Mohanlal filmography

Mohanlal is an Indian actor, producer, distributor, host, and playback singer who has starred in mainstream blockbuster and art-house films.^[1] He has made over 355 appearances in feature films during the span of his career, primarily in Malayalam cinema and also in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi and Kannada films.^[2]

Mohanlal in 2015

Mohanlal began acting at the age of 18 in a brief role in the then-unreleased film Thiranottam (1978), released a quarter century later. He made his cinematic debut in 1980 as an antagonist in the romantic thriller Manjil Virinja Pookkal.^[3] His portrayal of Narendran, a sadistic husband, garnered him recognition and the film developed a cult status.^[4][5] He was thereafter cast in several films as villainous characters. Padayottam (1982), the first Malayalam film shot on 70 mm film featured him in his first protagonistic role.^[4] The family drama Aattakalasam established him as a leading actor in Malayalam cinema.^[6] In 1984 he starred in the screwball comedy Poochakkoru Mookkuthi, whose success generated a trend and popularised the genre in the 1980s.^[7][8] He played an antihero in Uyarangalil (1984), directed by I. V. Sasi receiving critical acclaim for his performance.^[9] In the same year, he co-founded Casino Films,^[a] a motion picture production company that later produced his comedy films Gandhinagar 2nd Street (1986) and Nadodikkattu (1987).^[10]

His first song as a playback singer was "Sindhoora Megham" for Onnanam Kunnil Oradi Kunnil (1985).^[7] He starred in 34 films in 1986.^[2] His portrayal of T.P. Balagopalan, a lower-scale employee in the comedy-drama T. P. Balagopalan M.A. (1986) earned him the Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor becoming the youngest recipient at the age of 26,^[7] a record he held until 2006.^[11] The same year he co-founded Cheers Films, his second production company.^[b] Mohanlal's stardom catapulted with the success of the crime drama Rajavinte Makan (1986).^[13] In Irupatham Noottandu (1987), he portrayed mobster Sagar Alias Jacky and has become a cult figure since its release.^[14] His tragicomedy Chithram (1988) held the record for the longest continuous run at 58 weeks.^[15] In 1989, his performance in Kireedam earned him a Special Jury Mention at the 37th National Film Awards.^[16]

In 1990, Mohanlal founded his own film production company, Pranavam Arts.^[7] It debuted with the musical thriller His Highness Abdullah, garnered critical acclaim and became the year's highest-grossing film.^[17] The second film under Pranavam Arts was Bharatham (1991), earned him the National Film Award for Best Actor and Forbes India included it on its list of "25 Greatest Acting Performances in Indian Cinema".^[18] His film, the spiritual fantasy, Guru (1997), was the first Malayalam film from India submitted for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.^[19] In 1997, he received critical acclaim for the Tamil film Iruvar, directed by Mani Ratnam.^[20] Vanaprastham, which was screened at the Un Certain Regard section of the 1999 Cannes Film Festival, earned him the National Film Awards for Best Actor and Best Film (Producer).^[15][21]

In 2000, he starred in the action drama, Narasimham, which became the highest-grossing Malayalam film at the time. His character, Induchoodan has since attracted a cult following.^[22] In 2001, he portrayed Karna in the Sanskrit play, Karnabharam, directed by Kavalam Narayana Panicker.^[23] In 2003, he won an International Indian Film Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the Hindi film Company.^[24] In 2005, he starred in the silent short film Reflections, directed by Bejoy Nambiar.^[25] His portrayal of an Alzhiemer patient in Thanmathra (2005) attained critical acclaim and earned him an honorary award from the Indian Medical Association.^[26] The Indian Territorial Army bestowed on him the honorary rank of lieutenant colonel for his performance as Major Mahadevan in the war film Keerthi Chakra (2006) and its sequel Kurukshetra (2008).^[27] In 2008, he starred in Twenty:20, a landmark film that featured almost all actors in the guild of Malayalam film actors, AMMA.^[28]

Drishyam (2013), in which he portrayed Georgekutty, an ordinary man, became the highest-grossing Malayalam film of all time.^[29][30] In 2016, he acted in the title role in the action film Pulimurugan which went on to become the highest-grossing Malayalam film ever and was the first Malayalam film to gross over ₹150 crore at the box office.^[31] In 2019, he acted in Prithviraj Sukumaran's directorial Lucifer, and the film also became one of the highest-grossing Malayalam films setting several box office records. In 2021, he reprised his role of Georgekutty in the critically acclaimed Drishyam 2, released via Amazon Prime Video. Mohanlal also acted in the 2025 film L2: Empuraan which became a blockbuster. It also became the second highest grossing Indian film of 2025 and the highest grossing Malayalam film of all time.

