lal fans who constitute at least 80% of the film viewers in Kerala.
I think, this helped Mammootty to make decisions to somehow save his career. Though he was always second to lal in popularity, he managed to go along.
But, what happened to MohanLal. Whatever he did, the fans, critics and media went on to say all good words hiding all the drawbacks of his projects (role selection, story selection etc..)
But now, suddenly, everything has started going wrong for Lal. Now there are lot of critics and lot of media reports criticizing lal movies.
This is not good. Feedback should be given then and there. Otherwise, it will end up in disaster.
It will be very difficult for Lal to make a return. He might give hits occasionally.
If you have noticed, Lal has not given a hit movie in which he plays a husband or a father. He is always a bachelor. I know, this comment might look too silly. But, what I want to say is that kind of roles would have helped him to choose good roles which suit his age.
In movie after movie, he is playing a middle aged bachelor (somewhat 35-40 range).
People will accept mammootty in the role of a father or husband. But Mohanlal will not be accepted. reason is Mammotty used to do such roles in his heydays also.
- From: Rahul (@ 202.88.231.247)
on: Mon Aug 26 06:18:18
I think now Mohanlal needs money for many of his business so he is working for all the projects coming to his way. Really he is trying to be secure after he will be out from the industry. He is not concentrating very much on films. He is actually trying to keep his legs on both boats(film and business) but he will fall into the water he moves this way that is a fact.
- From: vince (@ banjo.cs.iitm.ernet.in)
on: Mon Aug 26 07:39:37
P jayachandran will return to his form.May god bless him!
- From: V (@ ppp-67-37-133-136.dialup.chcgil.ameritech.net)
on: Mon Aug 26 10:50:54
haha
- From: robin (@ chef19.rutgers.edu)
on: Thu Aug 14 13:10:22
good job rn
great review
mamooty is always the hero in my opinion
mohanlal is good comedy but not a hero
foe ex. wen watching harikrishnans i wanted mammoty to get the girl
- From: V (@ adsl-66-73-165-51.dsl.chcgil.ameritech.net)
on: Thu Aug 14 19:50:31 EDT 2003
I think mohan lal will make a good come back with his forthcoming movies. I am not looking fwd to balettan, but with ranji panikkar and ranjith, he will make a good return.
- From: naina (@ dyn091.walster-119.ndsu.nodak.edu)
on: Thu Aug 14 20:18:47 EDT 2003
I feel Mohanlal and sheela ( yesteryear actress ) will make a great comeback. Wish shobana considers acting again in malayalam films
- From: V (@ adsl-66-73-165-51.dsl.chcgil.ameritech.net)
on: Thu Aug 14 23:10:17 EDT 2003
sorry, sheela is too ugly now, too much make up, and old as hell....!!!
Shaji kailasinte padma vyuham enna padathil koodi mohan lal oru van thirichu varavu nadathum ennanu enikku thonnunnathu. Shaji Kailasinu oru hit koodiye theeru, thaandavam, sivam thudangiya padangalkku shesham he needs hit like aaram thamburan.
- From: jibi (@ dialup-67.31.38.138.dial1.newyork1.level3.net)
on: Sat Aug 16 00:03:02 EDT 2003
dear vince the movie 'pathma vyuham' is just a blunder by some one .. the news was it was supposed be written by girish puthencheri ..and recently girish and shaji declined abt the news .. bu t there'll be a movie by shaji produced by lal&antony
- From: V (@ adsl-65-42-91-238.dsl.chcgil.ameritech.net)
on: Sat Aug 16 09:26:23 EDT 2003
peeril enthirikkunnu?? shaji direct cheyyunnathine kurichanu ente motham point.
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