Mohan Lal

Mohanlal was born in Elanthur in Pathanamthitta district of Kerala, to Vishwanathan Nair, a government employee, and Santhakumari. He attended a local school in his village and later enrolled in the Model School, Thiruvananthapuram . An average student at school, he was drawn in to the world of arts; he used to participate in school-plays. In the sixth grade, the young Mohanlal was chosen the best actor in his school, an award that was usually bagged by tenth graders

After schooling, he joined the Mahatma Gandhi College, Thiruvananthapruam for his Bachelor's degree. He continued his association with acting and won numerous best actor awards. It was here that he met a group of fellow-students, who were passionate about theatre and feature films. They were instrumental in getting him his first breakthrough and some of them, notably Priyadarshan and Raju, went on to become popular movie directors or actors.