Mohan Lal - An Actor Par Excellence

Mohan Lal who belongs to Malayalam film industry primarily but a popular face across all south India film industries. His onscreen presence and persona made him a Star Actor. It's very rare to get recognised for acting abilities once attained stardom. Mohan Lal breaks that barrier. On his way of becoming a star he also displayed his acting prowess, and that makes him a Complete Actor.

Mohan Lal is a Multi-faceted personality who does producing, singing and now directing apart from acting. He has a prolific career spanning over four decades, during which he has acted in more than 400 films. The Government Of India honoured him with Padma Shri in 2001, and Padma Bhushan in 2019, India's fourth and third highest civilian honours.

Mohan Lal made his debut into films with Thiranottam in 1978 at the age of 18. But, the film got released after 25 years due to censor issues. So, his first film is Manjil Virinja Pookkal which was released in 1980 where he played as an antagonist. After establishing himself as a villain and in second lead roles he got a big breakthrough as main lead with Rajavinte Makan in mid 80's. Since then there is no turning back. 

Mohan Lal also acted in other language big films like Iruvar in Tamil, Company directed by Ram Gopal Varma in Hindi and Janatha Garage with NTR in Telugu. He won five National Awards among those two of them are for Best Actor. Mohan Lal worked in 44 films so far in the direction of his friend Priyadarshan in his career. 

Mohan Lal also turned into Director with 'Barroz' which is being made in 3D is currently in post production phase. His upcoming lineup include, Ram : Part 1 co-starring Trisha in Jeethu Joseph's direction, Vrushabha, cameo in Kannappa and much awaited L2 : Empuraan.

CineJosh wishes The Complete Actor Mohan Lal A Happy Birthday and great health, happiness and success ahead.