Actor mammotty profile |biography

Birth Name: Muhammed Kutty
Date of birth: September 7th, 1953
Parents: Krishna and Indira Devi
Brother: Ramesh Babu
Sister: Padmavathi, Manjula and
Priyadarshini
Edution: B.Com., Loyola College, Chennai
Favorite Hero: Super Star Krishna
Favorite Heroine: Sri Devi
Favorite Game: Cricket
Mammootty as Muhammed Kutty at Chempu
near Vaikom, Kottayam (district, Kerala) is a popular
Indian film actor. He has acted in more than 300 films,
which is most of them in Malayalam cinema. He is the
recipient of 4 National film awards for Best Actor, five
State awards and 5 Filmfare awards in the best actor
category. He was awarded the Padma Shri by the
Government of India in 1998 and he is called as the
Super Star of Malayalam Cinema along with Mohanlal.
Mammootty is rated as one of the talented actors in
Indian film indusrty. He is also the current Chairman of
TV channel Kairali.
He was born to Ismail (an agriculturist) and Fatima (a
homemaker). Mammootty has two younger brothers,
Ibrahim and Zakariah; and three sisters, Ameena, Sauda
and Shafina. Mammootty received his education from
Maharaja’s College, Ernakulam and then studied law at
Ernakulam Government Law College.
It was during his days at Maharajah’s that Mammootty
got his first role in Anubhavangal Paalichakal (1971). He
practised as a lawyer in Manjeri, Kerala for two years.
He got married in 1980 to his wife, Sulfath, and has a
daughter, Surmi and a son, Dulquar Salman. Mammootty
first film as an actor, Devalokam (World of Gods), was
not released in theatres. Famous writer and auteur M. T.
Vasudevan Nair and Film director K. G. George played an
important part in his career.
Mammootty’s talent was noticed in films like Vilkanundu
Swapnangal directed by M T Vasudevan Nair and films
like Mela and Yavanika, by K.G George. One thing that
sets him apart from his contemporaries is the fact that
from the beginning itself, he has been able to treat both
art-house cinema and commercial potboilers with ease.
He made his mark during the early period of his career
itself by enacting roles in films of stalwarts like M. T.
Vasudevan Nair, K.G. George, Padmarajan, P.N. Menon,
and Bharathan. Later on his talent was utilized by
internationally renowned directors like Adoor
Gopalakrishnan, T. V. Chandran, and Pavithran.
Mammootty was a regular in movies of Harikumar,
Mohan, et al.
The movies by M.T. Vasudevan Nair and Padmarajan,
arguably among the best of Malayalam writer-directors,
widened Mammootty’s acting horizon. It may be
mentioned that two of M.T. Vasudevan’s movies which
bear his autobiographical elements were enacted by
Mammootty – Aksharangal and Sukrutham (Harikumar).
The film New Delhi, directed by Joshy, was a turning
point in his career and the film was based on the novel,
The Almighty by Irving Wallace. The hero’s portrayal of
a victimized journalist, who systematically took revenge
on politicians who beguiled him, was noticed and well
accepted well by the masses. By then he had achieved
superstardom.
His, Oru CBI Diary kurippu, was also a major landmark in
the history of Malayalam Cinema. It brought to fore a
new concept of an investigative thriller, fresh
presentation of politicians and above all a refreshing
idea of the hero.The film went on to create box-office
history in Kerala.
Following the success of the first CBI film three more
murder mysteries sequels were produced with the same
cast of characters: Jaagrutha (1989), Sethurama Iyer CBI
(2004) and Nerariyan C.B.I (2005, all directed by K Madhu,
with Mammootty as Sethurama Iyer, an efficient but
unassuming CBI officer.
He touched the pinnacle of his career in [[Oru Vadakkan
Veeragatha]] (roughly translated as northern heroic
folklore), again an M. T. Vasudevan Nair creation. His
depiction of a Chekavan of distinguished velour but
vilified by circumstances won him the top honors of the
country, National Award for best acting.
His histrionics matched the literary genius of M. T. in
each and every minute detail. It was his acting talent,
coupled with his willingness to go to any extent to
rationally portray the roles that enabled him to act in
both offbeat and commercial movies.
He became almost a regular face in Adoor
Gopalakrishna’s films. Mammootty starred in three of his
movies, Anantharam (Thenceforth), Mathilukal (alls) and
Vidheyan (The Servile) and the easiness with which he
illustrated on screen the protagonist in Mathilukkal
(based on Mathilukal, a novel by the Malayalam literary
genius Vaikom Muhammad Basheer) was also
instrumental in getting him his first National Award for
Best Actor. His performance in two commercially off-beat
movies, Ponthan Mada by TV Chandran, and Adoor
Gopalakrishnan’s Vidheyan won him the award for the
second time. His performance in Ambedkar, an English
movie by Jabbar Patel, won him the National award for a
third time.
Mammootty is also a recipient of Padma Shri, one of the
highest civilian awards in India. Mammootty had briefly
crossed the boundaries of Malayalam cinema and acted
in Tamil, Telugu, and Hindi films. Though he proved that
only a moderate success in Tamil after Mani Ratnam’s
Thalapathi, his fan following is on par with other Tamil
film stars. Mammootty’s notable successes in Tamil
include Anandam by Linguswamy and Kandukondain
Kandukondain by Rajiv Menon. Unfortunationaly however,
his maiden Hindi film, Dhartiputra went unnoticed.
Mammootty, nonetheless made his presence felt on the
national level with the biographical film on Dr. Baba
Saheb Ambedkar Directed by Jabbar Patel. All though he
has been criticised as unable to portray comic roles, his
latest movies Rajamanikyam, Thommanum Makkalum,
and Thuruppugulan gave a fitting reply to critics.
He, though a hugely popular star, is an exception in
Indian films where dancing skills have to be a necessary
part of an actor’s repertoire but the emotion and the
depth that he lends to his characters makes him a well
revered actor and makes up for his shortcomings.