To err is humane…but to forgive is not. So I write about the worst movies or the errors of my favorite actor Mohan Lal. In fact these films were very disappointing.
1.ONNAMAN
This is the worst among those 256 –movies of Mohan Lal. The credit goes to director Tampy Kannantanam (whose earlier films with Lal such as Rajavinte Makan, Bhoomiyile Rajakkanmar and Indrajalam were superb.). But this was a complete chaos. Many other talented artists like Kavya Madhavan, Jagadish, NF Varghese and Ramya Krishnan were wasted in those roles. It was the worst screenplay that Lal has accepted in his whole career.
Points: zero
2. VAMANAPURAM BUS-ROUTE
‘Worked as an assistant to Priyadarshan’ …Is that a qualification to direct Mohan Lal? …..I don’t think so!
Sonu Sisupal (Once an associate of Priyadarshan) directed this blunder with Lal in the lead. Although there was some freshness in the theme, the script and treatment of the movie were very weak. In fact some of my friends (ardent fans of Lal) kept a secret for weeks that they have watched this movie!
(In the music album of this film, there is a fine melody “tane tamburu mooli” sung by the upcoming singer Manjari. It is really worth listening.)
Points : ’One hundred zeros and a one’ to the right of the decimal point!
- HARIKRISHNANS
Ah! This movie has a lot of specialties! It is
1.the worst movie of director Fazil.
2.the worst movie of Juhi Chawla
3.and one of the worst movies of Mammootty and Mohan Lal.
It was a murder mystery …(with the mystery automatically gets solved in the first half an hour.)... told in a totally illogical manner. The film was a horrible watch as the script and treatment were so awkward. The two veterans Mammootty and Mohan Lal and also Nedumudi Venu, Juhi Chawla, Shyamili , Sree Raman, and Kunchakko Boban all were wasted in this ridiculous movie. The only saving grace was the music by Ouseppachan.
Points: In the neighbourhood of that of the 2nd movie .
4.SHRADHA
The veteran director IV Sasi was actually trying to relaunch his wife (actress Seema ) in a character role through this film. Mohan Lal played the hero Ganga Prasad IPS with two heroines(which is rare in Malayalam) Shobhana and Abhirami. The film had a huge starcast including Seema, Arun Pandyan, Sangeeta , Indraja etc. But the story was discontinuous and boring. Mohan Lal was almost like a spectator throughout in this movie.
This film had a caption that “Shradha means attention, care and caution”. Infact those were the missing things! IV Sasi failed to ’notice’ it.
Points : I can’t say………. slightly more than that of Harikrishnans (due to its presentation and idea)
5.THE PRINCE
Director Suresh Krishna wanted to make films with all the super stars of South India. To complete his mission in Kerala , he chose Lal as the hero for “The Prince”. The starcast was indigestible for the Malayalis. ( Girish Karnad , Prakash Raj, Nizhalkal Ravi, and Prema - all were forced to overact in this movie). The underworld story told in a totally alienated fashion was unbearable.The half baked script was sandwiched between the talented Mohan Lal and the music by Deva .
Points : 1 for its technical department.
There are some other movies by Lal which failed in either script or treatment….. not in both.They are : Narasimham, Hariharanpillai, Tandavam, Praja, Kaakkakkuyil, Mr Brahmachari, Chaturangam and Natturajav .