In 2009, he became the first actor to be awarded the honorary rank of Lieutenant colonel in the Territorial Army.
It grossed ₹75 crore worldwide and became the highest-grossing Malayalam film ever, until 2016.[92]. [156] In 2005, 95 percent of box-office gross in Malayalam cinema came from Mohanlal, Mammootty, and Dileep films. His contract was renewed after its rebranding in 2014. [54] It became the highest-grossing Malayalam film of all time. [80] He starred in Pranayam, released in August, an off-beat romantic drama directed by Blessy. Briefing about the act in the press conference organised in Trivandrum, Mohanlal said: "The risk factor is fifty-fifty for the escape act.
In 1985, he recorded a song for the film Onnanam Kunnil Oradi Kunnil. [100] His first Malayalam release that year was the Priyadarshan directed crime-thriller Oppam, in which he played a blind man.
Mohanlal's association with Padmarajan was very well noted, because their films told stories which were well and truly ahead of their times and broke many conventional stereotypes prevailing during that time in the Malayalam film industry. 1 in the audiences' list and maintained No. [58][59] The film dealt with the real-life story of two underworld dons who ruled Mumbai (played by Ajay Devgn and Vivek Oberoi). [168][23] The couple has two children – Pranav Mohanlal and Vismaya Mohanlal. [11][12], Mohanlal has won five National Film Awards—two Best Actor, a Special Jury Mention and a Special Jury Award for acting, and an award for Best Feature Film (as producer), also nine Kerala State Film Awards and Filmfare Awards South and numerous other accolades. [152] Director Ram Gopal Varma has described Mohanlal as "one of the finest actors in the country who can slip into any role easily".
The film was a commercial success, but was not well received by critics.
He endorsed its six-week multimedia campaign on television, print, outdoor and digital medias.
[55] In the next two years, Mohanlal was typecasted in similar larger-than-life action hero roles in films such as Ravanaprabhu (2001), Praja (2001), Onnaman (2002), Thandavam (2002) and Chathurangam (2002).
The role earned Mohanlal a National Film Special Jury Mention.
It was directed by Joshiy and written by S. N. Swamy. His screen debut was in the 1980 romance film Manjil Virinja Pookkal, in which he played the villain.
[36] In the same year, he appeared in director Blessy's second film Thanmathra, a film that tells the story of an individual suffering from Alzheimer's disease.
Parvati portrays each character she... Dileep is a favorite of family audiences and children. [145] About the objective of the act, the Merlin Award-winning magician Gopinath Muthukad said: "Counted as one of the most dangerous acts, the "Burning Illusion" will find Mohanlal inspiring the youth to overcome debacles in life with sheer determination. [21][22] He had an elder brother named Pyarelal (died in 2000, during a military exercise). It became the highest-grossing Telugu film of 2016 and one of the highest-grossing Telugu films ever,[99] with a gross collection of over ₹135 crores worldwide. Pranav has acted in a few films, debuting in Mohanlal's Onnaman (2001). [118] In March 2010, Mohanlal accepted the plea of the Department of Industries and Commerce of the Government of Kerala to be designated as the goodwill ambassador of Kerala's handloom industries. [32] Mohanlal won a Kerala State Special Jury Award in 1988 for his acting in Padamudra, Aryan, Vellanakalude Nadu, Ulsavapittennu and Chithram.[37]. [176] On 9 July 2008, he was formally inducted to the Territorial Army in the honorary rank of Lieutenant Colonel by then Army Chief Deepak Kapoor.
Mohanlal responded that Azhikode might be having "hallucinations" and is ignoring it as a joke. He played Solomon in Padmarajan's Namukku Parkkan Munthirithoppukal.
It was the first film of Mohanlal-Laljose combo. In 2008, Mohanlal secretly underwent 18 months of escape artist training under famous magician Gopinath Muthukad. Business; Journalists; Famous Personalities; Politician; Sports; Mohanlal Height, Weight, Age, Family, Wife, Biography & More. 2013 was a remarkable year for Mohanlal, it was the year in which the all-time blockbuster of Malayalam film, Drishyam released.
[31][50][51] Vanaprastham was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the AFI Fest. [98] His first release in the year was the Telugu-Malayalam bilingual Manamantha, (Vismayam in Malayalam), a family drama directed by Chandra Sekhar Yeleti.
Ltd. Actor, Producer, Playback singer, Distributer. [151] Reader's Digest India described him in 2004 as "cinema's jack of all trades and master of many".
[115], In 2015, he collaborated once again with Mukesh for Naga, but this time as the narrator. It was followed by the action thriller Lailaa O Lailaa, directed by Joshiy, both of which failed critically and commercially at the box office. The play, based on Girish Karnad's Kannada play Nagamandala, was directed by Suveeran.
[175], In 2008, while filming for Kurukshetra, in which he plays an Indian Army officer, Mohanlal expressed his interest to join the Territorial Army of India. Email. The pictures and video of actress Samyuktha Varma doing yoga went viral last day.
Vismaya Mohanlal was born in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala in India as the daughter of actor Mohanlal and Suchitra Balaji. In 1996, Mohanlal starred in Priyadarshan's Kaalapani, an epic film about the prisoners in the Cellular Jail of Port Blair and Lohithadas's Kanmadam (1998). Bollywood; Hollywood; Journalists; Miscellaneous. [69], Mohanlal's career spans four decades, during which he has acted in over 340 films and produced or co-produced films under three production houses—Casino Films, Cheers Films, and Pranavam Arts International.
[118][140] Mohanlal was the captain of the Kerala Strikers team in the Celebrity Cricket League (CCL) held in 2012 and 2013. … [8], Mohanlal made his acting debut at age 18 in the Malayalam film Thiranottam in 1978, but the film was delayed in its release for 25 years due to censorship issues. [171]
[106] He acted without payment, saying: "I performed for the joy of it ... for my love of our history". Choudary.
The former Prime Minister of India, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, mentioned the film as an example of ignorance by Malayali towards global economic changes during the inauguration of the Global Investor Meet held at Kochi on 18 January 2003. Due to some issues with censorship, the film was not released on time. The Government of India honoured him with Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian honour in 2001 and Padma Bhushan, the third highest civilian honour in 2019,[14] for his contributions to the arts.