Following the success of the latest Kireedam and Veeraappu, the remake of Mohanlal's Malayalam films Kireedam and Sphadikam respectively, Mohanal's other films are also on high demands for remakes.

Many Tamil film makers are now on the rush to collect and watch the DVD's of his old films so that they can make an agreement with the concerned producers for remake rights, at the earliest.

Lal's 2004 hit Udayananu Tharam is now being remade by Prakash Raj. Ali Bhai and Hello are his two films of 2007 that will be remade into Tamil in a short while.

Earlier in Hindi, many of his Malayalam super hits were remade by Priyadarshan, which were also good hits in Bollywood. Rajnikanth recent super hits like Muthu and Chandramukhi were also the remakes of Lal's Malayalam hits like Thenmaavain Kombathu and Manichithra Thaazhu.