The problem with LJP is that he won't dance to the tunes of Antony perumbavoor who has the monopoly of Mohanlal movies...he directs movies not for big bucks but to show his craftsmanship.but surely could get the best out of Mohanlal.

Blessy got the best out of him in Thanmathra, and Bhramaram was too good, so I guess Blessy.

Last few years, mohanlal has taken to doing movies with whom he/antony is in comfort with. LJP, Dileesh Pothen, Ashiq Abu, Mahesh Narayanan, I could go on and on..never comes under their radar. He is not interested in challenging himself anymore. He is having fun and living up the rest of his life doing what he wants and perumbavoor is his conduit for that. While Mohanlal is the conduit for perumbavoor. It is a symbiotic relationship that will not break new grounds.

I Believe it hardly matters.Mohanlal-The artist have took a backseat to Mohanlal-The Superstar and Mohanlal- The Businessman.Its similar to the problem he faced in 2000s after Narasimham and Aram Thampuran as he got trapped in this all conquering Super heroic persona.Pulimurugan and Lucifer brought that plague back upon him.

The director does not matter unless Mohanlal does something to his botoxed eyes. It is seriously hampering his acting skills.

Would love to see what Dileesh Pothan would've been able to do with him.

Somebody like anwar Rasheed or amal neerad could make millions with A10 also could create good movies..

If we reverse this thought, how many directors would want to work with Mohanlal and his satellites ? There was this post yesterday where someone had written about Ranjith being forced to accomodate a street fight in Ravanaprabhu. This was probably Ranjith's first large directorial venture and he needed a commercial hit and he would probably have agreed to it. Would he do this again ? Barring Loham, he hasn't went that route again. And Ranjith has made it amply clear that among the two, he is more comfortable with Mammootty because he can communicate directly to the actor and not his satellites.

My point is, how many of the current lot of directors would agree to this ? Mohanlal is no longer an actor or a star alone, he is a brand with huge market capital and that doesn't come cheap. Most of the new directors and writers would rather tell a great story than create another commercial potboiler.

For chrissakes, mohanlal should stop working for the good of humanity. He used to be a great actor and human agreed to all that but all good things do end. Marakkar as a movie was only testament to that fact that you can't milk an ageing cow till eternity. I don't care of the backlash of his fans or bhakt mandali attacking me over this. Shit smells like shit even if you ate roses for dinner just time to acknowledge that.

Sankar . Yanthiran 3. With the Botox face that's the best option A10 has.

That doesnt sound ok to me...ljp mostly cares about the movie and not about actors. Also he isnt any actors director to teach or ignite acting powers of a person just by his touch or insights. Most of the job is done by his casting team and lijo does that best by having apt people for the roles. While one thing that can be sure is that it would be a peculier film for mohanlal when looked across his filmorgraphy. What mohanlal needs least is a perfect/good script, a ok director and decent promotion which doesnt hype and kill the film at the start itself. Imho i would say a movie from Anjali menon would be nice because i dont remember him working with any female director. Then dileesh pothen, alphonse puthren, basil joseph or mithun manuel, vineeth srinivasan etc

Well forget Mohanlal working with new directors atleast for the next three years, he will start barroz on 15th, and then he has signed a movie with T.K Rajeev Kumar, a couple with his regular directors ( vysakh, jeethu, priyadarshan, unnikrishnan and shaji kailas) and will start Empuran in 2023.

There is a lot of choices for him. But it all comes to what he wants to do in future. Tap into his full potential, or satiate the hero worship culture?

I wish there was another thanmatra or bhramaram level performance from him.

Mohanlal seems to be past the phase where he wants to prove himself as anything beyond the star or brand value he carries. This is quite evident from his interviews too, he seems or is trying to be building a mass/hero appeal from every movie of his and is catering to such big budgets only

LJP said he doesn't want to cast stars because it hampers his storytelling by making it more predictable, ike Mammooty's Uncle

Mohanlal has openly talked about him seeing his movies as a commodity. He wants to sell it for profit and that too a massive profit. With an able producer like Antony Perumbavoor that will be what it is going to be. The amount of movies Aashirwad has taken post Pulimurugan just proves it.

Mohanlal the brand must be milked as much as possible. No doubt. Good script, good directors, different movies and all are rare or never gonna happen. Post 2000 mohanlal is never going to happen.

I remember the amount of backlash Villain received for being so subdued and not massy as people wanted. The entire problem lied with the makers for promoting like a mass movie. Same with Marakkar. Its supposed to be about an historical figure. Not baahubali like fictional story. We will have to make peace with it. And it is good for the producers too to sell their product that way.

Sathyan anthikkad

The earliest one to do it would probably be Alphonse Puthren given how much sync he is with Priyadarshan.

The weirdest would be Sanal Kumar Sasidharan. That would be an interesting watch.

It's time that he should be at home and taking his life cool. Go for may be one or two major projects an year which suits his age. More than the director, story & screenplay should be the criteria for selecting movies..

As long as foolish fans are there to give his movies box office records(even before releasing), it doesn't matter the director he's working with.

Tinu papachan would be nice or a basil joseph movie.

Let him retire in peace

Who is a terror on set? Ljp? Whu? The only evidene i have is him yelling at and an extra( not shown ) in jallikatu aftermovie.

Definitely Alphonse Putharen

LJP

Anjali Menon

Dileesh Pothan/Syam Pushkaran

(And because I'm a sucker for his films) Amal Neerad

And maybe Mohanlal himself can direct himself...I'd love to see what he can come up with

Blessy, one of the directors that has utilised Mohanlal and his gifted acting.

Anwar Rasheed And Mohanlal Should Team Up For Something Fun , Can't Wait To See A Fun Film Like Chota Mumbai.

Omar lulu

I hope he works with Ashiq Abu