Mohanlal Movies and Career Information

Mohanlal Vishwanathan Nair (born 21 May 1960), known mononymously as Mohanlal (Malayalam: മോഹന്‍ലാല്‍) 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 was born in Pathanamthitta in Kerala, to Vishwanathan Nair, a lawyer turned government employee and Shanthakumari, a housewife. Lal and his brother were brought up in Trivandrum as his father was working in the government secretariat. He attended the Mudavanmukal LP school and later enrolled in the Model School, Thiruvananthapuram. In the sixth grade, he was chosen as the best actor in