Films

Key

†	Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released

List of Mohanlal film credits

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1980	Manjil Virinja Pookkal	Narendran		[32]
1981	Sanchari	Dr. Sekhar		[33]
	Thakilu Kottampuram	Advocate Paul		[34]
	Dhanya	Mohanlal		[35]
	Dhruvasangamam	Sankarankutty		[36]
	Attimari	Shan		[37]
	Oothikachiya Ponnu	Nandan		[38]
	Thenum Vayambum	Varma		[39]
	Ahimsa	Mohan
1982	Madrasile Mon	Mohanlal		[40]
	Football	Balakrishnan		[41]
	Kelkkaatha Sabdham	Babu		[42]
	Padayottam	Kannan		[43]
	Enikkum Oru Divasam	Babu		[44]
	Aakrosham	Mohanachandran		[45]
	Enthino Pookunna Pookkal	Surendran		[46]
	Sindoora Sandhyakku Mounam	Kishore		[47]
	Ente Mohangal Poovaninju	Jayan		[48]
	Njan Onnu Parayatte	Shekharankutty		[49]
	Aa Divasam	Boss		[50]
	Kaliyamardanam	Johnny		[51]
	Sree Ayyappanum Vavarum	Kadutha	Cameo	[52]
	Kurukkante Kalyanam	Sainaba's husband		[53]
1983	Visa	Sunny		[50]
	Hello Madras Girl	Lal		[47]
	Ente Katha	Ramesh		[49]
	Bhookambam	Raghu		[54]
	Guru Dakshina	Minister Prabhakaran		[50]
	Naseema	Saithali		[55]
	Kolakkomban	Gopi		[36]
	Kuyiline Thedi	Thampuran Kutty		[56]
	Himavahini	Pappy		[50]
	Arabikkadal	Ravi		[36]
	Sesham Kazhchayil	Police Inspector		[57]
	Marakkillorikkalum	Murali		[49]
	Sandhyakku Virinja Poovu	Ramu		[58]
	Thaavalam	Rajappan		[50]
	Aadhipathyam	Mohan		[59]
	Chakravalam Chuvannappol	Suresh		[60]
	Engane Nee Marakkum	Shambu		[49]
	Iniyengilum	Ravi		[61]
	Attakkalasam	Santhosh Babu		[62]
	Kattathe Kilikkoodu	Unni Krishnan		[63]
	Asthram	Das		[64]
	Changatham	S. T. Daniel		[65]
	Oru Mukham Pala Mukham	Sukumaran Thampi		[65]
	Nanayam	Babu		[65]
	Ente Mamattikkuttiyammakku	Alex		[66]
	Pinnilavu	Raghu		[67]
1984	Akkare	Sudhakaran		[68]
	Onnanu Nammal	Nandagopal		[69]
	Swanthamevide Bandhamevide	Rajendran		[70]
	Vanitha Police	Achuthan		[71]
	Appunni	Menon Mash		[72]
	Athirathram	Prasad		[73]
	Unaroo	Ramu		[74]
	Kaliyil Alpam Karyam	Vinayan		[50]
	Poochakkoru Mookkuthi	Gopalakrishnan		[75]
	Pavam Poornima	Annan Thampuran		[76]
	Lakshmana Rekha	Sudhakaran Nair		[50]
	Aalkkoottathil Thaniye	Anil Kumar		[77]
	Vetta	Balan		[78]
	Ivide Thudangunnu	Krishnakumar		[36]
	Kurishuyudham	Johny		[79]
	Manasariyathe	Mammootty		[80]
	Thirakal	James George		[49]
	Kilikkonchal	Ratheesh		[50]
	Itha Innu Muthal	Himself	Cameo appearance	[81]
	Sreekrishna Parunthu	Kumaran
	Aduthaduthu	Vishnu Mohan		[82]
	Ariyaatha Veethikal	Balan		[50]
	Uyarangalil	P. K. Jayarajan		[9]
	Adiyozhukkukal	Gopi		[65]
	Oru Kochu Swapnam	Gilbert		[83]
1985	Avidathepole Ivideyum	Sukumaran		[84]
	Nokketha Doorathu Kannum Nattu	Sreekumar		[85]
	Omanikkan Ormavaikkan	Deva Kumar		[49]
	Aram + Aram = Kinnaram	Narayanan Kutty		[86]
	Nayakan	Krishnadas		[49]
	Njan Piranna Nattil	Inspector Rajasekharan		[49]
	Onnanam Kunnil Oradi Kunnil	Nithin		[87]
	Anubandham	Bhaskaran		[88]
	Mulamoottil Adima	Adimakanne		[50]
