Mohanlal has bagged the Kerala state best actor award for his performance in the Malayalam film Paradesi. Directed by PT Kunju Mohammad Paradesi sees the actor portray a character who ages from 40 to 90 years.
The film itself highlights the problem of Malayali Muslims who traveled to Karachi in the pre-partition era, but are continued to be treated as foreigners after partition since they do not have any documents to prove their citizenship.
Mohanlal has won several State Awards for acting over the last two decades, the most recent in 2005 for the film Thanmathra.