Padmashree Mohanlal is now Lt. Colonel Mohanlal. His wish to enter the battalion has finally succeded. On Thursday, July 9th, 2009 he was commisioned into the Territorial army by army chief General Deepak Kapoor. As he is 49 years old there were certain difficulties for him to become a part of the Territorial army. The upper age limit for the post is 42 years old. It was a tough task as the officials at the highest level had to authorize his post.

The actor first showed interest in joining the Territorial army at October 2008. After playing two important roles of a Major in Keerthichakra and Lt. Colonel in Kurukshethra he was very keen to get the post. So, with the help of Major Ravi, the director of both the movies, he forwarded all the papers needed for processing.

Major Ravi was a former cammando in the NSG. Due to his extreme passion for movies he decided to leave the army and work as a director. He was one of the main officers who helped to kill Sivarasan, the main person who murdered Rajiv Gandhi.

Apart from Mohanlal, Nana Patekar, the Hindi film actor and veteran Indian cricketer Kapil Dev are also a part of the Territorial army.

We all hope that Mohanlal can be of great help to the Army and will use his position for all the good deeds possible.

The KeralaTuna team congratulates Mohanlal for his Lt. Colonel position.

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Padmashree Mohanlal and director Priyadarshan are planning to start an IPL team for the next season in 2010. The latest buzz is that both of them have met together to discuss the matter in Priyan’s home in Trivandrum. When asked about the matter Priyan said that it would be his dream come true and would seek the help of the Kerala Cricket Association (KCA) as soon as possible. Since KCA is affiliated to the BCCI, there will be lesser problems and the BCCI is ready to welcome more teams for the next T-20 premier cricket tournament.

When asked about the matter Mohanlal said that there are many talented players who lack exposure and world class training facilities. They will be surely given a chance to prove themselves. According to him the most successful IPL players of this year have been local guys like Manish Pandey, Pragyan Ojha, and Kamran Khan. He also thanked Shah Rukh Khan for giving a chance for players like Mohammed Niaz, Mohammed Sanuth, Rohan Prem, P Prashanth and also master blaster Sanju V Samson to attend the selection trials of the Kolkata Knight Riders. Though they did not get selected the exposure will have surely helped them.

Both Priyadarshan and Mohanlal had formed a cricket team during their schooling days called City Cricketers. During those days Priyan was the opener and Mohanlal was the all-rounder. They wish to keep the same name for the IPL team. For further progress, they have decided to make Trivandrum MP and the new Union Minister of State for External Affairs, Mr. Shashi Tharoor, the chairman of the cricket team. The whole expense is estimated to be almost Rs. 250 Crore. For this they have already bagged two NRI’s and also some multi-corporates to fund for the team. They have also discussed with Robin Singh, the former Indian cricketer and fielding coach of India to become the technical director. They have also decided to make a huge cricket stadium im Kovalam, Trivandrum.

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Here find the latest trailer of Mohanlal’s latest malayalam movie “Bramaram”! Movie is directed by promising Blessey who created wonderful movies like “Kaazhcha” and “Thanmatra”.

Bramaram can be expected as another great movie from Mohanlal.

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Last Thursday our dear Lalettan celebrated his 49th birthday in between the shooting of his next movie Alexander The Great. As his father-in-law died recently, he was not keen on any big celebrations and so just went on with cutting a cake along with the entire unit of the movie.

His friend and co-star in the movie Jagatheesh said “I also act in the film and more importantly being a close friend of Lal, I am happy that I was with him. I wish that he goes on to achieve greater glory and also wish that I be with him when he celebrates his next birthday too.”

We also wish you a very happy birthday Lalettaa!!!

Please send in your greetings to Lalettan as your valuable comments.