After cricketer Kapil Dev, Malayalam superstar Mohanlal has been conferred with the honorary title of Lieutenant Colonel in the Territorial Army.

Territorial Army (TA), is a citizen's force of the Indian army.

According to sources, the veteran actor had a fascination for the armed forces and wanted to join the army after college.

The 48 year old actor has also donned the roles of army officers in two of his flicks- KeerthiChakra and Kurukshetra.

Since then he has taken a fascination for the Indian Army. He has huge fan following not only among south Indian men of the forces but even among the North Indians.

Now Lt.Col Mohanlal is going to visit forward arenas and meet the army men. For TA it is a great boost that Mohanlal, Kapil Dev and likely Nana Patekar are going to join the army.