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Awards and achievements
Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Mohanlal
Mohanlal was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 2001.[120]
Mohanlal was granted the rank of honorary Lieutenant Colonel in the Indian Territorial Army in 2009, the first instance of an Indian actor being conferred an honorary army rank.[121]
Mohanlal was awarded Honorary Doctorate by Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit in 2010.[122]
Mohanlal has won four National Film Awards.[123]
Mohanlal has won nine Kerala State Film Awards.
Mohanlal has won several other awards such as Filmfare Awards, International Indian Film Academy Awards, Star Screen Awards, Screen-Videocon Awards South, South Indian International Movie Awards, Film Express Award (Government of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka), Reporter TV Film Award First Edition, Asianet Film Awards, Kerala Film Critics Awards, Vanitha Film Awards, Asiavision Movie Awards, Mathrubhumi Film Awards, Kerala Film Audience Council Awards.
Mohanlal's film Vanaprastham was screened in the "Un Certain Regard" section at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival and several other International Film Festivals like Hong Kong International Film Festival, Seattle International Film Festival, Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival, Taipei Golden Horse film festival, Mar del Plata Film Festival, Istanbul International Film Festival, American Film Institute, American Film Market, Fukuoka International Film Festival.[124]
Mohanlal was chosen as the "Most Popular Keralite" by a survey conducted by CNN-IBN in 2006.[4]
Mohanlal hold place in Limca Book of Records as " People of the Year Award" in 2009.
Mohanlal was ranked 80th position in Reader's Digest's "India's Most Trusted People" in 2010.[125]
Mohanlal was ranked top 1 in the popular choice section as the "Best Actor of the Decade" (2002–2008), a survey conducted by HindiFilmNews.com.[126]
Mohanlal was described as "God's own Superstar" by South Scope magazine in 2010.
Mohanlal was chosen as the "Most Popular Keralite" by a survey conducted by Deccan Chronicle in 2011.
Mohanlal was awarded "IMA Award" by Indian Medical Association in 2003.
Mohanlal was 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.[127]
Mohanlal won Power Player Award at Celebrity Cricket League in 2013.
Mohanlal comes 3rd among India's Great Actors according to CNN-IBN.
Mohanlal lives with his family in Thevara, Kochi. He married Suchitra, daughter of Tamil film producer K. Balaji[110] on 28 April 1988.[7] Mohanlal later recalled in an interview that Suchitra used to send him cards because she wanted to marry him. Their horoscopes did not match at first, but later it was found that the astrologer erred. Mohanlal has two children – Pranav and Vismaya. Pranav has acted in a few movies, debuting in Mohanlal's film Onnaman.[111] Mohanlal did not object when his son expressed a desire to act as "Kids may have many such ambitions. If we can help them realise something, what is the problem?"[111] He owns a house at Ooty,[112] a villa in Arabian Ranches and a flat in Burj Khalifa at Dubai.[113] Mohanlal is a self-described foodie.[15][114] He also enjoys melodious music. Mohanlal is a strong believer in destiny and spirituality. He likes to read Osho, J. Krishnamurti, Aurobindo and Ramana Maharshi.[12] He has often stated that the turn of events in his life, including his film career, was accidental.[58]
In 2008, while shooting for the movie Kurukshetra in which he plays the role of an Army officer, Mohanlal expressed interest to join Territorial Army of India as an officer.[115] On 9 July 2008, he was formally inducted to the Territorial Army in the rank of Lieutenant Colonel by Army Chief Deepak Kapoor. Rules had to be amended to accommodate him as men above the age of 42 are not eligible to join the volunteer force.[116][117]
Mohanlal was awarded an honorary doctorate by Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit, Kalady in 2010. The citation praised Mohanlal as "an excellent performer after actor Sathyan in Malayalam film world, who essayed a rich variety of roles with equal ease and poise.
Personal Life
Biography
Early life
Mohanlal was born in Pathanamthitta in south Kerala to Vishwananthan Nair, an officer in Kerala Government Secretariat who later on became the Law Secretary of the state and Santhakumary.[7] He had an elder brother, Pyarelal, who died in the early 2000s. He was raised in Mudavanmugal in Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum), which was his maternal house. Mohanlal studied at Model School, Thiruvananthapuram, and graduated with a B. Com. from Mahatma Gandhi College in Thiruvananthapuram.[8] Mohanlal received his first Best Actor Award when he was in sixth grade at Model School for a stage play called "Computer Boy" by Veloor Krishnankutty. He enacted as a ninety year old in the play.
