Mohanlal also has impeccable comic timing. Whether it is films like “TP Balagopalan MA”, “Mithunam”, “Chithram”, “Mukunthetta Sumitra Vilikkunnu”, or “Akkare Akkare Akkare”, there’s so much

nuance that he brings to the roles, inviting you to laugh at him and with him. When he appears in combination with Sreenivasan, especially, a belly-ache is guaranteed. These films are not

entirely comedies either – there are shades to the story, bits that will make you weep even. In “Mithunam”, for instance, when Sethumadhavan drops his hard-earned wad of cash into the drain,

I have to physically turn away from the TV.