Mohanlal equals the record of Mammootty
Mohanlal is known as the emperor of Mollywood box office and in fact Mollywood as a whole, as most of the records here in Malayalam film industry belongs to him.
We can even say that he created record in number of records he made as well. His latest movie Pulimurugan had thrashed all box office records existed in Mollywood and on the way to touch the magical 100 crore mark now.
Mohanlal now joined the set of his next movie named 1971 Beyond Borders directing by Major Ravi and it had started filming at Rajasthan last week.
In this movie, which is a war film of course, Mohanlal is playing the character named Major Mahadevan and it is for the 4th time in his career that he is playing this military officer. By playing this character for the 4th time, he had equaled the record set by Mammootty in Mollywood.
Mammootty had played the same character 4 times in Mollywood through the CBI Series. He played the character named CBI officer Sethurama Iyer in movies like Oru CBI diary Kurippu, Jagratha, Sethurama Iyer CBI and Nerariyan CBI, directed by K Madhu and written by SN Swamy.
Mohanlal played Major Mahadevan in movies like Keerthichakra, Kurukshetra, Kandahar and now in 1971 Beyond Borders.
There are reports that Mammootty may play the CBI officer character for the 5th time next year.