	Vasantha Sena	Devan		[50]
	Guruji Oru Vakku	Sudhakaran Nair		[89]
	Parayanumvayya Parayathirikkanumvayya	Current Hamsa		[90]
	Angadikkappurathu	Babu		[50]
	Koodum Thedi	Peter		[91]
	Jeevante Jeevan	Jayan		[49]
	Adhyayam Onnu Muthal	Vishnu		[92]
	Azhiyatha Bandhangal	Balakrishnan
	Boeing Boeing	Shyam		[93]
	Karimpinpoovinakkare	Bhadran	Also producer	[94]
	Uyarum Njan Nadake	Darappan		[95]
	Idanilangal	Balan		[96]
	Pathamudayam	Jayamohan and Vikraman		[97]
	Rangam	Appunni		[98]
	Ezhu Muthal Onpathu Vare	Anand		[36]
	Kandu Kandarinju	Krishnan Unni		[99]
1986	Ninnishtam Ennishtam	Sreekumar	100th Film
	Pappan Priyappetta Pappan	Inspector Devadas		[100]
	Oppam Oppathinoppam	Krishnan Kutty		[49]
	Mazha Peyyunnu Maddalam Kottunnu	Shambu		[101]
	Panchagni	Rasheed		[102]
	Kariyilakkattupole	Inspector Achuthankutty		[103]
	Abhayam Thedi	Appu		[49]
	Vartha	Parol Vasu		[104]
	Geetham	Jagadeesh Nair		[65]
	Hello My Dear Wrong Number	Venugopal		[105]
	Neram Pularumbol	Godfree		[106]
	Iniyum Kurukshetrum	Suresh Babu		[36]
	Kaveri	Balachandran Nair		[107]
	Mizhineerppoovukal	Richard		[108]
	Poomukhappadiyil Ninneyum Kathu	Pauly		[65]
	Nimishangal	Murali		[49]
	Doore Doore Oru Koodu Koottam	Diwakaran		[109]
	Yuvajanotsavam	Jayan		[110]
	Shobhraj	Shobaraj and Dharmaraj		[111]
	Onnu Muthal Poojyam Vare	Telephone Uncle		[112]
	Ente Entethu Mathram	Mr. Menon		[36]
	Padayani	Ramesh		[113]
	Manasilloru Manimuthu	Mohan		[114]
	Sanmanassullavarkku Samadhanam	Gopalakrishna Panicker		[115]
	Adiverukal	Balakrishnan	Also producer	[116]
	Deshadanakkili Karayarilla	Harishankar		[117]
	Revathikkoru Pavakkutty	Dr. Madhavankutty		[118]
	Kunjattakkilikal	Balakrishnan		[36]
	T. P. Balagopalan M.A.	Balagopalan	Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor	[119]
	Gandhinagar 2nd Street	Sethu / Ram Singh	Also producer	[120]
	Rajavinte Makan	Vincent Gomez		[121]
	Namukku Parkkan Munthirithoppukal	Solomon		[122]
	Sukhamo Devi	Sunny		[123]
	Thalavattam	Vinod		[124]
1987	January Oru Orma	Raju		[125]
	Amrutham Gamaya	Dr. P. K. Haridas		[126]
	Adimakal Udamakal	Mohan Cheriyan		[127]
	Sarvakalashala	Lal		[128]
	Irupatham Noottandu	Sagar Alias Jacky		[129]
	Bhoomiyile Rajakkanmar	Raja Mahindra Varma		[49]
	Unnikale Oru Kadha Parayam	Aby	Also producer	[130]
	Thoovanathumbikal	Mannarathodi Jayakrishnan		[131]
	Kaiyethum Doorathu	Vinod		[132]
	Vazhiyorakkazhcakal	Raghvan / Antony Isaac		[50]
	Cheppu	Ramachandran		[133]
	Nadodikkattu	Dasan	Also producer	[134]
	Ivide Ellavarkum Sugham	Appu		[49]
1988	Mukunthetta Sumitra Vilikkunnu	Mukundan K. Kartha		[135]
	Ayitham	Sankaran		[136]
	Manu Uncle	Himself	Cameo appearance	[137]
	Orkkappurathu	Freddy Nicholas		[138]
	Paadha Mudra	Mathu Pandaram and Soap Kuttappan		[139]
	Pattanapravesham	CID Ramdas/Dasan		[140]
	Anuragi	Samu		[141]
	Aryan	Devanarayanan		[142]
	Moonnam Mura	Ali Imran		[143]
