Mohanlal, whose full name is Mohanlal Viswanathan Nair, is a prominent Indian actor and producer, primarily working in the Malayalam film industry, known as Mollywood. He was born on May 21, 1960, in Elanthoor, Pathanamthitta district, Kerala, India.
Mohanlal made his acting debut in 1978 with the film “Thiranottam” but gained widespread recognition and success with his powerful performances in the 1980s and 1990s. He has acted in over 300 films in various languages, with a career spanning several decades. His exceptional acting skills and versatility have earned him numerous accolades and a dedicated fan following.
Some of Mohanlal’s most iconic and critically acclaimed movies include “Manjil Virinja Pookkal,” “Kireedam,” “Kilukkam,” “Vanaprastham,” “Bharatham,” “Drishyam,” and “Pulimurugan.” He is known for his ability to portray a wide range of characters, from intense and dramatic roles to comedic and light-hearted ones, making him one of the most versatile actors in Indian cinema.
Mohanlal has received several prestigious awards for his contributions to the film industry, including five National Film Awards and multiple Kerala State Film Awards. He has also been honored with the Padma Shri, India’s fourth-highest civilian award, for his outstanding contributions to the arts.
Apart from acting, Mohanlal has also ventured into film production and has been involved in various philanthropic activities. He is actively involved in social work and has supported numerous charitable causes.
Mohanlal’s magnetic on-screen presence and his ability to connect with audiences have solidified his position as one of the greatest actors in Indian cinema. He continues to be a major influence in the Malayalam film industry and remains highly respected and loved by fans and peers alike.
Name | Mohanlal |
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Date of Birth | 21/05/1960 |
Current Residence | Kochi in Kerala |
Religion | Hindu |
Nationality | Indian |
Height | 172 CM |
Hobbies | Collecting antiques & artifacts |
Father | Viswanathan Nair |
Mother | Santhakumari |
Sibling | Pyarelal |
Spouse | Suchitra Mohanlal |
Children | Pranav Mohanlal,Vismaya |
Marriage Date | 27/04/1988 |
Educational Qualification | Bachelor of Commerce |
College (s) | Mahatma Gandhi College, Thiruvananthapuram. |
School (s) | Government Model Boys Higher Secondary School, Thiruvananthapuram |
Debut Movies | |
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Language | Movie Name |
Malayalam | Manjil Virinja Pookkal |
Awards List | ||||
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Year | Award | Category | Movie Name | |
1986 | Kerala State Film Awards | Best Actor | T. P. Balagopalan M.A. | |
1986 | Filmfare Awards South | Best Actor | Sanmanassullavarkku Samadhanam | |
1988 | Kerala State Film Awards | Best Actor | Padamudra, Chithram, Ulsavapittennu, Aryan, Vellanakalude Nadu | |
1988 | Filmfare Awards South | Best Actor | Padamudra | |
1989 | National Film Awards | Special Mention | Kireedam | |
1991 | National Film Awards | Best Actor | Bharatham | |
1991 | Kerala State Film Awards | Second Best Film (producer) | Bharatham | |
1991 | Kerala State Film Awards | Best Actor | Abhimanyu, Kilukkam, Ulladakkam | |
1993 | Filmfare Awards South | Best Actor | Devaasuram | |
1994 | Filmfare Awards South | Best Actor | Pavithram | |
1995 | Filmfare Awards South | Best Actor | Spadikam | |
1995 | Kerala State Film Awards | Best Actor | Spadikam, Kaalapani | |
1995 | Kerala State Film Awards | Second Best Film (producer) | Kaalapani | |
1997 | Screen Awards South | Best Actor | Aaraam Thampuran, Oru Yathramozhi, Guru, Chandralekha | |
1999 | National Film Awards | Best Actor | Vanaprastham | |
1999 | National Film Awards | Best Feature Film | Vanaprastham | |
