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'''Mohanlal Viswanathan''' ({{IPA|ml|moːhɐnlaːl ʋiʃʋʷɐn̪aːt̪ʰɐn|IPA}}; born 21 May 1960) is an Indian actor, film producer, [[playback singer]], film distributor, and director who predominantly works in [[Malayalam cinema|Malayalam]] film industry besides also having sporadically appeared in [[Tamil cinema|Tamil]], [[Hindi cinema|Hindi]], [[Telugu cinema|Telugu]] and [[Kannada cinema|Kannada]] films.<ref name="thehindu.com">{{Cite news|last=Kumar|first=P. k Ajith|date=21 May 2020|title=On Mohanlal's 60th birthday, remembering 10 of his finest performances|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/on-mohanlals-60th-birthday-remembering-10-of-his-finest-performances/article31638507.ece|access-date=28 August 2020|issn=0971-751X|archive-date=12 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612102647/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/on-mohanlals-60th-birthday-remembering-10-of-his-finest-performances/article31638507.ece|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Kumar">{{Cite news|last=Kumar|first=P. k Ajith|date=20 May 2020|title=Mohanlal at 60: An actor par excellence|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/mohanlal-at-60-an-actor-par-excellence/article31633617.ece|access-date=28 August 2020|issn=0971-751X|archive-date=19 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200619123905/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/mohanlal-at-60-an-actor-par-excellence/article31633617.ece|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Desk">{{Cite web|last=Desk|first=India com Entertainment|date=21 May 2020|title=Happy Birthday, Mohanlal: 11 Lesser-Known And Interesting Facts About The Top Malayalam Star|url=https://www.india.com/entertainment/malayalam-news-happy-birthday-mohanlal-11-lesser-known-and-interesting-facts-about-the-top-malayalam-star-4035296/|access-date=28 August 2020|website=India News, Breaking News, Entertainment News {{!}} India.com|language=en|archive-date=9 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200609145515/https://www.india.com/entertainment/malayalam-news-happy-birthday-mohanlal-11-lesser-known-and-interesting-facts-about-the-top-malayalam-star-4035296/|url-status=live}}</ref> Mohanlal has a prolific career spanning over four decades, during which he has acted in [[Mohanlal filmography|more than 400 films]].<ref name="Kumar"/><ref>{{Cite news |date=21 May 2022 |title='The complete actor' is not just a sobriquet, but Mohanlal's legacy |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/malayalam/the-complete-actor-is-not-just-a-sobriquet-but-mohanlal-legacy-7926705/ |access-date=21 May 2022 |work=The Indian Express |language=en |archive-date=21 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220521064533/https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/malayalam/the-complete-actor-is-not-just-a-sobriquet-but-mohanlal-legacy-7926705/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Mohanlal's contributions to the [[Malayalam cinema]] have been praised by his contemporaries in the [[Cinema of India|Indian film industry]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mohanlal is India's pride, Kerala's treasure: Vijay to Dhanush, best quotes by Tamil actors on the Malayalam superstar. Rajinikanth, Suriya and more...|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/galleries/entertainment/2020/may/20/mohanlal-is-indias-pride-keralas-treasure-vijay-to-dhanush-best-quotes-by-tamil-actors-on-the-m-102872.html|access-date=7 September 2021|website=The New Indian Express|archive-date=3 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603124847/https://www.newindianexpress.com/galleries/entertainment/2020/may/20/mohanlal-is-indias-pride-keralas-treasure-vijay-to-dhanush-best-quotes-by-tamil-actors-on-the-m-102872.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Mohanlal is the greatest actor we have in our country: Suriya on his 'Kaappaan' co-star|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/2019/sep/14/mohanlal-is-the-greatest-actor-we-have-in-our-country-suriya-on-his-kaappaan-co-star-2033651.html|access-date=2 July 2021|website=The New Indian Express|date=20 September 2019 |archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709182722/https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/2019/sep/14/mohanlal-is-the-greatest-actor-we-have-in-our-country-suriya-on-his-kaappaan-co-star-2033651.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=My admiration increases: Amitabh Bachchan after watching the trailer of Mohanlal's Marakkar|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/my-admiration-increases-amitabh-bachchan-after-watching-the-trailer-of-mohanlals-marakkar/articleshow/74546739.cms|access-date=2 July 2021|website=The Times of India|language=en|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709214758/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/my-admiration-increases-amitabh-bachchan-after-watching-the-trailer-of-mohanlals-marakkar/articleshow/74546739.cms|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Government of India]] honoured him with [[Padma Shri]] in 2001,<ref name="Padma Awards2">{{cite web|date=2015|title=Padma Awards|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf|archive-date=15 