Thursday, September 23, 2010
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Business ventures
* Vismayas Max, Film post production studio and College for Dubbing artists at Kinfra film and Video Park, Kazhakoottam, Trivandrum
* Pranavam Arts, Film Production Company (Again after 11 years with Kandahar)
* Pranavam, Film Distribution Company (Currently inactive)
* Partner and Director of Uni Royal Marine Exports, a major Kozhikode-based seafood export company
* Restaurant chain in Dubai called Mohanlal's Tastebuds
* Travancore Court, a 3 Star Hotel in Kochi.
* Partner of film distribution company Maxlaab Cinemas and Entertainments
* Restaurant in Bangalore named The Harbour Market
* Partner of Mohanlal's Tastebuds, a pickles and curry powder production company
* Chairman of Jose Thomas Performing Arts Centre (JtPac)
* Pranavam Arts, Film Production Company (Again after 11 years with Kandahar)
* Pranavam, Film Distribution Company (Currently inactive)
* Partner and Director of Uni Royal Marine Exports, a major Kozhikode-based seafood export company
* Restaurant chain in Dubai called Mohanlal's Tastebuds
* Travancore Court, a 3 Star Hotel in Kochi.
* Partner of film distribution company Maxlaab Cinemas and Entertainments
* Restaurant in Bangalore named The Harbour Market
* Partner of Mohanlal's Tastebuds, a pickles and curry powder production company
* Chairman of Jose Thomas Performing Arts Centre (JtPac)
Awards and achievements
* Mohanlal's movie Guru was chosen as India's official entry to the Oscars to be considered for nomination in the Best Foreign Film for 1997.
* Mohanlal has won several National Awards: the Special Jury Award (Actor), two Best Actor awards, and the Best Film (Producer) award .
* Mohanlal has received 10 National Award nominations in the Best Actor category — more nominations than any other actor.
* Mohanlal was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 2001.
* Mohanlal's film Vanaprastham was screened in the "Un Certain Regard" section at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival.
* Mohanlal was chosen as the Most Popular Keralite by a survey conducted by CNN-IBN in 2006.
* Mohanlal was granted the rank of honorary Lieutenant Colonel in the Indian Territorial Army in 2009, which was first time in the history of Indian cinema.
* Mohanlal was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit in 2010.
* The top five highest grossing movies in the history of Malayalam cinema (adjusted for inflation) are all movies that feature Mohanlal: Chithram, Kilukkam, Manichitrathazhu, Narasimham and Twenty:20.
Ambassador
* Goodwill Ambassador - Anti Aids Campaign of Kerala State Aids Control Society
* Brand Ambassador - Territorial Army of India
* Goodwill Ambassador - Kerala Athletics
* Goodwill Ambassador - Kerala Handloom Industry
* Brand Ambassador - Commonwealth Inclusive Growth Foundation
* Mohanlal has won several National Awards: the Special Jury Award (Actor), two Best Actor awards, and the Best Film (Producer) award .
* Mohanlal has received 10 National Award nominations in the Best Actor category — more nominations than any other actor.
* Mohanlal was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 2001.
* Mohanlal's film Vanaprastham was screened in the "Un Certain Regard" section at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival.
* Mohanlal was chosen as the Most Popular Keralite by a survey conducted by CNN-IBN in 2006.
* Mohanlal was granted the rank of honorary Lieutenant Colonel in the Indian Territorial Army in 2009, which was first time in the history of Indian cinema.
* Mohanlal was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit in 2010.
* The top five highest grossing movies in the history of Malayalam cinema (adjusted for inflation) are all movies that feature Mohanlal: Chithram, Kilukkam, Manichitrathazhu, Narasimham and Twenty:20.
