20 Facts About Pranav Mohanlal

Pranav Mohanlal later assisted Jeethu Joseph on Papanasam and Life of Josutty.

Pranav Mohanlal made his acting debut in a lead role with action thriller Aadhi, which emerged as one of the highest-grossing Malayalam films of the year and fetched him the SIIMA Award for Best Debut Actor.

Pranav Mohanlal achieved further critical and commercial success with Vineeth Sreenivasan's coming-of-age film Hridayam.

Pranav Mohanlal was born on 13 July 1990 in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala in India as the son of actor Mohanlal and his wife Suchitra Balaji, a Tamilian.

Pranav Mohanlal's maternal grandfather is the Tamil film producer K Balaji and his maternal uncle Suresh Balaje is a producer.

Pranav Mohanlal completed his schooling from a boarding school, the Hebron School, in Ooty, Tamilnadu.

Pranav Mohanlal graduated with a bachelor's degree in philosophy from the University of New South Wales in Australia.

Pranav Mohanlal maintains a low profile and is known for avoiding the media.

Pranav made his screen debut in 2002, appearing in a minor role in the action crime drama Onnaman, starring his father Mohanlal and directed by Thampi Kannanthanam.

Pranav Mohanlal played the childhood version of his father's character Ravisankar.

Pranav Mohanlal played Appu, a troubled child who ran away from home thinking his parents love his younger brother more than him.

Pranav Mohanlal's performance earned him the Kerala State Film Award for Best Child Artist.

Pranav Mohanlal stayed away from film industry and was not keen on returning to pursue acting anytime soon as he was interested in books and travel more than cinema.

In 2014, Pranav began working as an assistant director under Jeethu Joseph in the Tamil film Papanasam, starring Kamal Haasan, a remake of Jeethu's Malayalam film, Drishyam that starred his father, Mohanlal.

Pranav Mohanlal continued working as an assistant in Jeethu's subsequent film Life of Josutty before departing.

Pranav Mohanlal wrote, sang and performed the English song "Gypsy Women" in the film.

Aadhi received positive response, particularly for Pranav Mohanlal's parkour stunt; the film was a commercial success grossing 35 crore in a month.

Pranav Mohanlal appeared in a guest role as young Kunjali Marakkar IV in the Priyadarshan-directed period film Marakkar: Arabikadalinte Simham, starring Mohanlal.

Pranav Mohanlal won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Child Artist in 2003 for his performance as a troubled child in the film Punarjani.

Pranav Mohanlal won the Best Debut Actor award at the 8th SIIMA and the Kerala Film Critics Association Awards for the film Aadhi.