<p>   u00a0</p>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   Mohanlal made his acting debut in Malayalam cinema in 1978 with &#39;Thiranottam&#39; but the film was never released due to Censor issues. Later, in 1980, he got to play the lead antagonist in his first release &#39;Manjil Virinja Pookkal&#39; at 20. Then, he went on to do several such roles in various movies before he established himself as a lead actor.u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   It was after the success of his 1986 film, &#39;Rajavinte Makan&#39;, that he was labeled a superstar of Malayalam cinema. &quot;I am working for 33 years there, what should I come and prove in Hindi industry? I am content and happy with my own language. If I get a good and irresistible role, only then will I try and do a film here. I don&#39;t want to prove anything,&quot; Mohanlal said.u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   &quot;Lots of people, most of the actresses begin from South.They are newcomers and they try to do Hindi films as the reach is greater. There are so many factors. For actors like me South is fine,&quot; the 51-year-old said.u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   In 2002, Mohanlal played the role of a police officer in his first Bollywood movie &#39;Company&#39;, which introduced him to the Hindi-speaking audience in India. He won the IIFA star screen award for the best supporting actor in the Ram Gopal Varma directed movie.u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   Again in RGV&#39;s &#39;Aag&#39;, a remake of &#39;Sholay&#39;, Mohanlal played the role of Narasimham, a cop with a vendetta against the criminal Babban Singh played by Amitabh Bachchan. The movie bombed at the box office. Ask him why he stayed away from Bollywood films even after being a superstar down South, he said, &quot;I don&#39;t know. It is nothing like that.&quot;</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   Mohanlal feels South films have a smaller reach in comparison to that of Hindi. &quot;Kerala is a very small place in terms of making films. Hindi films are made for an international market, and we have a very small market. Tamil and Telugu have a major market in India. For Malayalam the main markets are Middle East, Europe, but its a small one,&quot; he said.u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   &quot;So the difference between south and Hindi films will reflect in all segments from production to song or dance sequences and stories too. If I am acting in a Malayalam film then it is for Kerala audience so we can choose films they like. Hindi films are amazing, trying new themes, multiplex revolution is there alongwith new methods of filmmaking.&quot;u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   Mohanlal would be seen next in Priyadarshan&#39;s action-thriller &#39;Tezz&#39; alongside Ajay Devgn, Anil Kapoor, Kangana Ranuat, Zayed Khan, Sameera Reddy. The film releases on April 27.u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   &quot;Unknowingly again, I am playing a police officer in &#39;Tezz&#39;, it is a small role. But the placement of the role is very critical in the film. I feel it is one of the best films of Priyan, I have seen the film partly.u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   Especially the making of the film and the action sequences are amazing. Also, this is my third film with Ajay Devgn,&quot; he said.u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   On difference between acting in Hindi and regional films, he said, &quot;Nothing much, lights, camera are same, only the language changes. The difference lies in how you portray yourself in a film with your intelligence and how you put in efforts is your entire look out.&quot;u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   &quot;I have done films in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, I don&#39;t find any difference. I am not fluent in Hindi. I used to learn Hindi but no one over there speaks Hindi so it is not that fluent. As far as doing films in various languages is concerned you have to by-heart your dialogues for that,&quot; he said.u00a0</div>

At a time when young entrants from South are looking to make a strong presence in Bollywood, Malayalam superstar Mohanlal feels that although the reach of Hindi cinema is wider, he has nothing to prove here as an actor

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