Actor Mohanlal dedicates Dadasaheb Phalke Award to Malayalam film industry

Ace actor Mohanlal mentioned he’s dedicating the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award to Malayalam cinema. “I communicate with a deep sense of humility and gratitude right here. It is a proud second and I can not get pleasure from this alone. I’m sharing this with everybody, the viewers, the folks I’ve labored with previously, those I’m working with within the current and people I’ll work with sooner or later,” Mohanlal mentioned.

The actor who had arrived in Kochi Sunday morning (September 21, 2025) advised media individuals that the second was a particular and a ravishing one for him and the complete movie trade. “The award is for the complete Indian movie trade,” he mentioned.

“I’m not an individual who goals rather a lot. In case you have been to ask me what my social dedication is, I’d say that it’s to aim to play the roles I’m being given in the absolute best method. I’ll give it my finest strive. However you can not do a film alone; it’s the work of many individuals. I pray that we get to make good films and that good films are made within the Malayalam trade. I simply need to be part of that. That’s my dream,” mentioned the actor.

Calling the award ‘particular’ and likening the second to one thing that can solely occur in a single’s wildest of goals, the actor mentioned the trade he works with is like ‘God‘ for him and that cinema is like magic.

“Cinema is a vicious circle. It’s magic. We can not predict something about it. When two films flip into a hit, then it elevates you and when it fails, it’s the reverse. To remain in such an trade for 48 years is like being in a circus. And I’ve had the privilege of getting many supportive folks together with me in that journey,” he mentioned.

Including that he had the privilege of working with many grasp actors and was fortunate sufficient to play good roles, the actor mentioned it is a stunning and particular second. “Cinema has just one language. I’m simply a part of the trade; there isn’t any pinnacle to it. ‘Zenith’ is only a phrase. So I don’t contemplate to have reached the head of something with an award,” he added.

On Saturday (September 20, 2025), the Ministry of Data and Broadcasting introduced that the actor will likely be conferred the nation’s highest cinema honour, the distinguished Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2023. The information introduced a lot cheer to the Kerala movie trade.

The award will likely be introduced on the 71^st Nationwide Movie Awards ceremony on September 23. The actor who has had a profession spanning greater than 4 a long time has labored in 400 movies and bagged 5 Nationwide Awards.