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Kamal Hassan vs Mohanlal. Who is better actor? Kamal Haasan and Mohanlal are both talented actors. Let's leave aside the fact that Kamal Haasan can handle many things in filmmaking apart from acting. When it comes to acting alone, Kamal Haasan is more versatile than Mohanlal. It must be said that there are hardly any roles Kamal Haasan cannot perform. Dance, fights, emotional scenes, comedy — any role is safe in his hands. He can do mimicry, portray a woman, and even play a ninety-year-old grandmother. When he plays a double role, he can give each character completely different mannerisms and personalities. His performances are so remarkable that it feels as though Kamal Haasan was born for cinema. Mohanlal can dance, fight, and perform comedy, but he has certain limitations. However, there are some roles that perhaps no other actor in India could perform with the same perfection as him. Watching the remakes of Mohanlal's films makes this clear. Kamal Haasan played the role originally portrayed by Mohanlal in Drishyam in its Tamil remake, Papanasam. Yet even Kamal Haasan couldn't quite match Mohanlal's performance in the original. Similarly, famous Indian actors like Chiranjeevi, Akshay Kumar, and Salman Khan have starred in remakes of Mohanlal's films. Just watch the originals alongside their remakes, and you'll understand Mohanlal's range as an actor. A remake can sometimes surpass the original, but that hasn't always been the case with Mohanlal's films. Other actors might even outperform him in remakes of some of his less conventional roles, but many such films were never remade in other languages because they weren't commercially successful. When comparing both actors across all aspects of acting, however, we have to admit that Kamal Haasan stands slightly above Mohanlal.