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• 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.