	Vellanakalude Nadu	C. Pavithran "C. P." Nair		[144]
	Ulsavapittennu	Aniyankuttan		[145]
	Chithram	Vishnu		[146]
1989	Lal Americayil	Vinod		[147]
	Douthyam	Capt. Roy Jacob Thomas		[148]
	Season	Jeevan		[149]
	Varavelpu	Muralidharan		[150]
	Naduvazhikal	Arjun		[151]
	Peruvannapurathe Visheshangal	Achutha Kurup	Cameo	[152]
	Kireedam	Sethumadhavan	Special Mention at National Film Awards	[153]
	Vandanam	Unnikrishnan		[154]
	Adhipan	Adv. Shyam Prakash		[155]
	Dasharatham	Rajiv Menon		[156]
1990	Aye Auto	Sudhi		[157]
	Akkare Akkare Akkare	CID Ramdas/Dasan		[158]
	No.20 Madras Mail	Tony Kurishingal		[159]
	His Highness Abdullah	Abdullah / Anandhan Nampoothiri		[160]
	Mukham	Hariprasad		[161]
	Kadathanadan Ambadi	Kadathanadan Ambadi		[162]
	Thazhvaram	Balan		[163]
	Arhatha	Devaraaj		[164]
	Indrajaalam	Kannan Nair		[165]
	Appu	Appu		[166]
	Lal Salam	Nettoor Stephan		[167]
1991	Dhanam	Sivashankaran		[168]
	Gopura Vasalile	Accordionist	Tamil film; Special appearance in the song "Keladi En Paavayae"	[169]
	Bharatham	Kalloor Gopinathan	National Film Award for Best Actor	[170]
	Vasthuhara	Venugopal		[171]
	Vishnulokam	Shanku		[172]
	Uncle Bun	Charlie Chacko		[173]
	Kilukkam	Joji		[174]
	Ulladakkam	Dr. Sunny		[175]
	Kizhakkunarum Pakshi	Ananth Moorthy		[51]
	Abhimanyu	Harikrishnan		[176]
1992	Sadayam	Sathyanadhan		[177]
	Kamaladalam	Nandagopan		[178]
	Aham	Sidharthan		[179]
	Rajashilpi	Shambhu		[139]
	Yoddha	Thaiparambil Ashokan		[180]
	Adhwaytham	Sivaprasad		[181]
	Soorya Gayathri	Dr. Balasubramaniam		[182]
	Naadody	Sachidanandan and Balakrishnan Bhagavathar		[183]
	Vietnam Colony	G. Krishnamurthy		[184]
1993	Mithunam	Sedhumadhavan		[185]
	Devaasuram	Mangalassery Neelakandan		[186]
	Butterflies	Prince		[187]
	Maya Mayooram	Krishnan Unni and Narendran		[188]
	Gandharvam	Samuel Alexander	200th Film	[189]
	Chenkol	Sethumadhavan		[190]
	Kalippattam	Venu		[191]
	Manichithrathazhu	Dr. Sunny Joseph		[192]
1994	Pavithram	Unnikrishnan		[193]
	Thenmavin Kombath	Manikyan		[194]
	Pingami	Captain Vijay Menon		[195]
	Gandeevam	Captain	Telugu film; Special appearance in the song "Goruvanka Valagane"	[196]
	Pakshe	Balachandran		[197]
	Minnaram	Boby		[198]
1995	Nirnayam	Dr. Roy Alex		[199]
	Spadikam	Thomas "Aadu Thoma" Chacko		[200]
	Thacholi Varghese Chekavar	Thacholi Varghese Chekavar		[201]
	Manthrikam	Stephen Ronald / Alby Romeo Higuitta		[202]
	Agnidevan	Aniyankuttan / Ravi Varma		[203]
1996	Kaalapani	Dr. Govardhan Menon		[204]
	The Prince	Jeeva		[205]
1997	Iruvar	Anandan	Tamil film	[206]
	Varnapakittu	Sunny Palamattom		[207]
	Oru Yathramozhi	Govindankutty		[208]
	Chandralekha	Appukuttan / Alfy		[209]
	Guru	Raghuraman		[210]
	Aaraam Thampuran	Jagannadhan		[211]
1998	Kanmadam	Vishwanathan		[212]
	Harikrishnans	Adv. Krishnan		[213]
	Rakthasakshikal Sindabad	Siva Subrahmanya Iyer		[214]
	Ayal Kadha Ezhuthukayanu	Sagar Kottappuram / Vidyasagar		[215]
