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Lal
Lal
Born	M. P. Michael; 2 December 1958 (age 66); Kochi, Kerala, India
Occupations	Actor; director; screenwriter; producer; distributor;
Years active	1984 – present
Spouse	Nancy Lal
Children	Lal Jr.; Monica Lal
Awards	National Film Awards; Kerala State Film Awards

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M. P. Michael (born 2 December 1958), better known by his stage name Lal, is an Indian actor, screenwriter, film director, producer, and distributor, who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema and has also appeared in Tamil and Telugu films. Lal has won one National Film Award – Special Mention for acting (in 2012), two Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor (in 2008 and 2013) and a Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Malayalam (in 2008).

Early life

Lal was born as Michael to M. A. Paul and Philomina. He is a devout member of the Roman Catholic Latin Rite Archdiocese of Verapoly, Ernakulam. His father M. A. Paul was a famous tabla player. His brother Alex Paul is a famous music composer in the Malayalam film industry and his son Jean is a movie director in the same industry.

Career

He started his career as a mimicry artist in Kalabhavan, along with his childhood friend Siddique, who would later team up as Siddique-Lal to make many films.^[1] Lal and Siddique began their film career working as assistant directors to Fazil in Nokkethadhoorathu Kannum Nattu.^[2]^[3]

After that, both decided to part ways as a director pair and Lal turned producer with the Siddique-directed Mammootty-starrer Hitler.^[3] 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 post-production company named as Lal Media Arts, Kochi. For his performance in the 2012 film Ozhimuri, he won the National Film Award – Special Mention.^[4]

Personal life

Lal is married to Nancy and they have two children—Jean Paul Lal and Monica Lal. Jean Paul is a film director.

Awards

National Film Awards

2012: Special Mention for Acting – Ozhimuri

Kerala State Film Awards

1991: Best Film with Popular Appeal and Aesthetic Value - Godfather
2008: Best Actor – Thalappavu
2013: Best Actor – Ayaal, Zachariayude Garbhinikal

Filmfare Awards South

2008: Best Actor – Malayalam - Thalappavu

Asianet Film Awards

2010: Best Director – In Ghost House Inn

Filmography

Actor

Malayalam films
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	Manathe Kottaram	Guest at the wedding	Cameo Appearance
1997	Kaliyattam	Paniyan / Iago
1998	Kanmadam	Johny
	Punjabi House	Sikkandar Singh
	Daya	Kombanali
	Ormacheppu	Jeevan
1999	Friends	Man at the park	Cameo Appearance
	Chandranudikkunna Dikhil	Parthan
	Jananaayakan	Misra
2000	Mazha	Chandran
	Arayannangalude Veedu	Sukumaran
	Nakshathragal Parayathirunnathu	Gowrishankar
	Thenkasipattanam	Dasappan
2001	Ee Nadu Ennalevare	Plappalli Sreedharan
	Randam Bhavam	Mohammad Ibrahim
	Unnathangalil	Shiva
	One Man Show	Hari Narayanan
2002	Ente Hridayathinte Udama	Pavitran
	Kannaki	Manikyan
	Krishna Gopalakrishna	Swamiji
	Kalyanaraman	Thekkedathu Achuthankutty
2003	Uthara	Ambi
	Sinkari Bolona	Deva Sharma
	Anyar	Raghavan
	Pulival Kalyanam	Karunan
2004	Chathikkatha Chanthu	Film Director Ravikumar
	Ee Snehatheerathu	Chinnappa Gounder
	Black	Devin Carlos Padaveedan
2005	Thommanum Makkalum	Sathyan
	Banglavil Outha	Outha
	Chanthupottu	Divakaran
2006	The Don	Kasim Baba
	Pothan Vava	As Himself	Cameo Appearance
	Oruvan	Bharathan
2007	Panthaya Kozhi	Raghavan
	Time	Dr. Srinivasa Iyengar
	Rock N Roll	Issac
2008	Pachamarathanalil	Mohammed Ali
	Thalappavu	S. Raveendran Pillai
	Aayudham	Swami Antony Williams
	Twenty:20	Radhakrishnan
2009	Thirunakkara Perumal
2010	Aagathan	Major George Joseph
	April Fool	Dr. Mohana Chandran
	Penpattanam	Inspector Antony
	Anwar	Babu Sait
	Shikkar		Cameo in a song
	Best Actor	Vandippetta Shaji
	Kandahar
2011	Payyans	John Varghese
	Salt N' Pepper	Kalathipparampil Kalidasan
	Bombay March 12
	Doctor Love		Cameo appearance
	Vellaripravinte Changathi	As Himself
2012	Father's Day
	Unnam	Sunny
	Cobra	Kari (Karimoorkhan)
	Ozhimuri	Thanupillai & Sivanpillai
	Scene Onnu Nammude Veedu	Ottappalam Unni
	Little Master
	Husbands in Goa	Sunny
	Chettayees	John
2013	Isaac Newton S/O Philipose	Isaac Newton
	Maad Dad	Palachottil Geevargees Kuriyakose Easo
	Shutter	Rasheed
	10:30 am Local Call	Nimmy's father
	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
	Kadhaveedu	Major Frederick Mukundan
2014	Happy Journey	Gopikrishnan
	God's Own Country	Mohammad
	Hi I'm Tony	Tony Kurishingal
	Iyobinte Pustakam	Iyob
	Nagaravaridhi Naduvil Njan
2016	Swargathekkal Sundaram
	32aam adhyayam 23aam vaakyam	Ravi Uncle/R.K. Varma
	King Liar	Anand Varma
	Dum	Xavier
	Puli Murugan	Balaraman
	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	Shreedharan
2019	Pengalila	Azhagan
	Thelivu
	Helen	Paul
	Thakkol
2020	Al Mallu
	Silencer
	Anveshanam	Dr.Faris
	Bhoomiyile Manohara Swakaryam

