Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Friday, July 10, 2009
Mohanlal joins Territorial Army
NEW DELHI: Film actor Mohanlal on Thursday was formally inducted into the Territorial Army and granted the rank of Honorary Lieutenant Colonel. Chief of the Army Staff General Deepak Kapoor formally piped Mr. Mohanlal at a function at the Army headquarters.
Lt. Col. (Hony) Mohanlal, who has been in the film industry for over three decades, has won many accolades, including four national awards. He has also been awarded Padma Shri.
He will be affiliated with the Kerala based 122 Infantry battalion (Territorial Army) Madras (Kannur Terriers). He is the second recent high-profile personality after Kapil Dev to don the Territorial Army uniform, a Defence Ministry release said.
Lt. Col. Mohanlal said: “it is truly a proud moment for me to have been granted an honorary rank during the Diamond Jubilee year of the Territorial Army. I will try to serve the Territorial Army to the best of my ability in my newly assigned role. Like others in our country, I pride the armed forces and it is dream come true that I can now serve shoulder to shoulder with our Officers/ JCOs (Junior Commissioned Officers) and men.”
The actor said he looked forward to witness the Prime Minister’s Territorial Army Day Parade to be held here in October.
A visit to his battalion would be an important agenda for him, he said.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
SOME ABOUT LAL
Mohanlal is one of the Malayalam actors who have greatly contributed to enrich Indian cinema. He is popular for his roles in 1980s and 1990s Malayalam movies. Mani Ratnam while working with him in Iruvar stated, "Hereafter, I will never work with a man of whom I am a fan. I often forgot to say `Cut` in Iruvar." this is the magic that the actor can create with his powerful performances. Mohanlal, till date, is one of the most spontaneous actors that the sub-continent has seen.
Being a committed actor he has never shied away from experimenting with his roles. His cult roles will alleys be an instance to follow for the upcoming actors. Besides several outstanding performances he has also entertained the audience with superhero roles. Aadu Thoma in Spadikam, Jagannadhan in Aaram Thamburan, Induchoodan in Narasimham and Mullankolli Velayudhan in Naran are some of his memorable roles in this particular genre.
It was more an initiative on his friends` part that he entered the filmdom. On their insistence he auditioned for the role and was first seen on the silver screen as an anti hero in Manjil Virinja Pookkal. There was no looking back for Mohanlal after this film. He was flooded with offers. According to industry sources in 1983 he appeared in over 25 feature films. Amongst these films his memorable film would be Uyarangalil that was scripted by M.T.Vasudevan Nair and directed by I. V. Sasi. Priyadarshan`s debut Poochakkoru Mookkuthi gave him the opportunity to experiment with the comic genre.
During the Golden era of Malayalam cinema Mohanlal was offered roles that provide him with the scope to experiment with a variety of roles. Variety, they say, is the spice of life. Truly enough, for Mohanlal was established as one of the undisputed kings of Malayalam films. Sathyan Anthikad`s T.P.Balagopalan M.A, Rajavinte Makansaw, Thalavattom, Sanmanassu Ullavarku Samadhanam, M.T.Vasudevan Nair`s Panchagni, Namukku Parkkan Munthiri Thoppukal and Gandhi Nagar 2nd Street established him as a versatile actor. He was fortunate enough o work with some of the most talented directors in the entire South India. Mohanlal, from the very beginning of his career, stroke a balance between art films and commercial cinema. Moreover he was successful in exploiting the various genres of commercial cinema as well.
Directors like Sreenivasan and Sathyan Anthikkad cast him in social satires. Nadodikkattu was one such film where he played the role of an unemployed youth and in Varavelpu he was a man who returned from Gulf after years. He was welcomed heartily by his kith and kin only for monetary gain. However movies like Chithram and Kilukkam were hard-core commercial movie, which witnessed him in the conventional roles of an Indian romantic hero. Both these films were directed by Mani Ratnam. Such films also popularised him amongst the teenagers.
After appearing in a host of author backed roles as well as entertainers he set himself apart from the crowd with Priyadarshan`s Kalapani and Kanmadam by Lohithadas. His film Guru was the official entry for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1997. Apart from the Malayalam films Mohanlal had by then started acting in other languages as well. He teamed up once again with Mani Ratnam and appeared in Iruvar, a Tamil film. He played the role of MGR with perfection.
Mohanlal bagged the Special Jury award at National Awards for the role of Sethu Madhavan in Kireedam. His first National Award in the Best Actor category came with Bharatham where he portrayed the role of an envious classical singer. Vaanaprastham established Mohanlal as one of the finest actors in Indian cinema. Directed by one of the best Malayalam directors, Shaji Karun, the film fetched him a National Award. Here he played the role of a Kathakali dancer, Kunhikuttan, who confuses his real life and stage life. He is unhappy with his marriage and falls in love with Subhadra. He is even more perplexed when he realises that Subhadra is more in love with his stage role than the real person. He faces a lot of trouble for his love life and towards the end of the film he is shown to return to the stage life only to play the negative characters. The film ends with a stunning dance performance by the leading man, Mohanlal.
While speaking of Mohanlal Shaji N Karun once said, "I can only express one word if I have to describe Mohanlal: wonder. I look at him with awe when he transforms himself from a person to an artiste in front of the camera. I don`t know how he transforms himself. It`s inexplicable." His immense histrionic skills fetched him a number of awards:
Being a committed actor he has never shied away from experimenting with his roles. His cult roles will alleys be an instance to follow for the upcoming actors. Besides several outstanding performances he has also entertained the audience with superhero roles. Aadu Thoma in Spadikam, Jagannadhan in Aaram Thamburan, Induchoodan in Narasimham and Mullankolli Velayudhan in Naran are some of his memorable roles in this particular genre.
It was more an initiative on his friends` part that he entered the filmdom. On their insistence he auditioned for the role and was first seen on the silver screen as an anti hero in Manjil Virinja Pookkal. There was no looking back for Mohanlal after this film. He was flooded with offers. According to industry sources in 1983 he appeared in over 25 feature films. Amongst these films his memorable film would be Uyarangalil that was scripted by M.T.Vasudevan Nair and directed by I. V. Sasi. Priyadarshan`s debut Poochakkoru Mookkuthi gave him the opportunity to experiment with the comic genre.
During the Golden era of Malayalam cinema Mohanlal was offered roles that provide him with the scope to experiment with a variety of roles. Variety, they say, is the spice of life. Truly enough, for Mohanlal was established as one of the undisputed kings of Malayalam films. Sathyan Anthikad`s T.P.Balagopalan M.A, Rajavinte Makansaw, Thalavattom, Sanmanassu Ullavarku Samadhanam, M.T.Vasudevan Nair`s Panchagni, Namukku Parkkan Munthiri Thoppukal and Gandhi Nagar 2nd Street established him as a versatile actor. He was fortunate enough o work with some of the most talented directors in the entire South India. Mohanlal, from the very beginning of his career, stroke a balance between art films and commercial cinema. Moreover he was successful in exploiting the various genres of commercial cinema as well.
Directors like Sreenivasan and Sathyan Anthikkad cast him in social satires. Nadodikkattu was one such film where he played the role of an unemployed youth and in Varavelpu he was a man who returned from Gulf after years. He was welcomed heartily by his kith and kin only for monetary gain. However movies like Chithram and Kilukkam were hard-core commercial movie, which witnessed him in the conventional roles of an Indian romantic hero. Both these films were directed by Mani Ratnam. Such films also popularised him amongst the teenagers.
After appearing in a host of author backed roles as well as entertainers he set himself apart from the crowd with Priyadarshan`s Kalapani and Kanmadam by Lohithadas. His film Guru was the official entry for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1997. Apart from the Malayalam films Mohanlal had by then started acting in other languages as well. He teamed up once again with Mani Ratnam and appeared in Iruvar, a Tamil film. He played the role of MGR with perfection.
Mohanlal bagged the Special Jury award at National Awards for the role of Sethu Madhavan in Kireedam. His first National Award in the Best Actor category came with Bharatham where he portrayed the role of an envious classical singer. Vaanaprastham established Mohanlal as one of the finest actors in Indian cinema. Directed by one of the best Malayalam directors, Shaji Karun, the film fetched him a National Award. Here he played the role of a Kathakali dancer, Kunhikuttan, who confuses his real life and stage life. He is unhappy with his marriage and falls in love with Subhadra. He is even more perplexed when he realises that Subhadra is more in love with his stage role than the real person. He faces a lot of trouble for his love life and towards the end of the film he is shown to return to the stage life only to play the negative characters. The film ends with a stunning dance performance by the leading man, Mohanlal.
While speaking of Mohanlal Shaji N Karun once said, "I can only express one word if I have to describe Mohanlal: wonder. I look at him with awe when he transforms himself from a person to an artiste in front of the camera. I don`t know how he transforms himself. It`s inexplicable." His immense histrionic skills fetched him a number of awards:
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Mohanlal- Casanova to a Karshakan!
By Moviebuzz | Monday, 20 April , 2009, 12:28
The project which was to be shot in Vienna and other European countries was not financially viable, taking into consideration the star’s present box-office ratings.
Now the latest we hear is that Rosshan Andrews will direct Mohanlal in an untitled film written by James Albert (Classmates fame), and produced by Antony Perumbavoor. The shoot of the film will start in June after Mohanlal completes Kamal Hassan’s Unnai Pol Oruvan.
Mohanlal will play Mathachan, a middle aged Syrian Christian Karshakan (farmer), in the film. The character and other details are being worked out by Albert and Rosshan who are now finishing the paperwork of the project.
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