Happy birthday Mammootty! Check out 40 vintage photographs of the Malayalam megastar
'Mamukka' (born as Muhammad Kutty Ismail Paniparambil), who has a pan-India appeal and an audience across all kinds of cinema, turns a year older today. We have compiled a selection of rare photographs to take you across his four-decade-old journey in the film industry. Enjoy!
Three-time National Award winner, seven-time Kerala State Award winner, and 12-time Filmfare Award recipient Mammootty is one of Indian cinema's greatest actors. 'Mamukka' (born as Muhammad Kutty Ismail Paniparambil), who has a pan-India appeal and an aud
23.4.2019: Mammootty arrives to cast his vote at a polling station during the third phase of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls in Kochi, Kerala. (Photo | PTI)
18.4.2018: Congress leader Hibi Eden with Mammootty and his son Dulquer Salmaan, at the latter's house at Panampilly Nagar in Kochi. (Photo | EPS)
19.11.2017: Mammootty poses stylishly for the shutterbugs. (Photo | Albin Mathew, EPS)
17.11.2017: Salman Khan and Mammootty do a jig as Sachin Tendulkar, Nita Ambani and Katrina Kaif look on during the opening ISL 2017 match. (Photo | Albin Mathew, EPS)
13.3.2017: Actor Mammootty consoles deceased director Diphan's mother and noted dubbing artist Anandavalli. Diphan was the director of two Prithviraj starrers 'Puthiya Mukham' and 'Hero'. (Photo | Albin Mathew, EPS)
16.5.2017: Legendary singer K J Yesudas exchanges greetings with Malayalam actor Mammootty in Kochi. (Photo | PTI)
12.4.2016: Actor Mammootty inaugurates an organic vegetables fair organised by the CPM at Rajendra Maidanam in Kochi. P Rajeev, CPM district secretary and M Anil Kumar, LDF candidate for Ernakulam constituency are also seen. (Photo | K Shijith, EPS)
8.12.2016: Actors Mammotty and Srinivasan share a light moment during the district level inauguration of Harithakeralam project at Kakkanad. District Collector K Mohammed Y Safirulla are also seen. (Photo | K Shijith, EPS)
3.7.2015: Actor Mammooty takes a selfie with a fan's mobile phone at the inaugural function of the DC Books' book fair at the Chandrasekharan Nair Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram as writer M Mukundan looks on. (Photo | BP Deepu, EPS)
23.9.2013: Actors Mohanlal, Mammootty and Kamal Haasan share a light moment at the Centenary celebrations of Indian Cinema. (Photo | AS Ganesh, EPS)
23.5.2015: Actor Mammootty waves to fans at the inaugural ceremony of a showroom at Pantheerankavu in Kozhikode. (Photo | File)
23.9.2013: Actors Mammootty and Jayaram with veteran actress Sharada at the Centenary celebrations of Indian Cinema. (Photo | AS Ganesh, EPS)
19.2.2017: Actor Mammootty reads out a pledge during a gathering by film fraternity at Durbar Hall Ground in Kochi to express protest over the kidnapping and sexual assault of a leading Malayalam actress in a moving car. (Photo | Melton Antony, EPS)
2.5.2016: Actors Mammootty and Kunchacko Boban offer the first glass of water from the newly-set up water kiosk under 'Own your Water' initiative at KSRTC Bus Station in Kochi. (Photo | Ratheesh Sundaram, EPS)
4.5.2016: Mammootty offers a glass of water to a boy after launching the 'Own your Water' project near the Collectorate in Kottayam. (Photo | Rajeev Prasad, EPS)
25.7.2013: The famous tribal king of Kovil Mala Raman Raja Mannan receives a school uniform set from actor Mammootty as part of the Poorvikam project initiated by Care and Share international foundation in Thodupuzha. (Photo | EPS)
21.8.2015: Actor Mammootty enjoys the fragrance of a jasmine flower at 'Jaiva Karshaka Mahasangamam' event in Kochi to promote organic farming. (Photo | Albin Mathew, EPS)