Other language films
Year	Title	Language	Role	Notes
2004	Engal Anna	Tamil	Sundaralingam / Veerapandi
2005	Sandakozhi	Tamil	Kasi
2006	Khatarnak	Telugu	Smuggler
2006	Annavaram	Telugu	Puranapool Ganga
2007	Before the Rains	English	Rajat
2007	Marudhamalai	Tamil	Maasi
2007	Oram Po	Tamil	Bigil
2007	Aalwar	Tamil	Punniyamoorthy
2007	Madurai Veeran	Tamil	Mayandi
2007	Deepavali	Tamil	Chidambaram
2007	Rameswaram	Tamil	Vasanthi's father
2008	Kaalai	Tamil	Jeevanandham IPS
2009	Thoranai	Tamil	Chennai Police Commissioner
2009	Pistha	Telugu	Vizag Police Commissioner
2009	Anthony Yaar?	Tamil	Michael
2009	Azhagar Malai	Tamil	Rathnavelu
2010	Porkkalam	Tamil	Aslam Bhai
2013	Kutti Puli	Tamil	Arjunan
2015	Chandi Veeran	Tamil	Thamarai's father
2018	Antony	Tamil	George
2018	Seema Raja	Tamil	Karikkada / Kaathadi Kannan
2019	Saaho	Hindi Tamil Telugu	Ibrahim	Multilingual film

Director, writer

Year	Title	Credited as		Notes
Year	Title	Director	Writer	Notes
1986	Pappan Priyappetta Pappan		Yes
1987	Nadodikkattu		Yes	Story
1989	Ramji Rao Speaking	Yes	Yes	Directorial debut as Siddique–Lal
1990	In Harihar Nagar	Yes	Yes
1991	Godfather	Yes	Yes
1992	Makkal Mahatmyam		Yes	Story
1992	Vietnam Colony	Yes	Yes
1993	Kabooliwala	Yes	Yes
1993	Manichithrathazhu	2nd unit		Second unit director
1995	Mannar Mathai Speaking		Yes	Sequel to Ramji Rao Speaking
2000	Hera Pheri		Yes	Hindi remake of Ramji Rao Speaking
2009	2 Harihar Nagar	Yes	Yes	Debut as independent director
2010	In Ghost House Inn	Yes	Yes	Sequel to 2 Harihar Nagar
2010	Tournament – Play & Replay	Yes	Yes
2012	Cobra	Yes	Yes
2016	King Liar	Yes	Yes	Co-written with Siddique
2017	Honey Bee 2.5		Yes

Producer, distributor

Year	Title	Credited as
1996	Hitler	Producer
1997	Superman	Producer
1999	Friends	Producer
2000	Thenkasipattanam	Producer Distributor
2001	One Man Show	Distributor
2002	Kalyanaraman	Producer Distributor
2003	Swapnakkoodu	Distributor
2004	Chathikkatha Chanthu	Producer Distributor
2004	Black	Producer Distributor
2005	Thommanum Makkalum	Producer Distributor
2005	Bunglavil Outha	Distributor
2005	Bharathchandran I.P.S.	Distributor
2005	Chanthupottu	Producer Distributor
2006	Chinthamani Kolacase	Distributor
2006	Classmates	Distributor
2006	Pothan Vava	Producer Distributor
2007	Panthaya Kozhi	Producer Distributor
2007	Nivedyam	Distributor
2007	Kangaroo	Distributor
2008	Cycle	Distributor
2008	Thalappavu	Distributor
2009	2 Harihar Nagar	Producer Distributor
2010	In Ghost House Inn	Producer Distributor
2010	Elsamma Enna Aankutty	Distributor
2010	Tournament – Play & Replay	Producer
2011	Salt N' Pepper	Distributor
2011	Violin	Distributor
2017	Honey Bee 2: Celebrations	Producer

Other crew credits

1987: Manivathoorile Aayiram Sivarathrikal – Script supervisor and assistant director (as Siddique–Lal)

References

^ http://www.cochinkalabhavan.com/contribution.html
^ "Kunchacko's Udaya Studio being razed". Malayala Manorama. 4 May 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
^ ^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.

External links

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

[2] "Kunchacko's Udaya Studio being razed". Malayala Manorama. 4 May 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2019.

[Mathrubhumi_1-3] Acting is easy, direction most satisfying: Filmmaker Lal

[4] "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.

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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) Kunchacko Boban (2022) Mammootty (2023)

Authority control databases
International	VIAF
National	United States