GREAT SUPERSTAR MOHANLAL

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Keralite babies can understand the faces of Mohanlal and Mammooty when they are watching T V even in their 2^nd or 3^rd age. In such way Mohanlal and Mammootty who are Malayalam film actors deeply routed in malayalees hearts (Keralites). Here give you a short picture of PADMASREE MOHANLAL.

Mohanlal is a great actor who is dedicated his life for Malayalam cinema a part of Indian cinema who works as producer, singer, distributor and a business man. He is a super star by acting in more than 300 films. He has won 4 national awards, Padmasree award one of the highest civilian award of India. He became lieutenant colonel of Territorial Army of India and honored with a doctorate of Sree sankaracharya university- Sanskrit.

Mohanlal Viswanathan Nair is born in May 21, 1960 as a son of Viswanathan Nair (a lawyer in Kerala secretariat legal department) and Santhakumari in Elanthur, Pathanamthitta. Later they are moved to Mudavanmugal in Thiruvanandapuram. Mohanlal admitted in there local school and after primary education he enrolled in to model school in Thiruvanandapuram. He got a platform to express and improve his inborn talent of an actor from there. He entered in school plays and won the crown of best actor in his sixth standard.

He went MahatmaGandhiCollege for taking his Bachelors degree in Commers. He was continuing enjoy with plays and there also became best actor. He found some friends who are passionates same as his from this college. They were also grown in Malayalam film industry as director Priyadarsan, actor Maniyan pilla Raju and singer M G Sreekumar with a great actor Mohanlal (lalettan).

In 1978 his friends worked together for a movie THIRANOTTAM under the banner of Bharat cine group which was the first film for Mohanlal. But it couldn’t release because of some sensor problem. After two years in 1980 his friends sent his bio data for a banner Navodaya based on an advertisement which seeks a new artist for a leading role. He was selected for that particular strong negative character in Manjil virinja pookkal. At the age of twenty he was impressed by best directors in Malayalam movie industry. He got handful pictures in this period of time. Malayalam movie audience gave him a crown of a prince of box office.

At the time of golden age of malayala cinema was also growing and fruiting time of real acting talent Mohanlal. In 1983 more than 25 films credited in Mohanlal’s account. After this year, he didn’t have to look back. He was became a superstar of Malayala cinema. Uyarngalil, poochakkoru mookkuthi, etc, etc…

If we are watching hundred times his films, we are not getting boring. Evergreen charactors are those!! Most memorable characters are-

Solomn - Namukku parkkan munthirithoppu

Dasan - Nadodikkattu

Jayakrishnan - Thoovaanathumbikal

Vishnu - Chithram

Sedumadhavan - Kireedam

Gopi - Bharatham

Mangalasseri Neelakandan - Devasuram

Anand - Iruvar

Kunjikkuttan - Vaanaprastham

Aadu Thoma - Sphadikam

Balagopalan - T P Balagopalan MA

A scene from Thenmavin kombathu........

Never ends........he lives as a romantic hero, a mentally retarded person, a village man, an antagonist, Kadhakali artist, a singer, non professional young man, feudal lord, a family guardian ……like more than 300 characters. Here a song sequence from his chithram movie,

He is apart from other actors cause of his versatility, effortless, spontaneous, natural acting. Some of his works with best Malayalam directors and screenwriters are very beautiful and amazing. He acts in an extra ordinary manner. When he acts his performance is outstanding. Inner turmoil of characters acted by Lal is very expressive and audience can catch it in meaningfully. It is because of his performance is in actual parameterized manners which is always more than the director’s expectations. His grasping capacity is great. We can see one of his masterpiece from the film VANAPRASTHAM,

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Mohanlal also have classic talents in Kadhakali, Bharat natyam, Kadhak. He played his first drama Karnabharam in national theatre fest New Delhi which is actually a treat for theatre and drama lovers. Karnabharam was from the Indian epic Mahabharat. Lal performed as Karna in which he expressed mental agony of Karna a day before the Kurukshethra war. Second drama is Kadhayattam in which he enacted 10 unforgettable characters and situations which is based on Malayalam literature. That is his offer for mother tongue. Latest play is played by Mohanlal Chaayamukhi. According to the story, chaayaamukhi is a mirror given to Bheema by Hidumbi (in Viradaparvam) that enables the viewer to see the image of loved one the most. Lal acted for Bheema and Mukesh one of the Malayalam movie actor for Keechaka.

Totally acted in more than 300 films, produced and co produced 12 films, 4 Tamil films, 4 Hindi films, sung 20 songs in films and also 3 professional plays.