Why Mohanlal isn't able to flourish in Tamil Industry?

Though I am a fan of Rajinikanth for various reasons which goes beyond the scope of this article, I have always felt that Kamal hassan is one of the finest artist now in Tamil Industry.

To my knowledge, the closest to Kamal hassan in Indian film industry is Mohanlal - the best artist of Kerela film industry.

When I went for vacation to kerela last week I happened to see few of Mohanlal's film posters there. At that time I thought about the title of this article.

Few kerela (male) artists like Mamooty and Jayaram have acted in many good films in Tamil. To be specific Jayaram's performance in 'Thennalli' if not better was on par with Kamal hassan's performance in that film. Where-as the films acted by Mohanlal in Tamil haven't performed well in box office! I am really wondering What could be the reason for it?

Do you have an opinion on this topic to share with us? If yes, post it as a comment and lets have a healthy discussion.

Few points to kindle your thought!

1. One of the way to look at it is 'Should we really bother about it as people know he is a great actor and he has proved it consitantly in Malayalam movies?'.

2. Are tamil audience looking for physic more than acting? But don't forget Jayaram is also little stout when compared to most of the tamil hero's. So is it really an issue?

3. May be Mohanlal need to concentrate more on the story line!

4. May be he hasn't understood the difference between the Malayalam and tamil audience!