	Summer in Bethlahem	Niranjan	Cameo	[216]
1999	Ustaad	Parameswaran / Ustaad		[217]
	Olympiyan Anthony Adam	SP Antony Chakkummoottil Varghese IPS		[218]
	Vanaprastham	Kunjikuttan	National Film Award for Best Actor	[219]
2000	Narasimham	Poovalli Indrachoodan		[220]
	Life is Beautiful	Vinaya Chandran		[221]
	Sradha	Gangaprasad IPS		[222]
	Devadoothan	Vishal Krishnamoorthy		[222]
2001	Kakkakuyil	Sivaraman		[223]
	Ravanaprabhu	Mangalassery Neelakandan and Karthikeyan		[224]
	Praja	Zakir Ali Hussain		[225]
	Unnathangalil	Vivek	Cameo	[226]
	Achaneyanenikkishtam	Mahadevan	Cameo	[227]
2002	Company	IG Veerappalli Srinivasan IPS	Hindi film	[228]
	Onnaman	Ravishankar		[229]
	Thandavam	Kashinathan		[230]
	Chathurangam	Aatiprackal Jimmy Jacob		[231]
2003	Pop Carn	Vikramaditya	Tamil film	[232]
	Mr. Brahmachari	Ananthan Thampi		[233]
	Kilichundan Mampazham	Abdul Khader		[234]
	Balettan	Athaniparambil Balachandran		[235]
	Hariharan Pilla Happy Aanu	Hariharan Pilla		[236]
	Thiranottam	Kuttappan	Debut film; released after 25 years	[3][26]
2004	Vamanapuram Bus Route	Lever Johny		[237]
	Vismayathumbathu	Sreekumar		[238]
	Love	Mohan Nair	Kannada film; cameo	[239]
	Wanted	Narayana Swamy IPS		[240]
	Natturajavu	Pulikkattil Charlie		[241]
	Mampazhakkalam	Puramanayil Chandran		[242]
2005	Udayananu Tharam	Udayabhanu		[243]
	Chandrolsavam	Chirakkal Sreehari		[244]
	Udayon	Shooranad Pappoyi and Shooranad Kunju		[245]
	Naran	Mullankolli Velayudhan		[246]
	Thanmathra	Ramesan Nair		[247]
2006	Kilukkam Kilukilukkam	Joji	Cameo
	Rasathanthram	Premachandran		[248]
	Vadakkumnathan	Iringannoor Bharatha Pisharadi		[249]
	Keerthi Chakra	Major Mahadevan		[250]
	Mahasamudram	Isahak Velankanni		[251]
	Photographer	Dijo John and Joy John		[252]
	Baba Kalyani	Baba Kalyani IPS		[253]
2007	Chotta Mumbai	Vasco da "Thala" Gama		[254]
	Hallo	Sivaraman		[255]
	Alibhai	Anwar "Ali Bhai" Ali		[256]
	Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag	Inspector Narasimha	Hindi film	[257]
	Paradesi	Valiyakathu Moosa		[258]
	Rock N' Roll	Chandramouli		[259]
	Flash	Dr. Midhun Madhav		[260]
2008	Halla Bol	Himself	Hindi film; Cameo appearance	[261]
	College Kumaran	Captain Sreekumar/ Canteen Kumaran/ College Kumaran		[262]
	Innathe Chintha Vishayam	Gopakumar "G. K."		[263]
	Mizhikal Sakshi	Professor Saeed Ahmed		[264]
	Madampi	Putthanpurakkal Gopalakrishna Pillai		[265]
	Aakasha Gopuram	Albert Samson		[266]
	Kurukshetra	Colonel Mahadevan		[267]
	Twenty:20	Devaraja Prathapa Varma		[268]
	Pakal Nakshatrangal	Sidharthan		[269]
2009	Red Chillies	Oyyarathu Madathil "O. M. R" Ramanathan		[270]
	Sagar Alias Jacky Reloaded	Sagar Alias Jacky		[271]
	Bhagavan	Dr. Balagopalan		[272]
	Bhramaram	Sivankutty		[273]
	Unnaipol Oruvan	DGP Govinda Raghavan Maarar IPS	Tamil film	[274]
	Angel John	Angel John		[275]
	Evidam Swargamanu	Mathews Jeremias		[276]
2010	Janakan	Adv. Surya Narayanan		[277]
	Alexander the Great	Alexander Varma		[278]
	Oru Naal Varum	Kulappulli Sukumaran / DYSP Nandhakumar		[279]
	Shikkar	Balaraman		[280]
	Kandahar	Major Mahadevan		[281]
2011	Christian Brothers	Christy Varghese Mappila alias Sherson		[282]
	China Town	Mathukutty and Xavier		[283]
	Pranayam	Mathews		[284]
	Snehaveedu	Ajayan Menon	300th Film	[285]
	Oru Marubhoomikkadha	P. Madhavan Nair		[286]
2012	Casanovva	Casanovva		[287]
	Tezz	Shivan Menon	Hindi film; Cameo	[288]
	Grandmaster	IG Chandrasekhar IPS		[289]
	Spirit	Raghu Nandan		[290]
	Run Baby Run	Venu		[291]
	Karmayodha	DCP Madhava "Mad Maddy" Menon IPS		[292]
2013	Lokpal	Nandagopal / Lokpal		[293]
	Red Wine	ACP Ratheesh Vasudevan IPS		[294]
	Ladies and Gentleman	Chandrabose		[295]
	Kadal Kadannu Oru Maathukutty	Himself	Cameo appearance	[296]
	Geethaanjali	Dr. Sunny Joseph		[297]
	Drishyam	Georgekutty		[298]
2014	Jilla	Shivan	Tamil film	[299]
	Mr. Fraud	Bhai Ji / John Cliff / Sivaram		[300]
	Koothara	Usthad Saali		[301]
	Peruchazhi	Jagannathan		[302]
2015	Rasam	Himself	Guest appearance	[303]
	Mythri	Mahadev Godke	Kannada film; Cameo; partially reshot in Malayalam as My Hero Mythri	[304]
	Ennum Eppozhum	Vineeth N. Pillai		[305]
	Lailaa O Lailaa	Jai Mohan		[306]
	Loham	Rajeev "Raju" Sathyamoorthy		[307]
	Kanal	John David		[308]
2016	Manamantha	Sai Ram	Telugu film; Partially reshot in Malayalam as Vismayam	[309]
	Janatha Garage	Sathyam	Telugu film	[310]
	Oppam	Jayaraman		[311]
	Pulimurugan	Murugan		[312]
2017	Munthirivallikal Thalirkkumbol	Ulahannan "Unnachan"		[313]
	1971: Beyond Borders	Colonel Mahadevan and Major Sahadevan		[314]
	Velipadinte Pusthakam	Michael Idicula		[315]
	Villain	ADGP Mathew Manjooran IPS		[316]
2018	Aadhi	Mohanlal	Cameo appearance	[317]
	Neerali	Sunny George		[318]
	Kayamkulam Kochunni	Ithikkara Pakki		[319]
	Drama	Rajagopal		[320]
	Odiyan	Odiyan Manickyan		[321]
2019	Lucifer	Stephen Nedumpally / Khureshi Ab'ram		[322]
	Ittymaani: Made in China	Ittymaani / Ittymaathan		[323]
	Kaappaan	PM Chandrakanth Varma	Tamil film	[324]
2020	Big Brother	Sachidanandan		[325]
2021	Drishyam 2	Georgekutty		[326]
	Marakkar: Arabikadalinte Simham	Kunjali Marakkar		[327]
2022	Bro Daddy	John Chacko Kattadi		[328]
	Aaraattu	Ganabushanam Neyyattinkara Gopan / Colonel Suryachandra Lal / Agent X		[329]
	12th Man	DYSP Chandrashekhar		[330]
	Monster	Lucky Singh / Shivdev Subramaniam IPS		[331]
2023	Alone	Kalidas		[332]
	Jailer	Mathew	Tamil film; Cameo	[333]
	Neru	Adv. Vijayamohan		[334]
2024	Malaikottai Vaaliban	Malaikottai Vaaliban and Malaikottai Malayan		[335]
	Barroz 3D	Barroz	Also director	[336]
2025	L2: Empuraan	Khureshi Ab'ram / Stephen Nedumpally		[337]
	Thudarum †	Shanmugham	Post-production	[338]
	Kannappa †	Kirata	Telugu film; Cameo	[339]
	Hridayapoorvam †	TBA	Filming	[340]
	Vrushabha †	TBA	Post-production	[341]
	AJFC_MMMN †	TBA	Filming	[342]
2026	Ram †	Ram Mohan	Delayed	[343]

