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Mohanlal

1960 - Today

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Mohanlal Viswanathan (IPA: [moːhɐnlaːl ʋiʃʋʷɐn̪aːt̪ʰɐn]; born 21 May 1960), known mononymously as Mohanlal, is an Indian actor and filmmaker who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema and has also occasionally appeared in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu and Kannada films. Mohanlal has a prolific career spanning over four decades, during which he has acted in more than 400 films. The Government of India honoured him with Padma Shri in 2001 and Padma Bhushan in 2019, India's fourth and third highest civilian honours, for his contributions to Indian cinema. In 2009, he became the first actor in India to be awarded the honorary rank of lieutenant colonel in the Territorial Army. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2024). Mohanlal is the 9,583rd most popular actor (down from 9,222nd in 2024), the 1,114th most popular biography from India (down from 1,034th in 2019) and the 242nd most popular Indian Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Mohanlal ranks 9,583 out of 13,578. Before him are Guinevere Turner, Scottie Thompson, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Harris Dickinson, Janet Blair, and Julia Garner. After him are Victoria Rowell, Álvaro Rico, Helen Wagner, Chandler Riggs, Emily Beecham, and Jason Wiles.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Mohanlal ranks 777. Before him are Péter Disztl, Patrice Garande, Romy Saalfeld, Vivian Kubrick, Emmanuel Félémou, and Adrian Popescu. After him are Grant Morrison, Deborah Ellis, Paulo Rodrigues Barc, Delphine Djiraibe, Kevin Doyle, and Rick Savage.

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In India

Among people born in India, Mohanlal ranks 1,114 out of 1,861. Before him are Moushumi Chatterjee (1953), Aditya Chopra (1971), Shaan (1972), Sushilkumar Shinde (1941), Madhavrao Scindia (1945), and Sitara Devi (1920). After him are Randhir Singh Gentle (1922), Manasi Pradhan (1962), Hrishikesh Mukherjee (1922), Aishwarya R. Dhanush (1982), Reema Lagoo (1958), and Kshama Sawant (1973).

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Among ACTORS In India

Among actors born in India, Mohanlal ranks 242. Before him are Bipasha Basu (1979), Bobby Deol (1969), Prateik Babbar (1986), Shashikala (1932), Moushumi Chatterjee (1953), and Sitara Devi (1920). After him are Reema Lagoo (1958), Khushbu (1970), Rajiv Kapoor (1962), Simran (1976), Anushka Sharma (1988), and Rohini Hattangadi (1955).

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