Lal (actor)

Lal
Lal
Born	M. P. Michael; 2 December 1958 (age 65); Kochi, Kerala, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation(s)	screenwriter, actor, director, producer, distributor, comedian
Years active	1984 – present
Spouse	Nancy
Children	Jean Paul Lal; Monika
Parent(s)	M. A. Paul (Father); Philomina (Mother)
Awards	National Film Awards; Special Jury – Actor (2012); Kerala State Awards:; Best Popular Film (1991); Best Actor (2008, 2013)

M. P. Michael (born 2 December 1958), better known by his stage name Lal, is an Indian film director, actor, screenwriter, producer, and film distributor who works in Malayalam cinema.

Career

Early career

He started his career as a mimicry artist in Kalabhavan,^[1] along with his childhood friend Siddique, who would later team up as Siddique-Lal to make many films. Lal and Siddique joined as assistant directors to Fazil in 1984.^[2]

Actor

After that, both decided to part ways as a director pair and Lal turned producer with the Siddique-directed Mammootty-starrer Hitler.^[2] Lal debuted in acting with a villain role as Paniyan in Suresh Gopi-starrer Kaliyattam, directed by Jayaraj. Kaliyattam was a new take on Othello, where Lal played Paniyan, the character standing for Iago. He runs a film postproduction company name as Lal Media Arts, Kochi.

Awards

National Film Awards – Special Mention – Ozhimuri (2012)^[3]
Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Malayalam - Thalappavu
Kerala State Film Award for Best Film with Popular Appeal and Aesthetic Value - Godfather
Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor for Thalappavu in 2008
Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor for Ayaal, Zachariayude Garbhinikal in 2013
Asianet Film Awards for Best Director: In Ghost House Inn in 2010

Filmography

Actor

Malayalam

Year	Film	Role
1994	Manathe Kottaram	Guest at the wedding
1997	Kaliyattam	Paniyan/Iago
1998	Punjabi House	Sikkandar Singh
	Daya	Kombanali
	Kanmadam	Johny
	Ormacheppu	Jeevan
1999	Friends	Man at the Park
	Chandranudikkunna Dikhil	Parthan
	Jananayakan	Misra
2000	Mazha	Chandran
	Arayannangalude Veedu	Sukumaran
	Nakshathragal Parayathirunnathu	Gowrishankar
	Thenkasipattanam	Dasappan
2001	Ee Nadu Ennalevare	Plappalli Sreedharan
	One Man Show	Hari Narayanan
	Randam Bhavam	Mohammad Ibrahim
	Unnathangalil	Shiva
2002	Ente Hridayathinte Udama	Pavitran
	Kannaki	Manikyan
	Kalyanaraman	Thekkedathu Achuthankutty
	Krishna Gopalakrishna	Swamiji
2003	Pulival Kalyanam	Karunan
	Anyar	Raghavan
	Sinkari Bolona	Deva Sharma
	Uthara	Ambi
2004	Ee Snehatheerathu	Chinnappa Gounder
	Chathikkatha Chanthu	Film director Ravikumar
	Black	Devin Carlos Padaveedan
2005	Chanthupottu	Divakaran
	Thommanum Makkalum	Sathyan
	Banglavil Outha	Outha
2006	The Don	Kasim Baba
	Pothan Vava
	Oruvan	Bharathan
2007	Rock N Roll	Issac
	Before the Rains	Rajat
	Time	Dr. Srinivasa Iyengar
	Panthaya Kozhi	Raghavan
2008	Thalappavu	S. Raveendran Pillai
	Twenty:20	Radhakrishnan
	Pachamarathanalil	Mohammed Ali
	Aayudham	Swami Antony Williams
2009	Thirunakkara Perumal
2010	Anwar	Babu Sait
	Aagathan	Major George Joseph
	April Fool	Dr. Mohana Chandran
	Penpattanam	Inspector Antony
	Best Actor	Vandippetta Shaji
	Shikkar	Cameo in a song
	Kandahar
2011	Payyans	John Varghese
	Salt N' Pepper	Kalathipparampil Kalidasan
	Bombay March 12
	Doctor Love	Cameo
	Vellaripravinte Changathi	As Himself
2012	Father's Day
	Unnam	Sunny
	Cobra	Kari (Karimoorkhan)
	Ozhimuri	Thanupillai & Sivanpillai
	Scene Onnu Nammude Veedu	Ottappalam Unni
	Chettayees	John
	Little Master
	Husbands in Goa	Sunny
2013	Maad Dad	Palachottil Geevargees Kuriyakose Easo
	Shutter	Rasheed
	Isaac Newton S/O Philipose	Isaac Newton
	Kaattum Mazhayum	Hajiyar
	Abhiyum Njaanum	Nandan Menon
	Ayaal	Gurudasan
	Honey Bee	HC Michael
	Buddy	Michael Dominic Savio
	Sringaravelan	Yesudas
	Zachariayude Garbhinikal	Zacharia
	Idukki Gold	Behnnan
	Vishudhan	Mathew Pokkiriyachan
	10:30 am Local Call	Nimmy's father
	Kadhaveedu	Major Frederick Mukundan
2014	Happy Journey	Gopikrishnan
	God's Own Country	Mohammad
	Iyobinte Pustakam	Iyob
	Hi I'm Tony	Tony Kurishingal
	Nagaravaridhi Naduvil Njan
2016	Swargathekkal Sundaram
	32aam adhyayam 23aam vaakyam	Ravi Uncle/R.K. Varma
	King Liar	Anand Varma
	Puli Murugan	Balaraman
	Dum	Xavier
	Kappiri Thuruthu	Kadalakka Ustad
2017	Fukri	Ramzan Ali Fukri
	Honey Bee 2 : Celebrations	Michael
	Oru Cinemakkaaran
	Zacharia Pothen Jeevichirippundu
	Chunkzz	Varkichan
	Honey Bee 2.5	As Himself
	Oru Visheshapetta Biriyanikissa	Abu Musaliyar Mowlavi
	Njandukalude Nattil Oridavela	K C Chacko
2018	Iblis (film)	Shreedharan

