Hansal Mehta has been a prominent filmmaker for over three decades, and some of his most well-known titles include Shahid, Aligarh, and The Buckingham Murders, among many other incredible films. He is also widely known for Scam 1992, a show that ranked third on the list of the IMDb Top 50 Most Popular Indian Web Series of All Time. Mehta recently curated a list of his all time favourite Indian male actors, listed alphabetically, exclusively on IMDb.
The list includes new actors, established stars, and yesteryear icons like Balraj Sahni, Dilip Kumar, Motilal, Om Puri, Sanjeev Kumar, Satish Kaushik, Shashi Kapoor, and Utpal Dutt.
Of course, the director has already worked with 10 of the actors, including Adarsh Gourav, Gagandev Riar, Manav Kaul, Manoj Bajpayee, Mithun Chakraborty, Nana Patekar, Naseeeruddin Shah, Pratik Gandhi, Rajkummar Rao, and Satish Kaushik.
This truly was a list that encompassed all the film industries in India. Along with the Hindi film actors, Mehta also included one from Kannada cinema (Anant Nag), three from Malayalam cinema (Fahadh Faasil, Mammootty, and Mohanlal), two from Tamil cinema (Kamal Hassan, Vijay Sethupathi), and one from Bengali cinema (Utpal Dut).
The directorn wrote, “A personal curation of India’s most unforgettable male performers—artists who leave behind echoes long after the final fade out.”
Hansal Mehta’s Favourite Male Indian Actors (Listed Alphabetically)
Aamir Khan
Adarsh Gourav
Amitabh Bachchan
Amol Palekar
Anant Nag
Balraj Sahni
Dilip Kumar
Fahadh Faasil
Gagandev Riar
Govinda
Irrfan Khan
Jaideep Ahlawat
Kamal Hassan
Mammootty
Manav Kaul
Manoj Bajpayee
Mithun Chakraborty
Mohanlal
Motilal
Nana Patekar
Naseeeruddin Shah
Om Puri
Pankaj Kapur
Pratik Gandhi
Rajkummar Rao
Ranbir Kapoor
Ranveer Singh
Sanjeev Kumar
Satish Kaushik
Shah Rukh Khan
Shashi Kapoor
Utpal Dutt
Vijay Sethupathi
Vijay Varma
Check out the full list here.
The director is currently in post production for his series on Gandhi, starring Pratik Gandhi.
