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Best Actor (film)
Best Actor Plot
Mohan (Mammootty) is an upper primary schoolteacher,
who lives with his wife and their six-year-old son. He is
actively involved in the cultural activities in his school
and in his village too. His ambition is to act in films. Mo-
han is so besotted with this dream of becoming a star that
he dresses and behaves like one. Although his colourful
clothes and obsession with his looks invite the ridicule of
his colleagues, his wife supports his aspirations. Then a
Theatrical Poster
film crew comes to the village for a shoot. Mohan makes
several attempts to make his dream happen but certain
Directed by Martin Prakatt incidents occur and the story takes a different turn.
Produced by Naushad On another occasion, Mohan meets a team of young
filmmakers who ask him about his experience as an actor
Written by • Martin Prakatt and inspire him by telling the story of Bollywood actor
• Bipin Chandran
Vivek Oberoi who disguised himself and lived in Mumbai
Starring Mammootty underworld slums to understand and learn the life styles
Sruthi Krishnan of the actual gangsters. inspired from this Mohan goes to
Nedumudi Venu
Fort Kochi to learn about the underworld. Later he be-
Lal
Salim Kumar comes a member of the gang lead by Delber Aashan(Ne-
Vinayakan dumudi Venu)
Music by Bijibal
Cinematography Ajayan Vincent
Cast
• Mammootty as Mohan, a UP school teacher who
Editing by Don Max
wants to be a film actor.
Distributed by • Souparnika • Sruthi Ramakrishnan as Savithri. Wife of Mohan and
• Big Screen by profession, a music teacher.
• Omkar
• Nedumudi Venu as Delber Aashan
Release date(s) December 9, 2010 (2010-12-09) • Lal as Shajiyannan
• Salim Kumar as Vadival Pranchi
Country India
• Vinayakan
Language Malayalam • Bijukuttan
• Master Vivas as Unnikkuttan. He is the son of
Best Actor is a 2010 Malayalam film co-written and di- Mohan.
rected by Martin Prakatt. It stars Mammootty, Sruthi Kr- • Sreenivasan as Sreekumar, a renowned film director.
ishnan, Nedumudi Venu, Lal, Salim Kumar, Vinayakan, • K. P. A. C. Lalitha
Master Vivas, Sreenivasan, K. P. A. C. Lalitha and Suku- • Sukumari
mari in major roles. The film marks the debut of popular • Baiju as police officer
photographer Martin Prakatt as director.[1] It was pro- • Lal Jose as himself
duced by Naushad under the banner of Big Screen. Sever- • Ranjith as himself
al film directors made cameo appearances in the film.[2] • Blessy as himself
The film is all about the travails of a schoolteacher who • Vipin Mohan as himself
dreams of being a film actor. It features cinematography • K. K. Rajeev as himself
by Ajayan Vincent, music by Bijibal and editing by Don • Maphia Sasi as himself
Max. It released on 9 December to positive reviews.[3]
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Production so published a positive review and rated the film 4 in a
scale of 5. They said that "The movie is a clean family
The filming began on June 6, 2010 in Ernakulam. The entertainer. A total fun-filled movie with all the ingredi-
first schedule was completed in various parts of Amar- ents audience demanded. It is going to be one of the best
avila and Thrippunithura Boys High School. Second and movies of 2010."[14]
last schedule was held at Mattancherry from August 5
onwards. The filming was completed on 9 September,
with some post-production activities left.[4] The movie
Soundtrack
was earlier titled Oru Cinemakkatha.[5] The heroine of the Best Actor
film is Kannada actress Sruthi Krishnan. The film marks
her debut in Malayalam cinema.[6] According to Martin
Prakatt, "This is not a cinema-within-cinema format, but
it shows the world of movies from the point of view of an
outsider".[6]
Release
A preview of the film was held at AVM preview theatre
in Chennai, where it received good responses. Those who
watched the preview said that "it is a light hearted come-
dy entertainer".[7] The film released on 9 December 2010,
in 78 theatres in Kerala and in another 12 theatres out-
side Kerala.[3][8]
Soundtrack album by Bijibal
Reception Released 27 November 2010 (2010-11-27)
Genre Film soundtrack
Critical response
The film met with nearly unanimous positive reviews. Label Manorama Music
It was well appreciated for its narrative style and lead Producer Naushad, Anto Joseph
performances and was rated as "entertaining". Indiaglitz
published a positive review saying "the movie really The film score and songs are composed by Bijibal, with
scores well with its fluid narratives and balancing of lyrics penned by Santhosh Varma and Sreerekha. The au-
emotions. All in all, Mammootty and Martin Prakkat def- dio, consisting of five songs, was released by Manorama
initely have a winner in Best Actor. The movie which is al- Music on 1 December 2010. The audio release function
most sure to work well with the family audiences and the was held at Kadavu Resorts, Calicut and Mammootty pre-
fans is definitely a right start for a promising director."[9] sented the first copy to director V. M. Vinu.[15]
Paresh C Palicha of Rediff rated the film 3 in a scale of 5 No. Title Artist(s) Length
and commented that "the movie is watchable" and "has
1. "Swapnam Oru Arun Alat
a very compelling feel good story."[10] Nowrunning pub-
Chak"
lished an extreme positive review saying, "Best Actor is
more than reason for celebration for fans of Mammootty. 2. "Kanalu Malayude" Anand
For the rest of us who would like to have a bit more than Narayanan, Bi-
star charisma from his films, Martin Prakkatt has plenty jibal
to offer as well."[11] Metromatinee also published a pos- 3. "Machuva Eri" Shankar Mahade-
itive review saying, "Through Best Actor Martin Prakatt van
has plenty to offer as well. In his directorial debut Martin
4. "Katha Poloru" Vishwajith
tells a simple story in a surprisingly imposing manner
that does make us sit up and take note of his promising 5. "Swapnam Oru Arun Alat
entry into films."[12] Sify published a rather negative re- Chak" (Remix)
view and rated the film 2 in a scale of 5. Their review said, 6. "Katha Poloru" (In- Rajesh Cherthala
"Best Actor may not stir you up but could be fine, if you strumental)
are there at the cinemas without much expectation. The
film has its moments, but gives the feeling that it could
have worked even better, if it had a better script and
was approached with more passion."[13] Reviewscreen al-
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[8] "Best Actor in 100 centers". Cinebuzz. • Best Actor at the Internet Movie Database
http://www.cinebuzz.co.in/news/ • http://www.nowrunning.com/movie/7722/
BestAtorin100centers.htm. Retrieved 26 November malayalam/best-actor/index.htm Best Actor] at
2010. Nowrunning.com
[9] "Best Actor - Martin Prakkat with a real good • Production notes
debut". Indiaglitz. http://www.indiaglitz.com/
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