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RE:Over-rated actor
by jaya dan on Oct 04, 2007 09:38 PM

If Indian had weird makeup, then Pondanmada too had weird makeup...There are movies in which lal and mammooty have done their growling part as well..Mohanlal and Mamooty are definitely great actors but Kamal scores over them in 3 respects. (1) He doesnt have a language barrier. His portrayals in Tamil,Telugu ,kannada and hindi films have all won him laurels(Incidentally it was a Malayalam movie "Kanyakumari" which fecthed him his first filmfare award when he was just 19.Everyone knows that his first national award came when he was just 6).Well,I can only think of Mohanlal pronouncing "Loha geram hi" in Ram Gopal Varma's Aag (2)Versatility - It will definitely be an eyesore to watch mammoty or lal romancing younger heroines and running around trees. On the other hand kamal has aged gracefully. (3)Acquintance and excellence in all departments of cinema - How many movies have Mammooty/Mohanlal produced/directed? How many movies have they written dialogues/story/screen play/lyrics for? Dont just look upon kamal as an actor.He is an institution by himself. Mohanlal and Mamooty have definitely worked well within the parameters of malayalam cinema whereas kamal atleast attempts to do something to bring indian movies to international arena. Kamal can definitely try doing a vanaprastham. It wont be bad. But cant imagine mammooty or mohanlal doing a sagara sangamam. Have mohanlal or mammooty reduced weight for any of the roles they have done so far? Not at all.Home work-kamal scores.

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