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Tuesday 21 May 2013

Malayalam superstar Mohanlal celebrates his birthday today.

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Malayalam superstar Mohanlal celebrates his birthday today.

Mohanlal (born 21 May 1960), is an Indian film actor and producer best known for his work in Malayalam films. He was born in Pathanamthitta in south Kerala to Vishwananthan Nair and Santhakumary. He was raised in Mudavanmugal in Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum), Kerala, which was his maternal house. He now lives with his family in Thevara, ( in Kochi, Kerala). He married Suchitra, daughter of Tamil film producer K. Balaji on 28 April 1988. They have two children – Pranav and Vismaya.

Mohanlal has acted in over 300 Malayalam films and produced or co-produced over 35 films. His acting credits also include some Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Kannada films. He has acted in 4 professional plays. He has also sung songs, most of them for the films he acted in.

Mohanlal's first non-Malayalam movie was the Tamil film "Iruvar"(1997), directed by Mani Ratnam. His first Hindi film was "Company"(2002) directed by Ram Gopal Varma.



In 2001, the Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri.

He has won four Indian National Film Awards — two Best Actor Awards, one Special Jury Award for acting, and one Award for Best Film as producer along with six Kerala State Film Awards for Best Actor.

He was elected as most popular Keralite in a 2006 online poll conducted by CNN-IBN on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Kerala's formation.

In 2009, he became the first actor to be given the honorary rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Territorial Army of India.

He was also conferred an honorary Black Belt of Taekwondo by World Taekwondo Headquarters in Kukiwon by South Korean Government. He was the third Indian citizen to achieve this feat.

We wish the multitalented superstar a very happy birthday and a successful year ahead!

 

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