Paul Micheal better known by his stage name Lal is a popular Malayalam film producer, actor, and film director.
He started his career as a mimicry artsist in Kalabhavan. From there he met Siddique, who would later team-up as Siddique-Lal to make some of the most popular films in Malayalam film industry. Lal, along with Siddique joined as assistant director to Fazil in 1988.
The Siddique-Lal team became directors with Ramji Rao Speaking, which was a groundbreaking film and a major hit. They went on to make 4 more hit films in a row -In Harihar Nagar, Godf...