In his speech after receiving the prestigious Dadasahee Phalke prize by President Draupadi Murm in Nový Delhi 23. His artistic journey of almost five decades with more than 400 films and five national films awards was nothing but a dream. At the age of 65 and still strong, it remains probably one of the most influential actors in the Malaysiana cinema. The cultural idol inspired a generation of writers and filmmakers to create stories around him.
He was born in Eanthoor, Pathanamthitta district in Kerala, 21 May 1960, Viswanathan Nair, a former bureaucrat, and Santhakumari, raised a passion for playing from his school days. In his sixth year on the government model Boys High High School, Thiruvananthapuram, he played a 90 -year -old character in a game boy and won the Best Actor Award.
Mohanlal made his debut in 1978 at the age of 18 as a mentally attacked servant in Thiranottam and watched his college program at Mahatma Gandhi College in Thiruvananthapuram. The experiment of a group of his close friends and passionate film enthusiasts who included his director Ashok Kumar never had a full theater edition after being affected by censorship problems.
The turning point in his career came in 1980, when the debutant director Fazil was looking for a new face that would play a terrible villain in his film Manjil Virinja Pookkal. With his overgrown, curly hair and a distinctive oblique shoulder, he brought a new perspective to the role of Narendrana. Although the film presented the debut of actors Shankar and Poornimo Jayaram in the lead roles, the antagonist appeared as a town.
Since then he has not looked back when he catapulted into the Great League. In the first two decades of his career, he continued to redefine the star in the film industry and dominated the landscape next to Mammoothy.
He joined the filmmakers who drove a new way at Malayalam cinema by combining commercial elements with unique storytelling perspectives.
At the age of 26 in 1986 he won the Mainen Keral State Award for the best actor for his excellent depiction of the fighting man in Satyan Anthikad’s Comedy Drama TP Balagopalan Ma Allegher, made popular films such as Sanmanassulavark, Samadhanam, Gandhinar 2nd (1986) Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa to Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaed, and at Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa to Aaaa, Agure, Varavelpa (1989).
Stars
The year 1986 was strange when he went to the super-stars after playing the role of Don’s underworld with a characteristic light tie at the box office hit by Rajavinte Makan by director Thampi Kannanthanam. The highest point in his career came in 1989 after winning a special mention at the National Film Prize for “rendering agony and young man’s pain in an amazing and unique style” as Sethumadhavan in filmmaker Sibi Malayil’s Cult-Classic Kiredam. In 1991 he increased his championship over the vessel by coming out with a gentle but captivating depiction of a classic singer in Bharatham Sibi Malayil, for which he won the best actor for the best actor.
Although he does not have formal training in Kathakali, Mohalanlal’s character Kunjikuttan in recognized filmmaker Shaji N. Karun’s vanuprastham, who mapped the identity of the artist’s struggle, won his second national prize for his interview in his interview. In his interview, who remembered in his interview, what he remembered in his interviews, let him remember that Aalamanlam, who Actor, who Actor, remembered that Actor, who Actor, remembered that Actor, Actor, remembered the films. Actor, he remembered filming, so. Filled the nuances of traditional art form.
The filmmakers often called their acting style “natural, spontaneous and intense”. “His process is a lot of internalization of the emotional territory of the character. Whether it is his hands, when he immers his face into his brother, which is considered dead in Bharatham or the culmination of the scene of Dasaratham, as he cannot replicate another role,” who gives him how he succeeds. Satyanathan, convicted of a series of death in Sadayam, written by the legendary MT Vasudevan Nair in 1992. His perfect comic timing was encouraged by Priyadarshan, his friend from his early career days to bring a big screen to see in films like Boeing (1985). and then -lieukam (1991), and The -The -The -The the -The the -lieing), and Thars -lieing (1981), and The -The -le -lieing (1985), and Thars, such as Boeing (1985), and then laughs like Boeing (1985) (1981) and then. Kombath (1994) to name at least some. He crossed the boundaries to try his happiness in other industries, although it was short -term. In 1997 he played the character of Anandan with an aplomb in the political drama Mani Ratnam in 1997. In 2002, he joined Ram Gopal Varma in the Hinde Film Society.
Although criticized for the bad selection of some scripts and repeated depictions of roles greater than life after 2000, he bounced back to satisfy both critics and his fans. Pulimurugan (2016) by Vyšakh and Franzy Drishyam and Lucifer, directed by Jeeth Joseph and Prithviuranu, at the box office big.
The stories of success
It seems that the year 2025 is well shifting for Mohanla with the success of Thudarum and Hridayapoorvam Tharun Moorth by Satyan Anthikad. Much at the beginning of his career, he started to produce films and to the same extent tasted success and failure. His production included his award Abdullah, Bharatham and Mithunam, among other things. His love for stage saw him playing in two Sanskrit games, Karnabharam and Chayamukhi. After his directorial debut, the 3D fantasy drama, he burned his fingers after his directorial debut Barrioz.
Mohanlal agreed to the controversies that included legal quarrels concerning alleged illegal holding of ivory artifacts and the dissolution of the Executive Committee of the Association of Film Artists Association of Malaysian films (AMMA) led on August 27, 2024 after the report of K. Hem. He expressed regret “some political and social themes” in his L2: Empuraan, the second part of the franchise Lucifer, after the right will.
Mohanlala’s rich storage of work has received several awards. In 2009 he received an honorary Lieutenant title in the Territorial Army. In 2001, Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan received the Union’s government in 2019. He holds the honor that he is the second film personality from Kerala, after the filmmaker Adoor Gopalakrishnan was honored by the Dadasahee Phallke Award. An interesting combination of new projects is waiting for Mohanlala when it is recorded in the glory of a sought -after recognition.
Published – 28 September 2025 01:00
