Head to headMohanlal against Janardanan Both careers by IMDb ratingMohanlalJanardanan
Tale of the tape as an actor
Mohanlal vs Janardanan
Janardanan averages 7.08 across 38 rated films as an actor, ahead of Mohanlal at 6.91.
- 220 (107 rated)
- Films acted
- 127 (38 rated)
- 6.91
- Average
- 7.08▶
- 6.93
- Weighted
- 7.10▶
- ◀Kireedam 8.9
- Best film
- Nadodikkattu 8.8
- ◀8.42, 1988 to 1989
- Peak five
- 8.16, 1992 to 1994
- ◀35 films
- Longest 7+ run
- 16 films
- 5.86 (−1.05)
- Current form
- 6.66 (−0.42)▶
- ◀715K
- IMDb votes
- 156K
- 1984 to 2026
- Career
- 1986 to 2025
- None
- Oscars
- None
Rows won
4 to 3
Mohanlal ahead
Films together
31
averaging 7.36
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 |
| Naduvaazhikal | 1989 | · | Actor | as Arjun |
| 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 | as Sethumadhavan, Producer |
| 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 |
| Twenty:20 | 2008 | 6.9 | Actor | as Devaraja 'Devan' Prathapa Varma |
| Chattambinadu | 2009 | · | Actor | Actor |
| Karma Yodha | 2012 | · | Actor | as Madhava Menon |
| Jack & Daniel | 2019 | · | as Chief Minister | Actor |
| Big Brother | 2020 | 3.6 | Actor | as Sachidanandhan |
 Hridayapoorvam | 2025 | 6.7 | Actor | as Sandeep Balakrishnan |