Some Lesser Known Facts About Mohanlal Mohanlal grew up in his maternal house in Mudavanmugal, Thiruvananthapuram. Mohanlal was born to Viswanathan Nair (father) and Santhakumari (mother) in the Pathanamthitta district of Kerala, which is located in the southern part of India on the 21st May 1960. Starting his career with a classic villain role, he has now become an outstanding actor in Malayalam Cinema. Filmography & biography of Mohanlal who started his career with the movie Manjil Virinja Pookkal. Check out the movie list, birth date, latest news, videos & photos, trivia gossips and upcoming film projects of actor Mohanlal on BookMyShow. Mohanlal in 2015 Mohanlal is an Indian actor, producer, distributor, host, and playback singer who has starred in mainstream blockbuster and art-house films. [1] He has made over 360 appearances in feature films during the span of his career, primarily in Malayalam cinema and also in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi and Kannada films. [2] Mohanlal began acting at the age of 18 in a brief role in the then-unreleased film Thiranottam (1978), released a quarter century later. He made his cinematic debut in ...