MOHANLAL OR LALETTAN
MOHANLAL VISWANATHAN IS POPULARLY KNOWN AS MOHANLAL OR LALETTAN. HE IS AN INDIAN ACTOR AND A PRODUCER. HE IS A GOOD SINGER TOO AND WORKED AS A PLAYBACK SINGER. HE MOSTLY WORKS IN MALAYALAM CINEMA. HE ACTED MORE THAN THREE HUNDRED FILMS. HE IS ALSO PART OF ANOTHER SOUTH INDIAN MOVIES LIKE TAMIL, TELUGU, KANNADA ETC.
IN HIS FIRST RELEASED FILM 'MANJIL VIRINJA POOKKAL' HE ACTED THE ROLE OF VILLAIN. AND IN THE FOLLOWING YEARS ALSO HE PLAYED THE ROLE OF ANTAGONIST CHARACTER. GRADUALLY HE MOVED FROM VILLAIN TO SUPPORTING ACTOR AND THEN TO MAIN ROLE. IN 1980S HE BECAME A LEADING ACTOR. HE BEGAN TO WORKS THE ROLE OF PROTAGONIST. WITH THE RELEASE AND SUCCESS OF 'RAJAAVINTE MAKHAN ' HIS FAME BEGAN TO FLOURISH. HE MAINLY WORKED IN MALAYALAM FILMS. AND ALSO APPEARED IN SOME OTHER LANGUAGES.
MOHANLAL ALSO ACTED IN SOME ARMATURE DRAMAS. HE IS GOOD THEATRE ACTOR. HIS DEBUT PROFESSIONAL DRAMA IS KARNABHARAM WHICH WAS PERFORMED IN 2001. IN THIS PLAY HE WAS PLAYED THE ROLE OF KARNAN, A CHARACTER FROM THE INDIAN EPIC MAHABHARATA. HE ALSO ACTED IN THE PLAYS LIKE KADHAYATTAM, CHAYAMUKHI, NAGA ETC.
DURING HIS CAREER MOHANLAL WORKED AS A PLAYBACK SINGER. HE HAS A DEEP PASSION TOWARDS MUSIC. HE IS THE GOODWILL AMBASSADOR FOR GOVERNMENT AND ALSO SEVERAL NON PROFIT ORGANISATION LIKE AIDS AWARENESS CAMPAIGN UNDER KERALA AIDS CONTROL SOCIETY, KERALA STATE ATHLETICS BY KERALA STATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION. ,'SUBHAYATRA 2015' ,'MRITHASANJEEVANI'ETC.
HE STARTED A FILM PRE AND POST PRODUCTION STUDIO NAMED VISMAYAS MAX. AND HE WAS THE CAPTAIN OF KERALA STRIKERS TEAM (CCL). NOW HE IS THE PRESIDENT OF AMMA.
LALETTAN HAS RECEIVED NATIONAL AWARDS FOR SEVERAL TIMES FOR BEST ACTORS ,TWICE FOR THE FILM 'BHARATHAM' AND 'VAANAPRASTHAM' RELEASED IN 1991 AND 1999 RESPECTIVELY, SPECIAL JURY MENTION, SPECIAL JURY AWARD FOR ACTING ETC. THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA HONOURED HIM BY GIVING PADMA SHRI, WHICH IS INDIA'S FOURTH HIGHEST CIVILIAN HONOR. MOHANLAL ALSO WON THE PADMA BHUSHAN AWARD IN 2019 FOR HIS CONTRIBUTION TO INDIAN FILM. IT IS THE THIRD HIGHEST CIVILIAN HONOR. MOHANLAL IS THE FIRST INDIAN FILM ACTOR WHO GETS THE HONORARY RANK OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL IN THE TERRITORIAL ARMY OF INDIA. HE ALSO RECEIVED HONORARY DOCTORATE FROM BOTH SANKARACHARYA UNIVERSITY OF SANSKRIT AND FROM THE CALICUT UNIVERSITY.
DUE TO ALL THESE THINGS MOHANLAL IS REGARDED AS A COMPLETE ACTOR. HE WAS PASSIONATELY AND RESPECTFULLY ADDRESSED AS LALETTAN BY MALAYALEES IN ALL OVER THE WORLD. HE IS A MOST TALENTED ARTIST INDIA EVER PRODUCED. HE HAS A UNIQUE STYLE AND MADE HIS OWN SIGNATURE ON HIS CHARACTERS AND HIS ROLE AS A ACTOR, PRODUCER, PLAYBACK SINGER ETC,. WITH HIS HARD WORK AND PASSION TOWARDS ACTING HE REACHED THIS POSITION. HE IS A MOST GIFTED ARTIST AND INTELLIGENT PERSON.
KIREEDAM, BHARATHAM, SEBASTIAN, AARAM THAMPURAAN, NARASIMHAM, RAAVANAPRABHU, NARAN, KILUKKAM, KALAPANI, KAKMADAM,MANICHITRATHAZH, VAANAPRASTHAM, PARADESI, DRISYAM, ODIYAN, PULIMURUGAN ETC WERE HIS NOTABLE AND MOST SUCCESSFUL FILMS.