Lal
Acting
Biography
Paul Michael (born December 2, 1958), better known by his stage name Lal, is an Indian film director, script writer, actor, producer, and film distributor. He is most famous for teaming up with Siddique under the shared name Siddique-Lal to make films such as Ramji Rao Speaking (1989), In Harihar Nagar (1990), Godfather (1991), Vietnam Colony (1993), and Kabooliwala (1993). The duo broke off afterwards but he produced Siddique's Hitler (1996) and Friends (1999). Other films he has produced include Thenkasipattanam (2000), Kalyanaraman (2002), Chathikkatha Chanthu (2004), and Thommanum Makkalum (2005). Lal's debut as an actor came in 1997 when he played Paniyan in Jayaraj's Kaliyattam. He won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor for playing Raveendran Pillai in Madhupal's film Thalappavu (2008).
Born: December 2, 1958
Place of Birth: Kochi, Kerala, India
Known For
Kannaki
Villagers Manickan and Choman are very close friends. Manickan is in love with Kannaki and wants to marry her but Choman wants him to marry his sister. It is loosely based on Shakespeare's story of Antony & Cleopatra
Lal Salam
Lal Salam is an Indian entertainment talk show hosted by actor Mohanlal on Amrita TV. The show is themed around Mohanlal's film career, it also introduces and honours humanitarians and social workers, and has other interactive and performance segments. It is the first television presentation by Mohanlal, hosted alongside Meera Nandan.
Jan-e-Man
The hilarious comic twists that awaits when Joymon, desperate to escape his lonely, mundane and routine life in remote freezing Canada, decides to travel to his hometown in Kerala only to celebrate his 30th birthday, forms the base of the story.
Iyobinte Pusthakam
Set in the backdrop of the picturesque Munnar, it tells the story of Iyob, a slave-turned-master.
Ozhimuri
A woman in her fifties files a divorce petition against her seventy-one-year-old husband. Their son and an advocate try to find the reason behind it as they had been married for thirty years.
Bison Kaalamaadan
A young man fights to overcome violence plaguing his village and succeed as a professional kabaddi player.
2018
A disaster film set during the 2018 Kerala Floods where people from all walks of life faced catastrophic consequences and put in collective efforts to survive the calamity.
Friends
The threesome who lend reason to the title are Aravindan (Jayaram), Chandu (Mukesh) and Joy (Sreenivasan). They value friendship over everything else, even family, and for this reason, Chandu resists the advances of Aravindan's sister Uma (Divya Unni). When the trio take up a painter's job at a mansion, Aravindan falls in love with Padmini (Meena), who lives there and Padmini's jealous cousin makes him believe that his overtures are reciprocated. When the truth is revealed and Padmini rejects him outright, Chandu stands up for his friend and speaks ill of her. This makes her swear to separate the friends.
Helen
An ordinary suburban girl faces the biggest battle of her life when her sudden disappearance for a brief period leads to a desperate search by her loved ones.
Idukki Gold
The film narrates the story of a few high-school friends getting back together after a long time.
Filmography
as Bhaskaran
as Kandasamy
as Ibrahim
as Mathew Thalachirayil
as Periyasamy
as Koshy
as Aakkamparambil Chackochan
as Shivan
as Loganathan
as David (Bhai)
as Pandian
as David's co-actor
as Chacha
as Lucas Charles
as Sudalaiyandi
as Phillip
as Sindhanai Rajan
as CI Kuriyan Avaran
as Mathachan
as Malayaman
as Basheer
as Siddappa
as Alexander
as Malayaman
as Rudra Mahaveera Ugrasena Maharaja
as Kumarappa
as Peelu
as Chellapa
as Eshwaramurthi
as Dr . Rajesh
as Chandrakumar, a professor
as Kochukunju Kochaappan
as Yeman
as Viswanathan
as Mansoor Bhai
as Ravi
as Kalidas
as Chacko
as Marudhu Singam
as Dr Faris
as Paul
as Khalid
as Ibrahim
as Shivakumar
as Anthraper
as Azhagan
as Issac Kombana
as Joseph
as Kasi (Koti) (Special Appearance)
as Karikkada / Kaathadi Kannan
as Shreedharan
as Raghavan Master
as Chacko
as Abu Musaliyar Mowlavi
as Himself
as Self
as Varkichan
as Victor
as Michael Punyalan
as Ali Fukri
as Kadalakka Ustad
as Balaraman
as Xavier
as Anand Varma
as Savichan
as Thamarai's father
as Ravi / R.K.Varma
as Maniyan
as Rajasenan
as Iyob
as Tony Kurishingal
as Muhammed
as Gopikrishnan
as Pokkiriyachan
as Major Frederick Mukundan
as Behnnan
as Zacharia
as Yesudas
as Michael Dominic Savio
as Gurudasan
as Michael Punyalan
as Nandan Menon
as Arjunan
as The Caller
as Isaac Newton
as Palachottil Geevargees Kuriyakose Isow
as John
as Ottappalam Unni
as Sunny
as Thanupillai / Sivanpillai
as Kari
as Rasheed
as Seethalakshmi's Suitor
as Sunny
as Himself
as Himself
as Kalathil Parambil Kalidasan
as Nissar
as John Varghese
as Narrator (voice)
as Shaji
as Babu Mather / Babu Sait
as CI Antony
as Maj. George Joseph
as Dancer Eldho Aashaan
as Michael
as Chennai Police Commissioner
as Constable S. Raveendran Pillai
as Adv. Radhakrishnan
as Jeeva
as Bigil
as Violinist Issac
as Rajat
as Mayandi
as Raghavan
as Chidambaram
as Puranapool Ganga
as Bharathan Aashan
as Himself
as Smuggler Don
as Kasim Baba
as Kasi
as Divakaran
as Sathyan
as Devin Carlos Padaveedan
as Ravikumar
as Karunan
as Thekkedathu Achuthankutty
as Manickam
as Harinarayanan
as Mohammad Ibrahim
as Gowrishankar
as Dasappan
as Chandran
as Sukumaran
as Parthan
as Self
as Sikkandar Singh
as Johny
as Kombanali
as Jeevan George
as Paniyan
as Guest at the wedding
as Ibrahim