The First Salary of Actor Mohanlal.

All have heard of #Navodaya studios but few may know of the person behind the name or its logo? We all know actor Mohanlal. But not all know about the person who gave him his first salary that was donated to an orphanage.

Well, the answer is Malika C Devi, the Retd. Corporation Council Secretary. She was the accountant for the 1980 blockbuster 'Manjil Virinja Pookkal' which was actor Mohanlal’s first release. Malika recounts her first encounter with Mohanlal, “I saw an ugly young man with full of pimples and hippy hairstyle, sitting far away from affable superhero #Shankar. I asked Jijo Punoos, son of Appachan, who the new entrant was. He quipped that he was the one recruited for acting a rape scene with #Poornima.”

Rather than his performance in the movie, she recalls the actor’s kind gesture. “I gave him his first remuneration of Rs. 2,000. He donated it to the nearby St. Antony’s orphanage,” she said.

(Courtesy: New Indian Express)