Overview

• The Information and Broadcasting Ministry announced the honour on Sept. 20 via X, confirming Mohanlal as the Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2023 recipient.
• The lifetime achievement award will be presented at the 71st National Film Awards ceremony in New Delhi on Sept. 23, 2025.
• Mohanlal posted that he is deeply humbled and expressed gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his congratulatory message.
• PM Modi praised Mohanlal's excellence and versatility, while film figures including Mammootty, Prithviraj Sukumaran and Akshay Kumar also lauded the recognition.
• Coverage notes his 350–400 film career across five languages, prior Padma Shri (2001) and Padma Bhushan (2019), and that he is only the second Malayalam cinema artist to receive the honour after Adoor Gopalakrishnan in 2004.