Mohanlal is a 2018 Indian comedy drama film directed by Sajid Yahiya and written by Suneesh Varanad from a story by Yahiya.It stars Indrajith Sukumaran and Manju Warrier.
The first quarter of the movie shows the childhood and growth into adulthood of Meenukutty and friendship with classmate Sethumadhavan who supports her abnormal adoration of actor Mohanlal and romance develops between the two.
There they meet several colourful characters in the colony and other hilarious scenes occur related to Meenukutty's Mohanlal addiction.
While Meenukutty gives him all her gold ornaments she also finds a bag in the cupboard which was given to Sethu by his close friend as it contained all the money he has collected by selling everything he owned to pay back a bank loan.
Then he leaves the house for the railway station to die because now he will be labelled as a dishonest person and a thief and his reputation as an honest man was one of the most valuable things he had.
Mr Who listens to his story and berates him for acting like a coward and tells him to learn from the lessons of Mohanlal movies and how even in situations worse than this the hero faces all his problems headstrong and succeeds in life.
The doctor chides Sethu for not understanding what was the underlying cause for Meenu's love for Mohanlal and the Doctor gives Sethu his wife's suicide note where she explains to him that when she was little her father died in an accident and she was depressed and afraid of the world and Mohanlal and his movies gradually helped her become normal in his and that he was the light which helped her come out of her darkest moment in her childhood.
[1] Later in that month, Yahiya confirmed the project without divulging much details as it was on its early pre-production phase, and was also reported that the makers are trying to register the film's title as Mohanlal and Manju Warrier and Indrajith Sukumaran were cast in the leading roles.
Yahiya describes Meenukutty as a crazy fan who compares everything she encounters to Mohanlal characters, and Sethu (Sethumadhavan) as a "devout husband who supports his wife in everything".