Padmashri Bharath Mohanlal
This article contains information about the actor Mohanlal. He is a great actor in Malayalam Cinema. He had given many memorable contributions to the Malayalam Film Industry. He is awarded Padmashri by the Government of India for his contributions to Indian cinema.
Mohanlal is a great actor of Malayalam cinema. His actual name is Mohanlal Vishwanathan Nair. His magnificent contributions made him a great actor of South India.He was born on 21 May 1960. His native place is Elanthoor in Pathanamthittta. He was popularly called as 'Lalettan' by the people of Kerala.Moreover a film actor, he is also a producer, distributor, businessman, playback singer and also a writer. He had begun his career as a film actor in the year of 1978.Awards and achievements
He was awarded Padmashri for his contributions to Indian cinema in 2001. He
was granted the honorary rank of Lieutenant Colonel by the territorial Army. He is the first Indian actor to be achieve honorary Army rank. He has won National Award four times, Best actor award two times, Special Jury Award, Best Actor Kerala six times. He is honoured with doctorate by Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit in 2010.Mohanlal is elected as the most popular keralite by the survey conducted by CNN-IBN related to the silver jubilee of Kerala formation in 2006.His Contributions
The first film of Mohanlal is 'Thiranottam'. His second film 'Manjil Virincha Pookal' is a blockbuster hit. He played a negative role in that film, but he was noticed in that film by his marvelous acting. Then period of 1986 to 1995 is considered as the golden period of Mohanlal in his career.
In 1987, he won Best Actor award for the film T.A.Balagopalan.M.A.In 1988, He had won Actor (Special Award) for the films Aaryan, Vellanakalude Nadu, Chithram, Ulsavapittennu and Padamudra.In 1989, he had won special Jury Award for the film Kireedam.In 1991, he is awarded Actor (Special Award) for the films Kireedam, Kilukkam, Bharatham, and Abhimanyu. In 1995, he had won Actor (Special Award) for the film Kalapani and Sphadikam. In 1991, he had won Actor (Special Award) for the film Thanmathra.In 2007, he is awarded Actor (Special Award) for the film Paradesi.
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