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• Acted in over 300 movies.
• Best known for his work in Malayalam film, but has also appeared in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada movies.
• For Vanaprashtham (1999) he won both the National Film Best Actor award and the Best Film award (as producer)
• Eight-time winner of the Filmfare Awards South Best Actor award.
• In 2001 he received the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian award.
• Has an honourary black belt in Taekwondo.