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21-05-1960
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| Mohanlal Vishwanathan Nair known as Mohanlal is an Indian film actor and producer who works mainly in Malayalam cinema. He has won four National Awards; two Best Actor Awards, one Special Jury Award, and one Award for Best Film (as producer). He has also won six Best Actor Kerala state awards, the most times the award has been given to any actor. In 2001, the Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri for his contributions to Indian cinema. In 2009, he was granted the honorary rank of Lieutenant Colonel by the Territorial Army, which was the first instance in the history of Indian cinema of an actor being conferred an honorary Army rank. In 2010, Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit awarded him an honorary doctorate. Mohanlal's first film was Thiranottam (1978). His breakthrough came in 1980, when he was selected by Navodaya Appachen for the role of the antagonist in Manjil Virinja Pookkal, which became a major hit. In 1983, Mohanlal was credited in more than 25 feature films. In 1984, he expanded into comic roles with Priyadarshan's directorial debut, Poochakkoru Mookkuthi. In 1986, Mohanlal worked with Sathyan Anthikad, winning his first Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor for his work in T. P. Balagopalan M.A. He portrayed an underworld don in the blockbuster film Rajavinte Makan. Mohanlal's popularity among teenage moviegoers was increased by his roles in Priyadarshan's musical comedies, notably Chithram and Kilukkam. Thoovanathumbikal, in which he portrayed a person torn between his twin love interests, broke many stereotypes in Indian films, such as the leading man falling in love with a second woman immediately after he is rejected by the first. Mohanlal portrayed a real-life character in Devaasuram (1993), directed by I. V. Sasi and written by Ranjith. The film went on to become a cult classic.Mohanlal's work with writer Lohitha Das and director Sibi Malayil is considered to have produced some of his most haunting roles. His role of Sethu Madhavan, who dreams of becoming a police officer but ends up as a criminal in the film Kireedam, earned him a Special Jury award. His role in Bharatham, as a classical singer who is burdened by the jealousy brother, earned him the Best Actor National Award the following year. In the 1990s, Mohanlal acted in a number of notable commercial movies, such as His Highness Abdullah, Midhunam, and Minnaram. Devaasuram, written by Ranjith and directed by I. V. Sasi, was one of Mohanlal's most successful films. Mohanlal's first non-Malayalam movie was the Tamil film Iruvar, directed by Mani Ratnam. He won his second National Award for Best Actor for the Indo-French movie Vaanaprastham. The film was also selected for the competitive section at the Cannes Film Festival. In 2000, Mohanlal starred in Narasimham, which became one of the highest grossing movies in the history of Malayalam cinema. In 2002, Mohanlal acted in his first Bollywood movie, Company, which introduced him to the Hindi-speaking audience in India and for which he won the IIFA Star Screen Award for Best Supporting Actor. In 2005, he appeared in Rasathanthram, directed by Sathyan Anthikkad, and won the Kerala State Award for his performance in the film Thanmathra. In 2007, Mohanlal won the 2007 Kerala State Award for Best Actor for his performance in the movie Paradesi. The same year, he appeared in his second Bollywood movie, Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag, and in Hallo, which became the biggest Malayalam hit of 2007. In 2009, Mohanlal appeared with Kamal Haasan in the Tamil movie Unnaipol Oruvan. His first film in 2010 was Evidam Swargamanu, directed by Roshan Andrews. The same year, he also appeared in Janakan, Alexander the Great, Shikkar, and Kandahar. He recently acted alongside Suresh Gopi, Dileep and Sarath Kumar in Christian Brothers, a Malayalam film to be released on January 26, 2011. |
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