Portrayed by Mohanlal Gender Male Played by Mohanlal Created by Major Ravi | Nickname(s) Mahi Title Major, Colonel First appearance Keerthi Chakra (2006) | |
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Occupation NSG Team Commander, army officer Family Major Sahadevan (father) Last appearance 1971: Beyond Borders (2017) People also search for Albert Samson, Sivankutty Movies Keerthi Chakra, Kurukshetra, Kandahar | ||
Major Mahadevan is a fictional character and the protagonist in the Major Mahadevan film series. The character was created by Major Ravi and is portrayed by Mohanlal. Mahadevan is a commanding officer in the Indian Army, who hold the title Major, he was later promoted to a Colonel. He first appears in the 2006 film Kirthi Chakra, and later in the sequels Kurukshetra (2008), Kandahar (2010), and 1971: Beyond Borders (2017).
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Major Mahadevan is one of the most influential characters to have appeared in this decade of Malayalam cinema. Mohanlal, after played Mahadevan in Kirthi Chakra (2006) and Kurukshetra (2008) was given an honorary position as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Territorial Army of India by the Indian Ministry of Defence, taking into account his honest portrayal of an army man and the reach the character got through the two films. The third installment Kandahar was released in 2010. He will appear in the upcoming film in the series 1971: Beyond Borders in 2017.
Family
Mahadevan was once married and had a little daughter, Arathi Mahadevan with his wife, Sreekutty (portrayed by Lakshmi Gopalaswamy), who were killed in a bomb explosion set by his enemy. Both his wife and daughter appeared in the first film Keerthi Chakra. His father Sahadevan was a war veteran, an army Major, who had fought in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. Major Sahadevan will appear in the upcoming 2017 sequel 1971: Beyond Borders.
Appearances
Mahadevan appeared in four films: