Didn’t you sing my mother’s song in a film?”The line took Mohanlal straight back in time. It was written years ago by her late mother, Mary Roy, a noted educator, legal reformer and women’s rights activist. In a few minutes of conversation, three creative lives quietly intersected — Mary Roy’s legacy as an educator and lyricist, Arundhati Roy’s writing rooted in memory and grief, and Mohanlal’s enduring presence in cinema. Actor Mohanlal is set to inaugurate the Mathrubhumi International Festival of Letters 2026 (MBIFL 2026) at Kanakakkunnu on Thursday. At the literature festival inauguration venue, Mohanlal will receive the book autographed by his beloved author.