1999 | Kerala State Film Awards | Best Actor | Vanaprastham | |
1999 | Filmfare Awards South | Best Actor | Vanaprastham | |
1999 | Kerala Film Critics Awards | Best Actor | Vanaprastham | |
1999 | Mathrubhumi Film Awards | Best Actor | Vanaprastham | |
2001 | Padma Shri | |||
2001 | Kerala Film Critics Awards | Natana Ratna Award | ||
2003 | Asianet Film Awards | Best Actor | Balettan | |
2003 | Vanitha Film Awards | Best Actor | Balettan | |
2003 | Mathrubhumi Film Awards | Best Actor | Balettan | |
2003 | Kerala Film Audience Council Awards | Best Actor | Balettan | |
2003 | Indian Medical Association | |||
2003 | Kerala University Union Film Awards | Best Actor | Balettan | |
2004 | Kerala Film Audience Council Awards | Best Actor | Vismayathumbathu, Mampazhakkalam | |
2005 | Kerala State Film Awards | Best Actor | Thanmathra | |
2005 | Filmfare Awards South | Best Actor | Thanmathra | |
2005 | Kerala Film Critics Awards | Most Popular Actor | Naran, Thanmathra | |
2005 | Asianet Film Awards | Best Actor | Thanmathra, Udayananu Tharam | |
2005 | Vanitha Film Awards | Best Actor | Thanmathra | |
2005 | Mathrubhumi Film Awards | Best Actor | Thanmathra | |
2005 | Kerala Film Audience Council Awards | Best Actor | Thanmathra | |
2005 | J.C. Foundation Awards | Best Actor | Thanmathra | |
2005 | Kala Keralam Award | Best Actor | Thanmathra | |
2005 | National Film Academy Award | Best Actor | Thanmathra | |
2006 | Asianet Film Awards | Best Actor | Kirtichakra | |
2006 | Mathrubhumi Film Awards | Excellence in Acting | Vadakkumnathan | |
2006 | Amrita Film Awards | Best Actor | Keerthi Chakra, Vadakkumnathan | |
2006 | CNN-IBN poll | Most Popular Keralite Award | ||
2007 | Kerala State Film Awards | Best Actor | Paradesi | |
2007 | Filmfare Awards South | Best Actor | Paradesi | |
2007 | Kerala Film Critics Awards | Best Actor | Paradesi | |
2007 | All India Radio Awards | Best Actor | Rasathanthram, Vadakkumnadhan, Keerthi Chakra | |
2007 | Asianet Film Awards | Most Popular Actor | Hallo, Chotta Mumbai | |
2007 | Vanitha Film Awards | Most Popular Actor | Hallo, Chotta Mumbai | |
2007 | Jaihind Film Awards | Best Actor | Paradesi | |
2007 | Kerala Film Audience Council Awards | Best Actor | Paradesi | |
2007 | Kerala AIDS Control Society | Goodwill Ambassador | ||
2008 | Kerala Film Critics Awards | Best Actor | Kurukshetra, Pakal Nakshatrangal, Aakashagopuram | |
2008 | Asianet Film Awards | Best Actor | Madampi | |
2008 | Vanitha Film Awards | Best Actor | Twenty:20, Madampi, Akasha Gopuram | |
2008 | Asiavision Awards | Best Actor | Innathe Chintha Vishayam, Madampi, Kurukshetra, Pakal Nakshatrangal | |
2008 | Mathrubhumi Film Awards | Best Actor | Aakasha Gopuram, Kurukshetra, Pakal Nakshatrangal | |
2009 | Honorary Lieutenant Colonel | Indian Territorial Army | ||
2009 | Filmfare Awards South | Special Award for acting | Bhramaram | |
2009 | Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Unnaipol Oruvan | |
2009 | Asianet Film Awards | Best Actor | Bhramaram, Evidam Swargamanu | |
2009 | Vanitha Film Awards | Most Popular Actor | Bhramaram, Evidam Swargamanu | |
2009 | Asiavision Awards | Best Actor | Bhramaram | |
2009 | Kerala State Athletics | Goodwill Ambassador | ||
2009 | Limca Book of Records | "People of the year" Award | ||
2009 | Sree Chithira Thirunal National Award | |||
2009 | Annual Malayalam Movie Awards | Best Actor | Bhramaram | |
2009 | Jaycee Award | Best Actor | Bhramaram | |
2010 | Honorary Doctorate (D.Litt) | Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit | ||
2010 | Asianet Film Awards | Golden Star Award | ||
2010 | Amrita Film Awards | Abhinaya Keerthi Award | ||
2010 | Jaihind Film Awards | Chalachithra Ratnam Award | ||
2010 | Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair Memorial National Award | his contributions to Indian Cinema | ||