Tamil

Seemaraja (2018)
Antony (2018)
Chandi Veeran (2015)
Kutti Puli (2013)
Porkkalam (2010)
Azhagar Malai (2009)
Anthony Yaar? (2009)
Kaalai (2008)
Deepavali (2007)
Aalwar (2007)
Rameswaram (2007)
Oram Po (2007)
Marudhamalai (2007)
Sandakozhi (2005)
Engal Anna (2004)

Telugu

Saaho (2018)
Annavaram (2006)
Khatarnak (2006)

Producer

Honey Bee2 (2017)
Tournament (2010)
In Ghost House Inn (2010)
2 Harihar Nagar (2009)
Panthaya Kozhi (2007)
Pothan Vava (2006)
Chanthupottu (2005)
Thommanum Makkalum (2005)
Black (2004)
Chathikkatha Chanthu (2004)
Pulival Kalyanam (2003)
Kalyanaraman (2002)
Thenkasippattanam (2000)
Friends (1999)
Superman (1997)
Hitler (1996)

Distributed films

Violin (2011)
Elsamma Enna Aankutty (2010)
Thalappavu (2008)
Cycle (2008)
Thommanum Makkalum (2005)
Banglavil Outha (2004)
Swapnakkoodu (2001)
One Man Show (2001)

Writer

Cobra: Kottayam Brothers (2012)
Tournament (2010)
In Ghost House Inn (2010)
2 Harihar Nagar (2009)
Hera Pheri (2000) (story)
Mannar Mathai Speaking (1995) (as Siddique Lal)
Kabuliwala (1993) (as Siddique Lal)
Vietnam Colony (1992) (as Siddique Lal)
Makkal Maahathmiam (1992) (story) (as Siddique Lal)
Godfather (1991) (as Siddique Lal)
In Harihar Nagar (1990) (as Siddique Lal)
Ramji Rao Speaking (1989) (as Siddique Lal)
Manivathoorile Aayiram Sivarathrikal (1987) (Script supervisor and assistant, as Siddique Lal)
Nadodikkattu (1987) (story idea)
Pappan Priyappetta Pappan (1986) (as Siddique Lal)
Pappachan (1988)

