Versatile Mohanlal who is being fondly referred as ‘Laletta’ film industry folks and fans celebrates his 54th birthday today.

Born in Kochi of Kerala, Mohanlal started his acting career in the late 70’s and has been remaining as the unparalleled superstar of the Malayalam film industry for more than three decades.

Lal has proved that a superstar need not necessarily be the one catering to masses in every film. He has acted in a number of performance oriented films and has received the National award for the Best actor twice and has also won the Special Jury National award for his acting in ‘Kireedam’. His production venture ‘Vanprastham’ fetched the National award for Best film. He has also one six Kerala State Awards and Eight Filmfare awards in his illustrious career. Apart from these he has acquired Padma Sri Award, the civilian honour of Indian Government.

Mohanlal’s acting prowess and popularity is not limited to Malayalam film industry and Kerala. He has grabbed many other state fans to Malayalam films through his films. He has also acted in ten films put together in Tamil, Hindi and Telugu films. Especially the neighborhood Tamil film industry has been given roles that have turned as some of the most memorable performances of his career. The list includes Mani Ratnam’s critically acclaimed ‘Iruvar’ in which he played the protagonist role.

Mohan Lal’s career that has seen a lull in the recent years has been rejuvenated by the stupendous success of his latest film ‘Drishyam’ which has been declared as one of the highest grossing flicks in the history of Malayalam cinema. His last Tamil film ‘Jilla’ in which he played the father of ‘Ilayathalabathi’ Vijay had also released around the same time and has become a success at the box office.

Indiaglitz wishes this veteran actor a very happy birthday and a lot more successes and achievements to come.