Editing Mohanlal (section)

==Early life==
Mohanlal Viswanathan was born in the village of [[Elanthoor]], [[Kollam district]] (present-day [[Pathanamthitta district]]), [[Kerala]] on 21 May 1960. He is the youngest child of Viswanathan Nair, a former bureaucrat and Law Secretary with the [[Kerala government]], and Santhakumari.<ref>[http://www.manoramaonline.com/homestyle/spot-light/2017/04/22/mohanlal-visited-ancestral-home-punnackal-tharavadu.html Mohanlal Birth Place] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170425025030/http://www.manoramaonline.com/homestyle/spot-light/2017/04/22/mohanlal-visited-ancestral-home-punnackal-tharavadu.html |date=25 April 2017 }}. Manoramaonline.com (22 April 2017). Retrieved on 24 July 2017.</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Happy Birthday Mohanlal: The South Indian Superstar's Health Mantra|url=https://food.ndtv.com/health/mohanlal-diet-and-fitness-1694810|access-date=23 December 2017|work=[[NDTV]]|date=21 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171223142407/https://food.ndtv.com/health/mohanlal-diet-and-fitness-1694810|archive-date=23 December 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> He had an elder brother named Pyarelal (died in 2000, due to heart related issues).<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite web | url=https://malayalam.oneindia.com/news/2000/08/23/ker-pyarilal.html | title=മോഹന്‍ലാലിന്റെ സഹോദരന്‍ അന്തരിച്ചു | date=23 August 2000 }}</ref> Director [[B. Unnikrishnan]] is a close maternal relative of Mohanlal.<ref>{{cite video |people=24 News |date=2025-03-23 |title=പ്രകൃതിയോട് ചേർന്ന് പഴമ കൈവിടാതെ മോഹൻലാലിൻറെ തറവാട് വീട് |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=1zTaC-AaaBdWUAAy&v=H8iRlz__KC4&feature=youtu.be |access-date=2025-03-23 |time=6:13 |publisher=YouTube Channel Name}}</ref> Mohanlal was named by his maternal uncle Gopinathan Nair, who initially decided to name him Roshanlal before choosing "Mohanlal". However, his father avoided giving him their surname. His father was adamant that he should not bear their caste name ([[Nair]]) as surname which they all had.<ref>{{cite web|author=The Cue|title='ആദ്യം നല്‍കാന്‍ ഉദ്ദേശിച്ച പേര് റോഷന്‍ ലാല്‍, പേരിനൊപ്പം ജാതി വേണ്ടെന്നത് അച്ഛന്റെ തീരുമാനം'; മോഹന്‍ലാല്‍|date=25 August 2020|url=https://www.thecue.in/entertainment/film-news/actor-mohanlal-about-his-name|publisher=The Cue|access-date=29 September 2022|language=ml|archive-date=29 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220929110316/https://www.thecue.in/entertainment/film-news/actor-mohanlal-about-his-name|url-status=live}}</ref> Mohanlal grew up in Mudavanmugal at his paternal home in [[Thiruvananthapuram]]. He studied at [[Government Model Boys Higher Secondary School]], [[Thiruvananthapuram]] and graduated with a [[Bachelor of Commerce]] degree from [[Mahatma Gandhi College]], [[Thiruvananthapuram]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Entertainment|first1=Art &|title=Mohanlal Biography|url=http://lifestyle.iloveindia.com/lounge/mohanlal-biography-4023.html|website=LIFESTYLE LOUNGE|publisher=iloveindia.com.|access-date=5 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021010753/http://lifestyle.iloveindia.com/lounge/mohanlal-biography-4023.html|archive-date=21 October 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=.com|first1=Mohanlalonline|title=LAL'S BIOGRAPHY|url=http://www.mohanlalonline.com/Content/Biography/|website=Mohanlalonline.com|access-date=5 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150105104009/http://www.mohanlalonline.com/Content/Biography/|archive-date=5 January 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> Mohanlal's first role was as a sixth grader for a stage play called ''Computer Boy'', in which he played a ninety-year-old man.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/05/25/stories/2009052558020300.htm |title=Kerala / Thiruvananthapuram News : Centenary celebrations of Model School inaugurated |date=25 May 2009 |access-date=12 September 2013 |location=Chennai, India |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090530061910/http://www.hindu.com/2009/05/25/stories/2009052558020300.htm |archive-date=30 May 2009 |work=[[The Hindu]] |url-status=dead }}</ref>

During 1977 and 1978 he was the [[Kerala]] state wrestling champion.<ref name = blackbelt>{{Cite news|url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/After-SRK-Mohanlal-to-get-a-Taekwondo-blackbelt/articleshow/16940066.cms|title = After SRK, Mohanlal to get a Taekwondo blackbelt|author = Prakash, Asha|date = 25 October 2012|access-date = 6 October 2014|work = [[The Times of India]]|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160204084353/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/After-SRK-Mohanlal-to-get-a-Taekwondo-blackbelt/articleshow/16940066.cms|archive-date = 4 February 2016|url-status = live}}</ref>