Ambassador
* Goodwill Ambassador - Anti Aids Campaign of Kerala State Aids Control Society
* Brand Ambassador - Territorial Army of India
* Goodwill Ambassador - Kerala Athletics
* Goodwill Ambassador - Kerala Handloom Industry
* Brand Ambassador - Commonwealth Inclusive Growth Foundation
Golden period (1986-1995)
The period (1986–1995) is widely regarded as the golden age of Malayalam cinema with films characterised by detailed screenplays, lucid narration and fresh ideas narrowing the gap between art and commercial films[7]. As a young talent on the rise, Mohanlal obtained roles that gave him ample scope to display a wide range of emotions and started some very fruitful associations with many of the better directors and writers in Malayalam cinema.
1986 was one of his best years. Sathyan Anthikad's T.P.Balagopalan M.A got him his first Kerala State award for best actor. His role of an underworld don in Rajavinte Makan saw the emergence of Mohanlal as the superstar of Malayalam cinema.Rajavinte Makan was the block buster movie of the year 1986. In the same year, he played an asylum inmate in Thalavattom, a harassed house-owner in Sanmanassullavarku Samadhanam, a journalist in M.T.Vasudevan Nair's Panchagni, a farm owner in love in Namukku Parkkan Munthiri Thoppukal and an unemployed youth forced to become a Goorkha in Gandhi Nagar 2nd street.
His association with the writer-director combination of Sreenivasan and Sathyan Anthikkad, who excelled in making socially hard-hitting satires, resulted in films such as Nadodikkattu, in which he played an unemployed youth and Varavelpu, in which he played a Gulf returnee who is welcomed back home to greedy relatives and a state with a hostile climate for entrepreneurs. Director Priyadarshan's musical comedies, notably Chithram and Kilukkam had him playing the typical Indian romantic hero and increased his popularity among the teenage movie-goers.
Mohanlal portrayed a real-life character in Devaasuram (1993)directed by I.V. Sasi and written by Renjith, the film went on to become a hit and a cult classic
Thoovanathumbikal in which he portrayed a person torn between his twin love interests, broke many stereotypes in Indian films such as the leading man falling in love with a second woman immediately after he is rejected by the first. Amrithamgamaya was about a man who ends up at the house of a boy whom he had unknowingly killed in college during a ragging session. Thazhvaram was another notable film of this period.
The combination of writer Lohitha Das and director Sibi Malayil is considered to have produced some of his most haunting roles. His role of Sethu Madhavan, who dreams of becoming a police officer but ends up as a criminal in the film Kireedam earned him a Special Jury award. Another role of a classical singer who is burdened by the jealousy and final death of his singer brother in Bharatham helped him bag the Best Actor National Award the following year.
The 90s saw him continuing his success with more entertainers like His Highness Abdullah, where he played a Muslim disguised as a Namboodiri to assassinate a royal. His other notable commercial movies during this period such as Midhunam, Minnaram, Thenmavin kombath continued the tradition of the 80s with neat well-written scripts and a rich set of characters. Devaasuram, written by Ranjith and directed by I. V. Sasi, set in the feudal atmosphere of central Kerala, was particularly noted for Mohanlal's portrayal of a proud, rich and brash young man who is slowly humbled by a chain of events. Director Bhadran's Spadikam became a cult classic for the revolutionary way in which the stunts were picturised[8]. Critically acclaimed films were few in number during this period and were mostly semi-entertainers like Manichitrathazhu, which had the female lead Shobhana bagging a National award for best actress.
This was also a period when father-son duo of Thilakan and Mohanlal had a great impact on malayalam film industry and especially on fans of both actors.
1986 was one of his best years. Sathyan Anthikad's T.P.Balagopalan M.A got him his first Kerala State award for best actor. His role of an underworld don in Rajavinte Makan saw the emergence of Mohanlal as the superstar of Malayalam cinema.Rajavinte Makan was the block buster movie of the year 1986. In the same year, he played an asylum inmate in Thalavattom, a harassed house-owner in Sanmanassullavarku Samadhanam, a journalist in M.T.Vasudevan Nair's Panchagni, a farm owner in love in Namukku Parkkan Munthiri Thoppukal and an unemployed youth forced to become a Goorkha in Gandhi Nagar 2nd street.
