Best Actor

 Best Actor is a 2010 Malayalam-language comedy-drama film co-written and directed by Martin Prakkat. It stars Mammootty, Sruthi Ramakrishnan, Nedumudi Venu, Lal, Salim Kumar, Vinayakan, Master Vivas, Sreenivasan, K. P. A. C. Lalitha, Master Sreedharan Nampoothiri and Sukumari in major roles. The film marks the debut of Prakatt as director.^[1] It was produced by Naushad under the banner of Big Screen. Several film directors made cameo appearances in the film.^[2] The film is all about the travails of a schoolteacher who dreams of being a film actor. It features cinematography by Ajayan Vincent, music by Bijibal and editing by Don Max.

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. Mohan is so besotted with his 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 film crew comes to the village for a shoot. Mohan makes several attempts to make his dream happen but certain incidents occur and the story takes a different turn.

On another occasion, Mohan meets a team of young filmmakers who ask him about his experience as an actor and inspire him by telling the story of Bollywood actor Vivek Oberoi who disguised himself and lived in Mumbai underworld slums to understand and learn the life styles of the actual gangsters. inspired from this Mohan goes to Fort Kochi to learn about the underworld. Later he becomes a member of the gang led by Denver Aashan(Nedumudi Venu)

   Cast

• Mammootty as Mohan, a UP school teacher who wants to be an actor. / Bombay, a former Mumbai-based don, actually Mohan's dupe identity.
• Sruthi Ramakrishnan as Savithri. Wife of Mohan and a music teacher by profession.
• Nedumudi Venu as Denver Aashan, the leader of a goonda gang
• Lal as Vandippetta Shaji,
• Salim Kumar as Vadival Pranchi,
• Vinayakan as Pottan
• Bijukuttan as Surendran
• Master Vivas as Unnikkuttan. He is the son of Mohan.
• Sreenivasan as Sreekumar, a renowned film director.
• K. P. A. C. Lalitha
• Sukumari as Mother Superior
• Manikandan Pattambi
• Joju George
• Baiju Santhosh as police officer
• Lal Jose as himself
• Ranjith as himself
• Blessy as himself
• Vipin Mohan as himself
• K. K. Rajeev as himself
• Mafia Sasi as himself
• Sunil Sukhada
• Sreedharan Nampoothiri aka nammude nampoori as contestant
• Jijoy Rajagopal as asst director

Audio Track 

The film score and songs were composed by Bijibal, with lyrics penned by Santhosh Varma and Sreerekha. The audio, consisting of five songs, was released by Manorama Music on 1 December 2010. The audio release function was held at Kadavu Resorts, Calicut and Mammootty presented the first copy to director V. M. Vinu

Production

The filming began on 6 June 2010 in Ernakulam. The first schedule was completed in various parts of Amaravila and Thrippunithura Boys High School. Second and last schedule was held at Mattancherry from 5 August onwards. The filming was completed on 9 September, with some post-production activities left.^[3] The movie was earlier titled Oru Cinemakkatha.^[4] The heroine of the film is Kannada actress Sruthi Krishnan. The film marks her debut in Malayalam cinema.^[5] 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