Producer

List of Mohanlal film credits as producer

Year	Title	Production	Ref.
1984	Adiyozhukkukal	Casino Films
1985	Karimbinpoovinakkare
1986	Gandhinagar 2nd Street
	Adiverukal	Chears Films
1987	Nadodikkattu	Casino Films
	Unnikale Oru Kadha Parayam	Chears Films
1988	Orkkappurathu
	Aryan
1990	His Highness Abdulla	Pranavam Arts International
1991	Bharatham
1992	Kamaladalam
1993	Mithunam
1994	Pingami
1996	Kaalapani
1998	Kanmadam
	Harikrishnans
1999	Olympian Anthony Adam
	Vaanaprastham
2010	Kandahar

Narrator / voice-over

List of Mohanlal film credits as narrator or voice-over

Year	Title	Notes	Ref.
1989	Season	Also as lead actor
1990	Indrajaalam	Also as lead actor
1998	Kallu Kondoru Pennu		[344]
2002	Onnaman	Also as lead actor
2007	Chotta Mumbai	Also as lead actor
2008	Swarnam		[345]
2009	Kerala Varma Pazhassi Raja		[346]
2010	Janakan	Also as lead actor
2012	The Hit List		[347]
	Namukku Parkkan		[348]
2014	Aamayum Muyalum		[349]
2015	Ennum Eppozhum	Also as lead actor
	Picket 43		[350]
2017	C/O Saira Banu	Voice role: Peter George
	Tiyaan	Voice of "time"	[351]
	Aakashamittayi		[352]
2018	Kayamkulam Kochunni	Also actor
2019	Neeyum Njanum
	100 Years of Chrysostom	Documentary; entered the Guinness World Records	[353]
	Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy	Malayalam dubbed version	[354]
2022	Pathonpatham Noottandu
2023	King of Kotha
2024	Gu		[355]
	ARM	Voice-over for Cosmic creator	[356]
2025	KD	Malayalam dubbed version

