Born:
                                                                              September 07, 1951
                          
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Birthplace: Chempu, Kottayam District, India
                                                  
                        
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                
                          Trivia:
                          First appeared in a lead role in Devalokam in 1979, although this film was never completed and remains unreleased. Three-time winner of the National Film Award for Best Actor. Winner of eleven Filmfare awards. Received the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian award, in 1998. Chairman of Malayalam Communications, as of 2010. Involved in many charitable organisations and projects, including the Pain and Palliative Care Society, the Jeevan Jothi project and the Street India Movement, amongst others.