LEGENDARY MALAYALAM ACTOR..MAMMOOTTY!

 - Manoj Kulkarni

Mammootty's great role in English film 'Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar' (1999).

Today is birthday of Malayalam leading Actor & Producer...Mammootty!

Mammootty & Gouthami in Malayalam 'Sukrutham' (1994).

Muhammad Kutty..famous as Mammootty began his film career with 'Devalokam' (1979) but his full length character was in film 'Mela' (1980) directed by K.G. George! And then he established himself as an actor with films like..'Sphodanam', 'Munnettam' & 'Ahimsa'!

Mammootty in Hindi 'Dhartiputra' (1993)

He acted in renowned filmmaker Adoor Gopalkrishnan's three movies 'Anantram' (1987), 'Mathilukal' (1980) & 'Vidheyan' (1993). 

I am with Mammootty in 'IFFI', 1997 at Thiruvananthapuram!

Mammootty acted in other South Indian languages films too! He made his debut in Hindi cinema with 'Dhartiputra' (1993)...One of his excellent performances was in film 'Sukrutham' (1994) directed by Hari Kumar! He acted in 350 films in his career spanning four decades!

He won 13 South Filmfare awards & 3 National awards. In this includes Best Actor for his great role in & as 'Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar' (1999).. an English language film made by Dr. Jabbar Patel!..He also got 'Padmashri'!

I met Mammootty during our '28th International Film Festival of India' at Thiruvananthapuram in 1997. 

Regards to him!!

- Manoj Kulkarni 
['Chitrasrushti', Pune]