His association with the writer-director combination of Sreenivasan and Sathyan Anthikkad, who excelled in making socially hard-hitting satires, resulted in films such as Nadodikkattu, in which he played an unemployed youth and Varavelpu, in which he played a Gulf returnee who is welcomed back home to greedy relatives and a state with a hostile climate for entrepreneurs. Director Priyadarshan's musical comedies, notably Chithram and Kilukkam had him playing the typical Indian romantic hero and increased his popularity among the teenage movie-goers.
Mohanlal portrayed a real-life character in Devaasuram (1993)directed by I.V. Sasi and written by Renjith, the film went on to become a hit and a cult classic
Thoovanathumbikal in which he portrayed a person torn between his twin love interests, broke many stereotypes in Indian films such as the leading man falling in love with a second woman immediately after he is rejected by the first. Amrithamgamaya was about a man who ends up at the house of a boy whom he had unknowingly killed in college during a ragging session. Thazhvaram was another notable film of this period.
The combination of writer Lohitha Das and director Sibi Malayil is considered to have produced some of his most haunting roles. His role of Sethu Madhavan, who dreams of becoming a police officer but ends up as a criminal in the film Kireedam earned him a Special Jury award. Another role of a classical singer who is burdened by the jealousy and final death of his singer brother in Bharatham helped him bag the Best Actor National Award the following year.
The 90s saw him continuing his success with more entertainers like His Highness Abdullah, where he played a Muslim disguised as a Namboodiri to assassinate a royal. His other notable commercial movies during this period such as Midhunam, Minnaram, Thenmavin kombath continued the tradition of the 80s with neat well-written scripts and a rich set of characters. Devaasuram, written by Ranjith and directed by I. V. Sasi, set in the feudal atmosphere of central Kerala, was particularly noted for Mohanlal's portrayal of a proud, rich and brash young man who is slowly humbled by a chain of events. Director Bhadran's Spadikam became a cult classic for the revolutionary way in which the stunts were picturised[8]. Critically acclaimed films were few in number during this period and were mostly semi-entertainers like Manichitrathazhu, which had the female lead Shobhana bagging a National award for best actress.
This was also a period when father-son duo of Thilakan and Mohanlal had a great impact on malayalam film industry and especially on fans of both actors.
Early life (1960-1977)
Mohanlal was born in Elanthur in Pathanamthitta district of Kerala, to Vishwanathan Nair, a lawyer and government employee and Santhakumari. The family later shifted to Mudavanmugal in Thiruvananthapuram, which was the house of his mother. He attended the Mudavanmukal LP school and later enrolled in the Model School, Thiruvananthapuram. An average student at school, he was drawn in to the world of arts; he used to participate in school-plays. In the sixth grade, the young Mohanlal was chosen the best actor in his school, an award that was usually bagged by tenth graders.
He attended Mahatma Gandhi College in Thiruvananthapuram for his bachelor's degree. He continued his association with acting and won numerous best actor awards. It was here that he met a group of fellow-students, who were passionate about theatre and feature films. They were instrumental in getting him his first breakthrough and some of them, notably Priyadarshan, M.G.Sreekumar and Maniyanpilla Raju, went on to become popular movie directors or actors or singers.
He attended Mahatma Gandhi College in Thiruvananthapuram for his bachelor's degree. He continued his association with acting and won numerous best actor awards. It was here that he met a group of fellow-students, who were passionate about theatre and feature films. They were instrumental in getting him his first breakthrough and some of them, notably Priyadarshan, M.G.Sreekumar and Maniyanpilla Raju, went on to become popular movie directors or actors or singers.
Mohanlal
Mohanlal Vishwanathan Nair (born 21 May 1960), known mononymously as Mohanlal is an Indian film actor and producer who works mainly in Malayalam cinema. He has won four National Film Awards, nine Kerala State Film Awards, and ten Filmfare Awards. In 2001 the Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri for his contributions to Indian cinema. In 2009, he was granted the honorary rank of Lieutenant Colonel by the Territorial Army, the first instance of an Indian actor receiving an honorary military rank. In 2010, Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit bestowed an Honorary Doctorate upon him.
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