Why Mohanlal is so natural..? Many of his fans and film lovers wondered about this aspect of his acting. They asks the same question to themselves and to many other how this actor can be so natural compared to all other actors in the Indian film history or even in worldwide scene. Mohanlal has been hailed as the most natural actor our country has ever seen and even great like Amitabh Bachchan and Kamal Haasan admires this genius for his unbelievably natural portrayal of characters and fantabulous flexibility and Range he possess. According to the greats in our Indian film Industry Mohanlal is a born actor and he is not at all acting he is just behaving as a character. To behave as different character is the most difficult thing to do in front of the camera and he does it simply like plucking a flower.
Director Priyadarshan recalls one incident in which the Late film maker , one of the greatest in Indian Cinema Mr. Balachander said about Mohanlal and he hasa view about why Mohanlal has been so natural which others can only dream of. Priyadarshan says that incident to us. Once Priyadarshan and Balachander came out of the theater after watching Priyadarshan’s film ‘Chithram’ which turned out to be the classic of Mollywood which has the record of the film which had run highest number of days in theaters with regular shows in Kerala and it happens to be 366 days.
After coming out from the theater Balachander asked him his view about the difference between the acting of Mohanlal and Kamal Haasan. When said he don’t know much about it then the maestro Balachander said that Kamal Haasan acts in a way that he is always conscious about the camera in front of him and we can see it in his face. But Mohanlal acts in way that there is no camera at all in front him and he behaves as if the camera is hidden somewhere and filming what he enacts. That is why we feel that he is so natural and he never over acts as well. Even in highly dramatic scenes we get the most subtle expressions from Mohanlal and he is such a genius in that.
But Priyadarshan says that Mohanlal has a different take on this. Mohanlal says that when the actor who is standing opposite him is performing well he also raise up to that level. But if the co-actor goes bad it may affect his performance as well. In any case we all know that Mohanlal is the best ever actor India has ever produced and even greats will testify for that.
