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 others. 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.

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
Naseeruddin 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

Interesting facts about the lists

Of the 34 names, Mehta has already worked with 10 actors, including Adarsh Gourav, Gagandev Riar, Manav Kaul,Manoj Bajpayee, Mithun Chakraborty, Nana Patekar, Naseeeruddin Shah, Pratik Gandhi, Rajkummar Rao, and Satish Kaushik.

From Mehta’s list, 1 name is from Kannada cinema (Anant Nag), 3 are from Malayalam cinema (Fahadh Faasil, Mammootty, and Mohanlal), 2 are from Tamil cinema (Kamal Hassan, Vijay Sethupathi), and 1 is from from Bengali cinema (Utpal Dutt).

Mehta’s list also features yesteryear icons like Balraj Sahni,Dilip Kumar, Motilal, Om Puri, Sanjeev Kumar, Satish Kaushik, Shashi Kapoor and Utpal Dutt.