Superstar Mohanlal's 10 best hits

Bharatham

Bharatham (1991) is a musical-drama, written by AK Lohithadas, directed by Sibi Malayil, and produced by Mohanlal. It stars Mohanlal, Urvashi, Nedumudi Venu, Lakshmi and Murali in the main roles. The songs were composed by M Raveendran. The film is especially known for its Carnatic Classical and Semi Classical music.

Vanaprastham

Vanaprastham (1999) is an Indian-French-German produced feature film directed by Shaji N Karun. It stars Mohanlal, Suhasini Mani Ratnam, Mattannur Sankarankutty Marar, Kalamandalam Gopi and Venmani Haridas. The film was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the AFI Los Angeles International Film Festival (AFI Fest) in 1999. It is considered one of Mohanlal's best performances and gave him international acclaim.

Kireedam

Kireedam (1989), directed by Sibi Malayil, and written by AK Lohithadas stars Mohanlal, Thilakan and Parvathy in lead roles. Mohanlal won the 1990 National Film Award (Special Jury Award) for his role as Sethumadhavan. A sequel was released in 1993 titled Chenkol.

Padamudra

While on an exhibition in Germany, R Sukumaran was invited to make a movie and thus began his work as a director. His first movie was Padamudra, which was both critically and commercially successful. The movie explored the father-son relationship. Mohanlal was brilliant in the film.

Devasuram

Devasuram (1993), directed by IV Sasi and written by Ranjith stars Mohanlal and Revathy in lead roles. The film was a blockbuster hit and ran for more than 150 days. Mohanlal won the Filmfare Award and Kerala Film Journalists Award for Best Actor for his performance as Neelakantan.

Spadikam

Spadikam (1995), written and directed by Bhadran, stars Mohanlal in the lead. The film was critically acclaimed, and was also a blockbuster and received cult-fan following.

Kaalapani

Kaalapani (1996), directed by Priyadarshan, stars Mohanlal, Prabhu Ganesan, Tabu, Nedumudi Venu, Sreenivasan, Tinnu Anand, Annu Kapoor, Alex Draper, Amrish Puri and Vineeth. Although it is originally a Malayalam film, the film was dubbed into Hindi (Saza-E-Kala Pani), Tamil (Siraichalai) and Telugu (Kaala Pani).

Thanmathra

Thanmathra (2005), written and directed by Blessy is based on Padmarajan's short story 'Orma', which portrays the effects of Alzheimer's disease on the life of an individual and his family. The film bagged five Kerala State Film Awards for the Best Film, Best Actor, Best Director, Best Screenplay and a special mention for the debutant actor Arjun Lal.

Aaram Thamburan

Aaraam Thampuran (1997), written by Ranjith and directed by Shaji Kailas stars Mohanlal, Narendra Prasad, and Manju Warrier in the lead roles. The film was a huge success at the Box Office, and developed a cult following.

Bhramaram

Bhramaram (2009) is a Malayalam thriller film of road-movie genre, written and directed by Blessy and starring Mohanlal, Suresh Menon, Murali Gopy and Bhumika Chawla. The film was a hit at the Box Office.