10 interesting facts about Mohanlal
First thing first, it was hard to narrow down the interesting facts about our Lalettan to 10. He is an interesting character and we all know him like someone from our own family or from the nearby neighborhood. His name itself is an adrenalin rush among the true movie goers of Kerala and this man single-handedly defined the ethics behind natural acting through his various performances. So here is something that we came up with.
In Time Magazine
Mohanlal is the only actor who got a mention in the world wide popular Time Magazine. It was after his performance in Maniratnam directorial film Iruvar in which he did the role of MGR. Time Magazine said that Mohanlal is India’s answer to Marlon Brando.
Robert De Niero of Indian cinema
After working with Mohanlal in films like Company, director Ram Gopal Varma told that Mohanlal is the Robert De Niero of Indian cinema. He is unbelievably natural in his performance and Ram Gopal Varma said that no actor in India ever can match his skills.
Mother Teresa award
Mohanlal is the only actor from south India who got the Mother Teresa award for the charity works he has been doing through many associations. He got this award in the year 2000
Limca Book of Records
In 2009, Limca book of records honoured Mohan lal with the title People of the Year Award.
Readers Digest
Mohanlal was ranked 80th position in Reader’s Digest’s India’s Most Trusted People in 2010.
Indian Medical Association Award
Mohanlal was awarded IMA Award by Indian Medical Association in 2003.
Fans association
His fans association is popularly known as All kerala Mohanlal Fans and Cultural Welfare Association is the biggest fans association in Kerala. It has also got the most number of branches all across Kerala.
Out look India
Popular Indian English News magazine published in India named Out look Selected Mohanlal as the Most Influential Indian from Kerala.
International awards
In Cann Film Festival (for Vaanaprastham), IIFA AWARD Bollywood movie company, ASIA-PACEFIC AWARD for Bollywood movie company.
Black belt Mohanlal
Mohanlal was a state champion in wrestling before he came into films. 2 years back The world Taekwondo Headquarters, Seoul , Korea,officially conferred the title honorary Black belt of Taekwondo on the actor Mohanlal. It also made Mohanlal the first actor in south India and fourth in India to get this honour. This is given to Mohanlal as per the demands of the Taekwondo federation of India, to popularize the art in Kerala and attract more and more youngsters into this. According to the association the award is conferred upon the star for his unrelenting spirit towards sports, games and martial arts. They also amazed with his performance in movies that depicted much of the martial arts like karate, kunfu etc and also he is very good at kerala’s kalari payattu.