Theatre

List of Mohanlal theatre credits

Year	Play	Role	Language	Premiere	Ref.
2001	Karnabharam	Karna	Sanskrit	Siri Fort Auditorium, New Delhi	[357]
2003	Kadhayattam[c]	Soori Namboothiripadu Chandrakaran Pappu Ikkoran Chemban Kunju Mayan Allapicha Mollaka Dasan Bheeman Vaikom Muhammad Basheer	Malayalam	Senate Hall, University of Kerala	[359]
2008	Chayamukhi	Bhima	Malayalam	Lulu International Convention Centre, Thrissur	[360]
	Maya Ravan (Ballet)	Hanuman (voice)	English	Nehru Centre, Mumbai	[361]
2009	The Tempest	Prospero	Malayalam	Jose Thomas Performing Arts Centre	[362]
2010	Vikramōrvaśīyam	Pururavas	Sanskrit	Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh	[363]
2015	Naga	Narrator	Malayalam	Parish Hall, St. George Church, Kalady	[364]

Short films

List of Mohanlal short film credits

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2005	Reflections	Loner		[365]
2010	Wilson Pereira	Wilson Pereira Squirrel Fish Crow	Animation film; also narrator (crow)	[366]
2015	Punchirikku Parasparam	Himself	Cameo	[367]
2016	Lodal Loda Lodalu	Himself	Cameo	[368]
2017	Amar Jawan Amar Bharath	Himself	Cameo
	Happy New Year	Himself	Cameo	[369]
2020	Family	Himself	Short film for Sony	[370]

Television

Key

†	Denotes series that have not yet been released

List of Mohanlal television credits

Year	Title	Role	Network	Language	Ref.
2015	Sanskrit News	Reporter	Janam TV	Inauguration episode
2017–2018	Lal Salam	Host	Amrita TV	Talk show; co-hosted with Meera Nandan	[371]
2018	Bigg Boss (Malayalam season 1)	Host	Asianet	Reality show	[372]
2019	Top Singer Season 1	Judge	Flowers TV	Reality show	[373]
2020	Bigg Boss (Malayalam season 2)	Host	Asianet	Reality show	[374]
	First Bell	Host (episode – Project Tiger)	Victers TV	Educational program
	Lalonam Nallonam	Host / various roles	Asianet	Onam special show
	Utsavam with Lalettan	Various roles	Flowers TV	Christmas special show
2021	Bigg Boss (Malayalam season 3)	Host	Asianet	Reality show	[375]
	Onavillu	Host	Asianet	Onam special show
	Top Singer Season 2	Judge	Flowers TV	Reality show
2022	Bigg Boss (Malayalam season 4)	Host	Asianet	Reality show
2023	Bigg Boss (Malayalam season 5)	Host	Asianet	Reality show	[376]
	Mazhavil Entertainment Awards 2023	Host	Mazhavil Manorama
2024	Bigg Boss (Malayalam season 6)	Host	Asianet	Reality show
	Manorathangal	Baputty	ZEE5	Anthology series Segment: "Olavum Theeravum"	[377][378]
	Mazhavil Entertainment Awards 2024	Host	Mazhavil Manorama
	Vanitha Film Awards 2024	Host	Mazhavil Manorama

Radio drama

List of Mohanlal radio drama credits

Year	Title	Role	Broadcaster	Notes	Ref.
1987	Jeevanulla Prathimakal	Un­known	All India Radio	Re-broadcast on 27 September 2010	[379]
2024	AiDEN - The Ai Spirit	Raghu Uthaman	Club FM		[380]

Notes

1. Mohanlal co-founded Casino Films with I. V. Sasi, Seema, Mammootty, and Century Kochumon.^[10]
2. Mohanlal co-founded Cheers Films with Century Kochumon.^[12]
3. In Kadhayattam, Mohanlal played ten classic characters and situations from ten novels selected from Malayalam literature, which were written by O. Chandu Menon (Indulekha), C. V. Raman Pillai (Dharmaraja), S. K. Pottekkatt (Naadan Premam), Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai (Chemmeen), P. Kesavadev (Odayil Ninnu), Vaikom Muhammad Basheer, Uroob (Ummachu), O. V. Vijayan (Khasakkinte Itihasam), M. Mukundan (Mayyazhippuzhayude Theerangalil), and M. T. Vasudevan Nair (Randamoozham).^[358][359]