# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lal
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:30:28.046Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lal"
name: "Lal"
slug: "lal"
description: "M. P. Michael, better known by his stage name Lal, is an Indian actor, director, screenwriter, producer and distributor who predominantly works in Malayalam and Tamil films and in a few Telugu films. Lal has won several awards, including a National Film Award – Special Mention for acting (2012), two Kerala State Film Awards for Best Actor, and a Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Malayalam (2008). He is the owner of Lal Media Arts, a post-production studio."
tagline: "Indian actor and director"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lal_(actor)_BNC.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1958-12-02"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.48
  momentum:             4.679656538969617
  historical:           7.08006
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0482309/"
    handle:    "nm0482309"
sources:
  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B2%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B2%E0%B1%8D_(%E0%B0%A8%E0%B0%9F%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%81)"
    title: "లాల్ (నటుడు)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%84"
    title: "لال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%84"
    title: "لال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lal_(actor)"
    title: "Lal (actor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB_(%E4%BF%B3%E5%84%AA)"
    title: "ラール (俳優)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B2%E0%B4%BE%E0%B5%BD"
    title: "ലാൽ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D"
    title: "லால்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6480008"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4130291"
    title: "Varghese Lal"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump