Lalettan!!!

According to CNN-IBN, Mohanlal is the Most Popular Keralite of the Century.

For Time magazine, Lal is India's answer to Marlon Brando.

For Prakash Raj he is one of the finest natural actors India can ever come across

For Amitabh Bachan, he is the finest actor in the country.

For Priyadarshan, he is the best actor India has ever produced.

For Kamal Haasan, he is the most flexible actor in India.

For RGV, he is the Robert De Niro of Indian screen.

For Sunil Shetty,he is the God of Cinema.

For Shaji N Karun,he is the most immensely talented actor.

Manirathnam and Dr.Rajkumar are two frontline fans of this great actor..

Once during the shooting of Vanaprastham a French Technician said: "He is the man born in the wrong side of the world; if he was from the other country he would have already had an Oscar"

Rajni Kanth: I'm sometimes jealous seeing the easiness of his acting. Just can't dream of doing some characters lal had done

Amitabh Bachchan: Lal's style of performance enlightened me about the new phase of acting

Sivaji Ganesan: I feel sorry that he was not born to me. His acting is really interesting

Mammootty: A fantastic, marvelous and unpredictable actor

Aishwarya Rai: Lal's acting is a gift of God

Shahrukh Khan: Mohanlal is quite simply an amazing actor for me

Mani Ratnam: Hereafter, I will never work with a man of whom I am a fan. I often forgot to say 'Cut' in Iruvar

Kamal Haasan: Lal's substlety in dancing without mastering it astonishes even an eminent dancer

M. T. Vasudevan Nair: Mohanlal is a privilege not only to Malayalam but also to the World Cinema

Adoor Gopalakrishnan: Mohanlal owns rare acting style and his paculiarity of acting and versatality putting him in a different league of artists

Shilpa Shetty: If Mohanlal is there then I'm ready to do a Malayalam film

Jagathy Sreekumar : I'm always comfortable while acting with Mohanlal because he is the best actor I know. So i also try to raise up to him

K. Lohithadas: I feel that the upcoming generation can watch performance of Mohanlal and learn a lot. It can be called a textbook of acting

Shaji N Karun: We haven't exploited Mohanlal's talent yet

Hariharan (Director): His gift is that he underplays emotions

Priyadarshan: Lal never prepares for any role or scene. He is not bothered how he looks or what he does. Once the camera is on, he is a transformed person. As lal does only one film at a time, he knows everything about the film, nothing more

He is the first actor to be honored with the prestigious Lieutenant Colonel Post from Indian Army.