ACTOR
Mohanlal
- Known for
- Drishyam 2 (2021), Drishyam (2013), Jailer (2023), Company (2002)
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Mohanlal is an actor best known for Drishyam 2, Drishyam and Jailer.
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- #001
Mohanlal's famous line "Endha Mone Dineshaa" has become a common phrase used humorously in the Malayalam language.
- #002
Mohanlal has won the National Film Award five times: Best Actor for his performances in Bharatham (1991) and Vanaprastham (1999). He produced Vanaprastham (1999), which won the National Film Award for Best Film. He received Special Jury Awards for Kireedam (1989), Munthirivallikal Thalirkkumbol (2017), Pulimurugan (2016) and Janatha Garage (2016).
- #003
Mohanlal was awarded an honorary black belt in Taekwondo by the World Taekwondo Headquarters at Kukkiwon on behalf of the South Korean government. He was the third Indian citizen to achieve this.
- #004
Mohanlal owns a home in the Burj Khalifa in Dubai.
- #005
Mohanlal was chosen as the "Most Popular Keralite" in a survey conducted by the Deccan Chronicle in 2011.
- #006
Mohanlal is the Goodwill Ambassador of the AIDS awareness campaign of the Kerala AIDS Control Society.
- #007
All the films Mohanlal made with Priyadarshan saw an increase in box office revenue.
- #008
Mohanlal was awarded the national civilian honour of Padma Shri in 2001 and Padma Bhushan in 2019.
- #009
Mohanlal is the Goodwill Ambassador for handloom textile products in Kerala.
- #010
Mohanlal owns a number of restaurants, including the Mohanlal's Tastebuds chain in Dubai, Travancore Court in Kochi and The Harbour Market in Bangalore.
- #011
Mohanlal was chosen as the "Most Popular Keralite" in an online survey conducted by CNN-IBN and IBNLive.com in 2006, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Kerala's formation.
- #012
Through two companies he founded several years ago, Pranavam Arts and Pranamam, Mohanlal produces and distributes films in Kerala. He is also a partner and director of Uni Royal Marian Exports, a major Kozhikode-based seafood export company, and has established a restaurant in Dubai called Lal's Tastebuds.
- #013
Mohanlal graduated from the University College in Trivandrum.
- #014
Mohanlal was granted the honorary rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Indian Territorial Army in 2009, the first instance of an Indian actor receiving an honorary army rank. Because men over the age of 42 were not eligible to join the volunteer force, the rules had to be amended to make them applicable to him.
- #015
Mohanlal is the son-in-law of the veteran actor-producer K. Balaji and the brother-in-law of Suresh Balaje.
- #016
Mohanlal is a partner and director of Uni Royal Marian Exports, a major Kozhikode-based seafood export company, and established a restaurant in Dubai called Lal's Tastebuds.
- #017
Mohanlal was awarded an honorary doctorate by Sree Sankaracharya Sanskrit University in 2010.
- #018
Mohanlal is the Goodwill Ambassador of Kerala State Athletics, selected by the Kerala State Athletics Association.
- #019
Mohanlal won his first Best Actor award while in the sixth grade at Model School, for Veloor Krishnankutty's play "Computer Boy." In the play he portrayed a ninety-year-old child.
- #020
In his home state of Kerala, Mohanlal alone distributed more films than the NFDC. These were generally parallel cinema films such as Santosh Sivan's film The Terrorist.
- #021
In 2009 Mohanlal was given the honorary rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Indian Territorial Army, the first instance of an Indian actor being granted an honorary army rank.
- #022
Mohanlal was the captain of the Kerala Strikers team in the Celebrity Cricket League (CCL) held in 2012, 2013 and 2014.
- #023
Mohanlal's brother Pyare Lal lost his life during a military exercise.
- #024
In 2008 Mohanlal trained for 18 months as an 'escape artist' under the supervision of the magician Gopinath Muthukad. He planned to stage a show titled 'Burning Illusion' in Trivandrum, but it was later cancelled following claims that it was a dangerous act.
- #025
In 2003 Mohanlal was honoured with the "IMA Award" by the Indian Medical Association.
- #026
In 2003, on the 25th anniversary of Mohanlal's film career, his fans and friends organised a week-long celebration and a stage show in Trivandrum. The proceeds from the stage show were donated to charities. The Malayalam television channels Asianet and Surya TV also held separate stage shows to mark the anniversary.
- #027
In 2010 Mohanlal was awarded an honorary doctorate by Sree Sankaracharya Sanskrit University in Kalady. The citation praised Mohanlal as "an excellent actor after Sathyan, the actor who tried roles of rich diversity in the Malayalam film world with equal ease and balance." In 2018 he received a second honorary doctorate from Calicut University.
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