Actor Mohanlal dedicates Dadasaheb Phalke Award to Malayalam film industry

Ace actor Mohanlal stated he’s dedicating the celebrated Dadasaheb Phalke Award to Malayalam cinema. “I speak with a deep sense of humility and gratitude here. This is a proud moment and I cannot enjoy this alone. I’m sharing this with everyone, the audience, the people I have worked with in the past, the ones I am working with in the present and those I will work with in the future,” Mohanlal stated.

The actor who had arrived in Kochi Sunday morning (September 21, 2025) instructed media individuals that the second was a particular and an attractive one for him and all the film industry. “The award is for the entire Indian film industry,” he stated.

“I am not a person who dreams a lot. If you were to ask me what my social commitment is, I would say that it is to attempt to play the roles I am being given in the best possible manner. I will give it my best try. But you cannot do a movie alone; it is the work of many people. I pray that we get to make good movies and that good movies are made in the Malayalam industry. I just want to be a part of that. That is my dream,” stated the actor.

Calling the award ‘special’ and likening the second to one thing that may solely occur in a single’s wildest of desires, the actor stated the industry he works with is like ‘God‘ for him and that cinema is like magic.

“Cinema is a vicious circle. It is magic. We cannot predict anything about it. When two movies turn into a success, then it elevates you and when it fails, it is the opposite. To stay in such an industry for 48 years is like being in a circus. And I have had the privilege of having many supportive people along with me in that journey,” he said.

Adding that he had the privilege of working with many master actors and was lucky enough to play good roles, the actor said this is a beautiful and special moment. “Cinema has only one language. I am just part of the industry; there is no pinnacle to it. ‘Zenith’ is only a phrase. So I don’t contemplate to have reached the top of something with an award,” he added.

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

The award will likely be offered on the 71^st National Film Awards ceremony on September 23. The actor who has had a profession spanning greater than 4 many years has labored in 400 movies and bagged 5 National Awards.