The Mammootty quiz: As the megastar celebrates 71st birthday, check how well you know the patriarch of Malayalam cinema

Not long after completing 50 years of his acting career, iconic Malayalam actor Mammooty celebrates his 71st birthday on Tuesday. While no amount of words can justly describe the love and admiration of cinephiles towards Mammootty, his passion to challenge himself and thirst to satisfy viewers remain fresh as ever! On this special occasion, here is an opportunity to check how well you know the superstar. This photo story contains three sets of questions on the actor. At the end of each set, answers are given so that you can analyse your hits and misses. The difficulty level increases as you progress with the third set being the toughest. However, they certainly pose no challenge to real 'Ikka' fans.

Not long after completing 50 years of his acting career, iconic Malayalam actor Mammooty celebrates his 71th birthday on Tuesday. While no amount of words can justly describe the love and admiration of cinephiles towards Mammootty, his passion to challeng

Updated on:

07 Sep 2022, 9:29 am

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Let's start! The question set here is going to be easy as they come...

1. What is Mammootty's full name?

2. In how many languages has Mammootty acted so far?

3. In which year did Mammootty win his third National Film Award for Best Actor?

4. Mammootty has played double roles 17 times so far in Malayalam. His tally is only second to one actor in the history of Mollywood. Name him.

5.How many Kerala State Film Awards has Mammootty won in all?

6. In how many movies have Mohanlal and Mammootty acted together so far?

Here are the answers!

Ready for round two? The following questions will be little more difficult than the ones we had so far.

7. Which Mammootty movie featured among Forbes India's '25 greatest acting performances of Indian cinema'?

8. Which female actor holds the record of having starred opposite Mammootty the most?

9. Which movie won Mammootty his first Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Actor in the year 1981?

10. Which noted Telugu artist played Mammootty's mother in 1992 project 'Soorya Manasam' that presented him as mentally challenged Puttu Urumees?

11. In which year did 'Oru CBI Diary Kurippu', the first part of the Sethurama Iyer series release?

12. In which year did Mammootty make his Tamil debut?

Here are the answers, how many did you get right?

Time for God mode. This round is gonna be difficult as they come but not a problem for hardcore Mammootty fans

13. Mammootty compiled and published the articles he had penned for 'Malayala Manorama'. Name the book

14. During an interview, Mammootty thus described his relationship with a filmmaker: 'I think he likes me much and so do I. It is a combination and harmony we have...' Who was he referring to?

15. Talking about a writer, Mammootty once said: 'When I write for Mammootty, I used to hear the dialogues as he was speaking in my ears. Coming from him, these words made me feel so proud.' Who was he referring to?

16. During an on-screen conversation, Mammootty famously defined acting as: 'Acting is to react naturally to the artificially created situations' Who was he talking to?