Head to headJanardanan against Mohanlal Both careers by IMDb ratingJanardananMohanlal
Tale of the tape as an actor
Janardanan vs Mohanlal
Janardanan averages 7.41 across 28 rated films as an actor, ahead of Mohanlal at 6.94.
- 102 (28 rated)
- Films acted
- 208 (103 rated)
- ◀7.41
- Average
- 6.94
- ◀7.44
- Weighted
- 6.96
- Nadodikkattu 8.8
- Best film
- Kireedam 8.9▶
- 8.20, 1989 to 1993
- Peak five
- 8.40, 1987 to 1988▶
- 16 films
- Longest 7+ run
- 35 films▶
- 6.20 (−1.21)
- Current form
- 5.94 (−1.00)▶
- 105K
- IMDb votes
- 643K▶
- 1986 to 2025
- Career
- 1984 to 2026
- None
- Oscars
- None
Rows won
2 to 5
Mohanlal ahead
Films together
24
averaging 7.90
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
| Gandhinagar 2nd Street | 1986 | 7.7 | as Professor | as Sethu |
| Sukhamo Devi | 1986 | · | as Ouseppachan | as Sunny |
| Irupatham Noottandu | 1987 | · | as IG Thomas | as Sagar Alias Jacky |
| Unnikale Oru Kadha Parayam | 1987 | · | as Police Inspector | as Aby |
 Nadodikkattu | 1987 | 8.8 | as Kovai Venkatesan | as Dasan |
| Moonnam Mura | 1988 | · | as MAthews | as Ali Imran |
| Varavelpu | 1989 | 8.1 | as Kumaran | as Muralidharan |
| Vandanam | 1989 | 7.9 | Actor | as Unnikrishnan |
| Adhipan | 1989 | · | Actor | as Prakash |
| Lal Salam | 1990 | · | as Kannan Muthalali | as Nettur Stephen |
| Advaitham | 1992 | · | as Krishnankutty Menon | as Shivaprasad |
| Sadayam | 1992 | 8.5 | as Police Officer | as Sathyanathan |
| Midhunam | 1993 | 7.9 | as Sivasankaran | Producer, as Sethumadhavan |
| Maya Mayuram | 1993 | · | Actor | as Narendran |
| Pingami | 1994 | · | as Koshy Varghese | as Capt. Vijay Menon, Producer |
| Thacholi Varghese Chekavar | 1995 | · | as Mathukutty | as Thacholi Varghese Chekavar |
| Varnapakittu | 1997 | · | as Ramaswamy Iyer | as Sunny Palamatom |
| Summer in Bethlehem | 1998 | 7.8 | as Colonel C.R. Menon | as Niranjan (Special Appearance) |
| Ustaad | 1999 | · | as Swamy | as Parameshwaran |
| Devadoothan | 2000 | 7.7 | as Principal | as Vishal Krishnamoorthy |
| Vamanapuram Bus Route | 2004 | · | as Bahuleyan | as Lever Johny |
| Natturajavu | 2004 | · | as Fr. Pappy | as Pulikkattil Charlie |
| Hello | 2007 | 6.7 | as M.N. Nambyar | as Advocate Sivaraman |
| College Kumaran | 2008 | · | Actor | as Kumaran |