Mohanlal, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Mohanlal

Indian film actor

Date of Birth: 21-May-1960

Place of Birth: Elanthoor, Kerala, India

Profession: entrepreneur, singer, playback singer, film producer, film actor

Nationality: India

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

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About Mohanlal

  • Mohanlal Viswanathan Nair (born 21 May 1960), better known as Mohanlal, is a veteran Indian actor, producer and singer best known for his work in Malayalam cinema.
  • Mohanlal made his acting debut in Thiranottam (1978), however, Manjil Virinja Pookkal (1980) released earlier at the box office.
  • In 1991, Mohanlal produced and starred in Bharatham which is interpreted as a modern-day adaptation of the Ramayana from Bharath's perspective.
  • The film was a critical and commercial success, and got Mohanlal the National Film Award for Best Actor for that year.
  • His role in Bharatham was listed among the 25 best acting performances of Indian cinema by Forbes India on the occasion of celebrating 100 years of Indian Cinema.In 1999, he produced and acted in Vanaprastham, which won him his second National Film Award for Best Actor.
  • It was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the AFI Los Angeles International Film Festival (AFI Fest), and was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival.
  • Vanaprastham was screened in retrospective, during the 2014 International Film Festival of India in the Celebrating Dance in Indian cinema section.
  • In a career spanning over four decades, Mohanlal has acted in over three hundred and twenty Malayalam films in various genres.
  • Mohanlal is also known for his works in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada, which include internationally well received films such as Iruvar (1997) by Mani Ratnam and Company (2002) by Ram Gopal Varma.Mohanlal has won five Indian National Film Awards, along with six Kerala State Film Awards for Best Actor and eight Filmfare Awards for Best Actor.
  • In 2019, the Government of India honoured him with the Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian honour, for his contributions towards Indian cinema.
  • In 2009, he became the first and the only actor to receive the honorary rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Territorial Army of India and in 2010 he received an honorary doctorate from Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit, Kerala.

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