Priyadarshan to release his memoire with his 100th film, which reunites him with Mohanlal: 'Wanted my book to end with him'

The star of the yet-untitled autobiography will obviously be Priyadarshan and his rich career spanning over four decades. That said, another superstar, Mohanlal, will take pride of place in the book. After all, the Malayalam actor had fronted his directorial debut, Poochakkoru Mookkuthi (1984), and in a serendipitous turn of events, he will lead the director’s 100th outing too. The decades in between have seen the two friends collaborate multiple times. Priyadarshan elaborated, “Mohanlal was the hero of my first film. I want to end my book with the last chapter on him. I think it’s the first time in the history of Indian cinema that an actor, who did a director’s first film, is also the hero of his 100th.”

Looking back at his life, the memoir will span his childhood, his entry into films as a screenwriter, and his rise as a director with three National Film Awards and multiple hits to credit. “I started my career at 19; I wrote my first Malayalam movie Kuyiline Thedi [1983]. Before that, I was a ghost writer for a couple of films,” he recalled. “The book will also cover everyone I have worked with or met — from RD Burman to Rajesh Khanna, from Dev Anand to Akshay Kumar and Rajinikanth. I have met so many legends in the last 40 years.”

Priyadarshan’s favourite films with Mohanlal

>> ‘Kaalapani’ (1996)
>> ‘Kilukkam’ (1991)
>> ‘Vellanakalude Naadu’ (1988)
>> ‘Chithram’ (1988)
>> ‘Chandralekha’ (1997)

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Films the actor and director have collaborated on