New Delhi: As Malayalam celebrity, Mohanlal turned 61 as we speak (May 21), netizens have taken to Twitter to ship out heat birthday needs to the actor. Mohanlal, generally referred to as Lal in the trade and lovingly referred to as Laletten by his expensive ones and followers has been the winner of 5 nationwide awards.
With over 4 a long time of expertise on-screen in Malayalam cinema together with appearances in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Hindi movies, he’s one in every of the most admired Indian actors and has acted in additional than 340 movies.Â
While you could know lots of his movies and common roles performed by him, we wager you did not know he was a wrestling champion earlier than he entered showbiz!
So, on the event of his 61st birthday, let’s check out some lesser-known facts about the actor:
1.  Mohanlal is the son of Viswanathan Nair, a former bureaucrat and Law Secretary with the Kerala authorities, and is the youngest amongst his siblings.
2. Before he made his performing debut he was the Kerala state wrestling champion throughout 1977 and 1978.
3. Lal made his performing debut at the younger age of 18 in the movie ‘Thiranottam’ in 1978, nonetheless, the movie’s launch was delayed by 25 years as a consequence of censorship issues.
4. He made his display screen debut as an antagonist in the 1980 romance movie ‘Manjil Virinja Pookkal’. The actor went on to play the antagonist in a number of of his consequent movies.
5. In 2009, he grew to become the first Indian actor to be awarded the honorary rank of Lieutenant colonel in the Territorial Army. He can also be the recipient of honorary doctorates from Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit in 2010 and the University of Calicut in 2018.
6. On the private entrance, Mohanlal acquired married to the daughter of the Tamil movie producer Okay. Balaji Suchitra on April 28, 1988. The completely happy couple share two youngsters – Pranav Mohanlal and Vismaya Mohanlal.
We want Mohanlal a really Happy Birthday!
