About Mohanlal

Padma shri Bharat Mohanlal Viswanathan Nair - Mohanlal was born on May 21, 1960 .Commonly known as Mohanlal or Lalettan , he is an Indian film actor and producer who works mainly in Malayalam film world . A four-time National Award winner, Lal is famous for his versatility and natural acting style . His peerless charisma and charm makes every malayaless around the world feel proud and make him their personal delight . The Government of India honored him with coveted civilian award Padma Shri in 2001 .

Mohanlal was born in Elanthur which is in Pathanamthitta district in Kerala , to Mr. Vishwanathan Nair, a government employee , and Mrs.Santhakumari .The family shifted to Thiruvananthapuram as his father was employed in the Kerala Secretariat in the legal department . He grew up in Mudavanmugal in Thiruvananthapuram . He did his under primary schooling in Govt UPS Mudavanmugal and later enrolled into the Govt Model Higher Secondary School , Thiruvananthapuram . An average student at school, he started his association with the world of acting very early, when he used to participate in school-plays . In the sixth grade , young Mohanlal was chosen the best actor in school . The first role was on a drama named Computer Boy and he played the role of an 80 year old man . The result came as a surprise as the best actor award was usually won by actors from Tenth grades only.

After schooling , he joined Mahatma Gandhi College , Thiruvananthapuram for his bachelor’s degree . It was during this period that Lal started taking interest in movies with a serious mind . He had a good circle of friends attached from his school days itself . Producer Suresh Kumar , Director Ashok Kumar , Singer M. G. Sreekumar, Cameraman S. Kumar and Director Priyadarshan were some famous names . Quite strange , Lal and Priyan were not good friends during their early college days . Both recall their fighting over the same girls and also playing for opposite teams in cricket field . Lal was the opening bowler of his team and Priyan the opposition opening batsman . But both become sweet pals and the passion for movies worked a lot for their bonding.

During college days Mohanlal and his friends were mostly seen in Indian Coffee House , Statue Junction . They spend hours after hours dreaming and discussing matters related to movies . The interest led him and his friends to establish a company named ' Bharath Cine Group ' . They planned a movie after getting some financiers and help from a producer named Pachaloor Sasi . Finally On September 8, 1978 at the Attukal temple premises the pooja and shooting of 'Thiranottam' started . The team included Suresh Kumar, Unni, Priyadarshan, S Kumar, Ashok Kumar, producer Sasi among others . Mohanlal played the role of a mentally challenged servant in the film . The main location for shooting was in and around Mohanlal's house at Mudavanmugal .The film struck many times with financial problems and even after tiding over those numerous difficulties , the film ran into rough weather with the Censor Board . It was given not a clean certificate , but film released with the help of a financier n had a run of one day only for making it eligible to get Subsidy from Government . The film was released in Kollam Krishna theatre and ran for a day long only .

But this setback did little to sway the hold of deep love for acting . He went with friends to Chennai, one of the melting pots for South Indian Film Industry . The first time was for lab works for Thiranottam . They occupied Room No 9 of the famous Swami’s lodge . The team planned to do a Tamil film named ‘Karai Thodathe Alaikal ‘with the then Superstar of Tamil Vijayan . Unfortunately that film too didn’t reach any shore following the movie title . This is when they came across an ad in a leading newspaper daily looking for a youngster for a role in a film produced by Navodaya .Still photographer Nambyathiri took some stills and the friends came back with the negative print to Thiruvananthapuram . Suresh Kumar went to Sivan’s Sivaram studio and developed the negatives. Unhappy with the way he looked in photograph, Lal declined from applying . But Suresh, aware of his natural talent , secretly sent his photograph anyway. Mohanlal received a telegram the next day to attend the interview at Alappuzha and very soon was displaying his skills in front of an interview panel comprising of the likes of Fazil, Sibi Malayil and Jijo . The panel saw a young talent with loads of energy and enthusiasm. He was selected to do the role of villain Narendran in Fazil's ' Manjil Virinja Pookal ' The rest is history .

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