October 2015|access-date=21 July 2015|publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India}}</ref> and [[Padma Bhushan]] in 2019, India's fourth and third highest [[Orders, decorations, and medals of India|civilian honours]],<ref name="Padmabhushan2">{{Cite web|date=25 January 2019|title=Mohanlal conferred with Padma Bhushan|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/entertainment-others/mohanlal-padma-bhushan-kader-khan-manoj-bajpayee-prabhudheva-shankar-mahadevan-5555516/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190126001318/https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/entertainment-others/mohanlal-padma-bhushan-kader-khan-manoj-bajpayee-prabhudheva-shankar-mahadevan-5555516/|archive-date=26 January 2019|access-date=25 January 2019|website=[[The New Indian Express]]}}</ref> for his contributions to [[Cinema of India|Indian cinema]]. In 2009, he became the first actor in India to be awarded the honorary rank of [[lieutenant colonel]] in the [[Territorial Army (India)|Territorial Army]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=9 July 2009|title=Malayalam superstar Mohanlal joins Territorial Army|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/malayalam-superstar-mohanlal-joins-territorial-army/story-O6L4Kpu19jVG6wi0uejIAK.html|access-date=25 July 2021|website=Hindustan Times|language=en|archive-date=25 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725181929/https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/malayalam-superstar-mohanlal-joins-territorial-army/story-O6L4Kpu19jVG6wi0uejIAK.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Mohanlal enters Territorial Army training unit|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2010/mar/26/mohanlal-enters-territorial-army-training-unit-142466.html|access-date=25 July 2021|website=The New Indian Express|archive-date=25 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725181928/https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2010/mar/26/mohanlal-enters-territorial-army-training-unit-142466.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Mohanlal was named as one of "the men who changed the face of the Indian Cinema" by [[CNN
Mohanlal made his acting debut at age 18 in the Malayalam film ''[[Thiranottam]]'' in 1978, but the film was delayed in its release for 25 years due to censorship issues. His screen debut was in the 1980 romance film ''[[Manjil Virinja Pookkal]]'', in which he played the antagonist.<ref name="rediff"/><ref name="thiranottam">{{cite news|title=I have nothing to prove in Bollywood: Mohanlal|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/242650/i-have-nothing-prove-bollywood.html|access-date=11 January 2017|work=[[Deccan Herald]]|agency=[[Press Trust of India]]|date=17 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170113014138/http://www.deccanherald.com/content/242650/i-have-nothing-prove-bollywood.html|archive-date=13 January 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> He continued to do villainous roles and rose to secondary lead roles in the following years. By the mid-1980s, he established himself as a bankable leading actor and attained stardom after starring in several successful films in 1986; the crime drama ''[[Rajavinte Makan]]'' released that year heightened his stardom.<ref name="rediff">{{cite web|last=Warrier|first=Shobha|title=25 years, 25 landmarks|url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/report/mohan1/20030903.htm|work=[[Rediff.com]]|access-date=21 July 2020|archive-date=21 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200721123434/https://www.rediff.com/movies/report/mohan1/20030903.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> Mohanlal prefers to work in Malayalam films, but he has also appeared in some of [[Bollywood|Hindi]], [[Tamil cinema|Tamil]], [[Telugu cinema|Telugu]] and [[Kannada cinema|Kannada]] films. Some of his best known non-Malayalam films include the Tamil political drama ''[[Iruvar]]'' (1997), the Hindi crime drama ''[[Company (2002 film)|Company]]'' (2002) and the Telugu film ''[[Janatha Garage]]'' (2016).<ref>{{cite news|last=Khan|first=Ujala Ali|title=Reigning southern stars|url=http://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/bollywood/reigning-southern-stars|access-date=11 January 2017|work=[[The National (Abu Dhabi)|The National]]|date=14 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170113092556/http://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/bollywood/reigning-southern-stars|archive-date=13 January 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Rajpal|first=Roktim|title=Mohanlal turns 55: 8 performances that prove he is the most bankable, successful star of Indian cinema|url=http://www.news18.com/news/movies/mohanlal-turns-55-8-performances-that-prove-he-is-the-most-bankable-successful-star-of-indian-cinema-994811.html|access-date=11 January 2017|work=[[News18]]|date=21 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170113195555/http://www.news18.com/news/movies/mohanlal-turns-55-8-performances-that-prove-he-is-the-most-bankable-successful-star-of-indian-cinema-994811.html|archive-date=13 January 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
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