Born Muhammad Kutty Panaparambil Ismail, Malayali actor, better known by his stage name Mammootty, turns 70 today. The three-time National Award winning actor and superstar started his career with the film Anubhavangal Palichkal (1971) and has since been a part of over 400 features over four decades. He has acted in Kannada, Tamil, Telugu films as well as Hindi and English. On the occasion of his birthday, we take a look at the top five films of this Padma Shri recipient.
Oru Vadakkan Veergatha (1989)
Malayali filmmaker Hariharan directed this historical epic, which won four National Film Awards. Mammootty plays the role of a sixteenth-century Kerala warrior, Chanthu Chevakar, who is known to be a treacherous character. The film, however, portrays Chanthu as a misunderstood historical character in a sympathetic light. Mammootty won his first National Film Award for this film.
Mathilukal (1989)
Mammootty’s first National Film Award was for his performances in both Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha and Mathilukal. Adoor Gopalakrishnan’s later film also won four National Film Awards. Mammootty plays the protagonist Vaikom Muhammad Bashir, a prisoner who falls in love with a female prisoner, Narayani, whom he never meets and who appears only as a voice in the film.
Vidyan (1994)
This feature by Adoor Gopalakrishnan is about the bad relationship between a slave named Thomy (MR Gopakumar) and his cruel mentor Bhaskar Patelar (Mammootty). Pateler forces Thomy to kill his ex’s wife Saroja (Tanvi Azmi) and sexually abuses Thomy’s wife. Mammootty won his second National Film Award for this film and Ponthan Mada jointly.
Ponthan Mada (1994)
The film, directed by TV Chandran, also won four National Film Awards, including one for Mammootty. The film is in contrast to Vidheyan as it explores the kind-hearted relationship between a colonial landlord (Naseeruddin Shah) and a low-caste man (Mammootty).
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar (2000)
Mammootty played the title character of Dr. BR Ambedkar in this biographical film about the father of the Indian Constitution who fought against the discrimination of Dalits. Mammootty received his third National Film Award for this role.
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