Well, I'm an ardent Mohanlal fan and I like almost all Lalettan movies except a few recent ones. I'm a bit worried about the type of movies that he gets to do in the recent past. But no taking away from the fact that he remains my favourite and will remain so for the years to come.
With his movies, he has created such a lasting impression in my heart that it is impossible for any one else to replace him. When my younger sister was a child, she used to cry whenever there were scenes involving any fights and during her childhood days she used to say Lalettan is the one she is going to marry in the future. I presume, that was just a common thought shared by most girls those days. He was so cute, innocent and always with a smile that brings so much joy to you. I laughed seeing movies like Kilukkam, Nadodikkattu, Yodha... and he brought tears to my eyes and pain to my heart with movies like Kireedam, Kamaladalam, Bharatham, Thalavattam and ofcourse Unnikale Oru Kadhaparayam.
It was not only myself or my sister who used to like him, but my whole family. Going to movies was very rare in those days but if at all my father take us to a movie it would surely be a lalettan movie. Memories are still fresh in my mind going to the theatre for movies like Manichitrathazhu and Thenmavin Kompath.
Only Doordarshan was there in those days and every onam they used to telecast Lalettan singing one song - "Pookacha Manja kacha..." They used to telecast it over and over every year and I used to happily watch it. :-)
Having so much love for him made me pain when I had to see some of his movies in the recent past - Thandavam, Onnaman, Chathurangam etc. I watched the movie "Hariharan pilla happiyanu" in the theatre and was stunned to see my favourite actor accepting a role like that. I was so shaken seeing that movie that I decided to be very choosy before going for any new movie of the actor whom I love the most. So painful but still there was no other way. I hope this is just a temporary phase and Lalettan comes back strongly with good movies where he get to be original and natural.
Before concluding, let me just list down a few Lalettan movies from my memory that are close to my heart. I like these movies so very much and would love to watch it irrespective of how many times I have already seen it.
1. T.P Balagopalan M A
2. Thalavattam
3. Gandhi Nagar Second Street
4. Varavelpu
5. Chitram
6. Kilukkam
7. Kireedam
8. Unnikale Oru Kadha parayam
9. Manichitrathazhu
10. Devasuram
11. His Highness Abdulla
12. Thenmavin Kompath
13. Aram Thampuran
14. Yodha
15. Pavitram
16. Midhunam
17. Minnaram
18. Bharatam
19. Nadodikkattu
20. Aye Auto
21. Vellanakalude nadu
22. Kalippattam
23. Vandanam
24. Sanmanassullavarkku Samadhanam
25. Mukunthetta Sumitra Vilikkunnu
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