Mammooty

Mammootty (born Muhammadkutty Ismail Panaparambil on 7 September 1951[2][3]) is an Indian film actor and producer who works mainly in Malayalam films. He has also acted in a few Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, and Kannada films. During a career spanning more than three decades, he has acted in more than 360 films,[4] and is only next to Prem Nazir in the number of lead roles in Indian films. He also appeared in the highest number of dual roles (nine) in Malayalam films.[5]

Mammootty was awarded National Film Award for Best Actor three times, a record shared with Amitabh Bachchan and Kamal Hassan. He also won five Kerala State Film Awards, and eleven Filmfare Awards. He was the first (1998) Malayali actor to be honoured with the state honour Padma Shri for contributions toward Indian cinema.[6] He was honoured a Doctor of Letters by University of Kerala in Jan 2010[7] and by University of Calicut in Dec 2010.[8] Vanitha, a leading women's magazine in Malayalam, in 2004, chose Mammootty as the actor with the highest sex appeal in Kerala, following a survey among its readers.[9][10][11][12]

[www.mammootty.info Mammootty]  is Chairman of Malayalam Communications, which runs Communist Party of India (Marxist) controlled Malayalam TV channels Kairali TV, People TV, and WE TV.[13] Mammootty has promoted humanitarian causes throughout Kerala and is the goodwill ambassador of the Akshaya project

The 2004 film, the third installment in the CBI series, Sethurama Iyer CBI marked his come back. In 2004, he won the state award for his portrayal of Madhavan in Blessy's Kazhcha. Ranjith's Black and V. M. Vinu's Vesham were also successful ventures.[28]

Mammootty had six releases in 2005, including Anwar Rasheed's directorial debut Rajamanikyam. He portrayed Bellary Raja, a Thiruvananthapuram based cattle dealer in the film, which was the highest grosser of the year.[29]

In 2006, Mammootty won the Filmfare Best Actor Award for the movie Karutha Pakshikal directed by Kamal. He also acted in I. V. Sasi's Balram vs. Tharadas, in which he reprised his roles Inspector Balram from the 1991 blockbuster Inspector Balram and Tharadas from the 1984 blockbuster Athirathram. It was I. V. Sasi's 144th film, and a record 35th with Mammootty.[30] In 2006, Mammootty  continued his success with the film Thuruppu Gulan. Mammootty's action comedy Mayavi became the top grosser of 2007.[citation needed] His portrayal of Dr.Nathan in Shyamaprasad's Ore Kadal (2007) was critically acclaimed. In 2007 he also acted in commercially successful Big B.

In 2008, Mammootty appeared in Annan Thambi. The film released in 75 centres across the state, completed 50 days in nearly 61 centers and 120 days in 4 centers. The film is touted as the biggest hit in malayalam surpassing the record of Rajamanikyam.[citation needed] He played a police officer for 25th time in the film Roudram which was not a commercial success. He also starred in Kerala's multistarrer Twenty: 20 in 2008. In October 2009, he acted in Pazhassi Raja, directed by Hariharan and written by M. T. Vasudevan Nair, which became the highest grossing film ever in Malayalam Industry.[31] He also acted in the short film Puramkazhchakal (directed by Lal Jose) from Malayalam's first Portmanteau film Kerala Cafe.[32] In 2009, he won his fifth state award for Best Actor for his performance in Ranjith's Paleri Manikyam. He was nominated for the National Award for Best Actor in 2009, but he lost the award in the final round of the competition to Amitabh Bachan. The jury's decision to give the award to Bachan was criticised by Shaji N Karun, director of Kutty Srank (the movie which won the award for best film of 2009) and Ranjith, director of Paleri Manikyam.[33]

Mammootty's first releases in 2010 was Pokkiri Raja, Pranchiyettan and the Saint, directed by Ranjith, and Best Actor. Pokkiri Raja went on to become the highest grossing film of the year with the trade analysts declaring it as a blockbuster.[34] Pranchiyettan and the Saint which has been touted as the beginning of a renaissance in Malayalam cinema[citation needed], became the longest running Malayalam film of the last five years.[35] His Best Actor in 2010 also become a hit.

In 2011 and 2012 he do not have any hit films but Bombay March 12 got a good review from audience and Venicile Vyaapari,The King & the Commissioner,Cobra were average in box office. His latest films going to release are Anoop Kannan's Jawan of Vellimala and Johny Antony's Thappana.