31.12.2014: Actor Mammootty inaugurates the 'One Kochi One Colour' campaign at Fort Kochi. Mayor Tony Chammany, MLAs Hibi Eden and Dominic Presentation look on. (Photo | EPS)
24.4.2014: Author MT Vasudevan Nair introduces his grandson Madhav to actor Mammootty during a function at Tagore centenary hall. (Photo | TP Sooraj, EPS)
24.4.2014: Actor Mammootty has a word with renowned author MT Vasudevan Nair during a private function held at Tagore centenary hall. (Photo | TP Sooraj, EPS)
6.6.2015: Actors Mammootty and KPAC Lalitha stage a 'dharna' in front of the Kerala Government Secretariat in Thiruvananthapuram during the shooting of the film 'Utopiayile Rajavu' directed by Kamal. (Photo | BP Deepu)
A rare photo of actor Mammootty from the Express archive. (Photo | EPS)
19.5.2008: Yesudas visits Mammootty at his home in Kochi. (Photo | EPS)
11.6.2011: Actor Mammootty presents a memento to National Award-winning actor Salim Kumar on behalf of the alumni association of Maharajas College in Kochi. Kerala Agriculture University Vice-Chancellor K R Viswambharan and actor Baburaj are also seen. (Photo | EPS)
13.2.2009: Actors Mammootty and Lalu Alex at the wedding of CPM leader Pinarayi Vijayan's son in Kannur. (Photo | EPS)
29.1.2010: Actor Om Puri and wife Nandita Puri exchange pleasantries with Mammootty at the inauguration of the DC International Book Festival in Kochi. (Photo | Jipson Sikhera, EPS)
Actor Mammootty during the shooting of Edhirum Pudhirum directed by VC Ramani (now Dharani). Producer GS Madhu and actors Sangeetha and Napolean are seen too. (Photo | EPS)
21.9.2009: Actor Mammootty listens to a talk with son Dulquer Salmaan after the Ramzan namaz at the Salafi Masjid in Vyttila, Kochi. (Photo | EPS)
25.10.2012: Actors Mammootty and his son Dulquer Salmaan offer prayers on Bakrid at the Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium premises in Kochi. (Photo | Manu R Mavelil, EPS)
11.1.2010: Mammootty shares a light moment with his wife Sulu before accepting the honorary D Litt degree conferred on him by Kerala University. (Photo | Rajeev Prasad, EPS)
Mammootty during a shoot. (Photo | EPS)
Mammootty at an event. (Photo | EPS)
12.1.2009: Malayalam film actors Mammootty and Mohanlal at an event in Kochi. The runaway hit 'Harikrishnans' starring both the megastars alongside Juhi Chawla had two endings as fans of both stars wanted their hero to win over the heroine. (Photo | Rajeev Prasad, EPS)
8.1.2009: Mohanlal and Mammootty say bye to each other as Culture minister M A Baby chats with actor Innocent after a press conference in Kochi. (Photo | PK Jeevan Jose, EPS)
8.2.2010: Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan poses for a photo with Oscar winner Resul Pookutty (second from left) and Malayali actors Mohanlal (extreme left) and Mammootty (extreme right) during a private function in Kochi. (Photo | File, PTI)
CPM leader Sitaram Yechuri in conversation with actor Mammootty at the 8th National Conference of DYFI in Chennai. (Photo | BA Raju, EPS)
20.12.2011: Actor Mammotty invites then Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa for his son Dulquer's wedding with Amal Sufiya, at the Secretariat in Chennai. (Photo | EPS)
A rare photo of actor Mammootty from the Express archive. (Photo | EPS)
24.9.2012: Actor Mammootty at a meeting held to condole the demise of veteran actor Thilakan at the Kozhikode Town Hall. (Photo | TP Sooraj, EPS)
2.12.2010: Actor Mammootty during a special convocation on the campus of Calicut University in Kozhikode. The university conferred a honorary Doctor of Letters (D.Litt.) degree on him. (Photo | PTI)