Director

King Liar (2016)
Cobra: Kottayam Brothers (2012)
Tournament - Play & Replay (2010)
In Ghost House Inn (2010)
2 Harihar Nagar (2009)
Mannar Mathai Speaking (1995) (with Siddique as Siddique Lal)
Kabooliwala (1994) (with Siddique as Siddique Lal)
Vietnam Colony (1992) (with Siddique as Siddique Lal)
Godfather (1991) (with Siddique as Siddique Lal)
In Harihar Nagar (1990) (with Siddique as Siddique Lal)
Ramji Rao Speaking (1989) (with Siddique as Siddique Lal)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Manichithrathazhu (1993) (second unit director)
Manivathoorile Aayiram Sivarathrikal (1987) (assistant director)

References

^ http://www.cochinkalabhavan.com/contribution.html
^ ^a ^b Acting is easy, direction most satisfying: Filmmaker Lal
^ "A Great year for Malayalam cinema, say National award winners". mathrubhumi.com. 25 March 2013. Archived from the original on 27 March 2013. Retrieved 24 June 2013. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

External links

[1] ttp://www.cochinkalabhavan.com/contribution.html

[Mathrubhumi_1-2] Acting is easy, direction most satisfying: Filmmaker Lal

[3] "A Great year for Malayalam cinema, say National award winners". mathrubhumi.com. 25 March 2013. Archived from the original on 27 March 2013. Retrieved 24 June 2013. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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v t e Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor
1969–1980	Sathyan (1969) Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair (1970) Sathyan (1971) Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair (1972) P. J. Antony (1973) Adoor Bhasi (1974) Sudheer (1975) M. G. Soman (1976) Bharath Gopi (1977) Sukumaran (1978) Adoor Bhasi (1979) Achankunju (1980)
1981–2000	Nedumudi Venu (1981) Bharath Gopi (1982–1983) Mammootty (1984) Bharath Gopi (1985) Mohanlal (1986) Nedumudi Venu (1987) Premji (1988) Mammootty (1989) Thilakan (1990) Mohanlal (1991) Murali (1992) Mammootty (1993) Thilakan (1994) Mohanlal (1995) Murali (1996) Suresh Gopi (1997) Murali (1998) Mohanlal (1999) O. Madhavan (2000)
2001–2020	Murali (2001) Oduvil Unnikrishnan (2002) Nedumudi Venu (2003) Mammootty (2004) Mohanlal (2005) Prithviraj Sukumaran (2006) Mohanlal (2007) Lal (2008) Mammootty (2009) Salim Kumar (2010) Dileep (2011) Prithviraj Sukumaran (2012) Fahadh Faasil and Lal (2013) Sudev Nair and Nivin Pauly (2014) Dulquer Salmaan (2015) Vinayakan (2016) Indrans (2017) Jayasurya and Soubin Shahir (2018) Suraj Venjaramood (2019) Jayasurya (2020)
2021–present	Biju Menon and Joju George (2021) Mammootty (2022)

v t e Filmfare Award for Best Malayalam Actor
1972–1989	Madhu (1972) P. J. Antony (1973) Kamal Haasan (1974) Adoor Bhasi (1975) Madhu (1976) Madhu (1977) Kamal Haasan (1978) Prathap Pothan (1979) Prathap Pothan (1980) Nedumudi Venu (1981) Bharath Gopi (1982) Bharath Gopi (1983) Mammootty (1984) Mammootty (1985) Mohanlal (1986) Nedumudi Venu (1987) Mohanlal (1988) Premji (1989)
1990–2009	Mammootty (1990) Mammootty (1991) Murali (1992) Mohanlal (1993) Mohanlal (1994) Mohanlal (1995) Jayaram (1996) Mammootty (1997) Balachandra Menon (1998) Mohanlal (1999) Mammootty (2000) Jayaram (2001) Dileep (2002) Jayaram (2003) Mammootty (2004) Mohanlal (2005) Mammootty (2006) Mohanlal (2007) Lal (2008) Mammootty (2009)
2010–present	Mammootty (2010) Salim Kumar (2011) Fahadh Faasil (2012) Fahadh Faasil (2013) Mammootty (2014) Mammootty (2015) Nivin Pauly (2016) Fahadh Faasil (2017) Joju George (2018) Biju Menon (2020-2021)