2010 | Kerala Handloom Industry | Goodwill Ambassador | ||
2011 | South Indian International Movie Awards | Best Actor | Pranayam | |
2011 | Kerala Film Critics Awards | Best Actor | Pranayam | |
2011 | Asianet Film Awards | Best Actor | Pranayam, Snehaveedu | |
2011 | Vanitha Film Awards | Best Actor | Pranayam | |
2011 | Mathrubhumi Film Awards | Best Actor | Pranayam | |
2011 | Amrita Film Awards | Best Actor | Pranayam | |
2011 | Ramu Kariat Awards | Best Actor | Pranayam | |
2011 | Deccan Chronicle Survey | Most Popular Keralite | ||
2011 | Kerala Film Producers Association | Best Actor | Pranayam | |
2011 | Viewers Choice Awards | Best Actor | Pranayam | |
2011 | Nana Film Awards | Special Jury Mention | Pranayam | |
2011 | Reporter TV Film Awards | Best Actor | Pranayam | |
2012 | South Indian International Movie Awards | Best Actor | Spirit | |
2012 | Asianet Film Awards | Best Actor | Spirit, Grandmaster, Run Babby Run | |
2012 | Asiavision Awards | Best Actor | Spirit, Run Baby Run | |
2012 | Asiavision Awards | Most Influential Malayali[ | ||
2012 | Asiavision Awards | New Sensation in Singing - Male | Run Baby Run | |
2012 | Amrita Film Awards | Best Actor | Spirit | |
2013 | Kerala Film Critics Awards | Best Actor | Drishyam | |
2013 | Asianet Film Awards | Millennium Actor Award | ||
2013 | Amrita Film Awards | Best Actor | Drishyam | |
2013 | Jaihind Film Awards | Best Actor | Drishyam | |
2013 | Outlook India | Most Influential Indian from Kerala | ||
2013 | Forbes India | 25 Greatest Acting Performances of Indian Cinema | ||
2013 | CNN-IBN survey | 3rd position as India's Great Actors | ||
2013 | Honorary Black Belt in Taekwondo | World Taekwondo Headquarters, South Korea | ||
2014 | Asianet Film Awards | Special Commemoration for '35 years in Malayalam Film Industry' | ||
2015 | Asianet Film Awards | Crowned as "Superstar of the Millennium" | ||
2016 | National Film Awards | Special Jury Award | Janatha Garage | |
2016 | National Film Awards | Special Jury Award | Munthirivallikal Thalirkkumbol, Pulimurugan | |
2016 | Nandi Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Janatha Garage | |
2016 | South Indian International Movie Awards | Best Actor | Pulimurugan | |
2016 | Kerala Film Critics Awards | Best Actor | Oppam | |
2016 | Asianet Film Awards | Best Actor | Oppam, Pulimurugan | |
2016 | Vanitha Film Awards | Best Actor | Oppam, Pulimurugan | |
2016 | Asiavision Awards | Popular Actor | Oppam, Pulimurugan | |
2016 | Janmabhumi Cinema Awards | Best Actor | Oppam | |
2016 | Kerala organ donation programme | Goodwill Ambassador | ||
2016 | Keralite | "Manorama Newsmaker of The Year" | ||
2017 | Friends of Bahrain | "Indian Icon 2017" | ||
2018 | Honorary Doctorate (D.Litt) | University of Calicut | ||
2018 | South Indian International Movie Awards | Most Popular Star in the Middle East | ||
2018 | Kerala Film Critics Awards | Best Actor | Odiyan | |
2018 | Asianet Film Awards | Best Actor | Odiyan, Kayamkulam Kochunni | |
2018 | Vanitha Film Awards | Best Actor | Odiyan | |
2018 | Janmabhumi Cinema Awards | Best Actor | Odiyan | |
2018 | P. Kesavadev Diabscreen Kerala Award | |||
2019 | Mazhavil Entertainment Awards | Ultimate Entertainer Actor | ||
2019 | Vanitha Film Awards | Best Actor | Lucifer | |
2019 | Asianet Film Awards | Best Actor | Lucifer | |
2019 | South Indian International Movie Awards | Best Actor | Lucifer | |
2019 | Padma Bhushan | Government of India | ||
2019 | Pranavapadmam Puraskar | |||
2020 | P. V. Sami Memorial Industrial and Socio-cultural Award | Malayalam cinema for the last four decades and contributions | ||
2021 | Goodwill Ambassdor | Tuberculosis eradication campaign by health department of the Government of Kerala | ||
2022 | Mazhavil Entertainment Awards | Master Entertainer Acting |