name	Mammootty
native name	മമ്മൂട്ടി
native name lang	ml
birth name	Muhammadkutty Ismail Panaparambil
birth date	September 07, 1951
birth place	Chempu, Kottayam, India
residence	Kochi, India
nationality	Indian
other names	Mammookka, Mammoos
alma mater	Maharajas College, Cochin
occupation	Film actor, producer, film distributor, social worker
years active	1979–present
height
title	Padmasri (1998)
spouse	Sulfath (1981–present)
children	Surumi, Dulquar Salman
awards	National Best Actor (1989, 1993, 1998)State Best Actor (2009, 2004, 1993, 1989, 1984)
website
footnotes	}}

Mammootty (, born Muhammadkutty Ismail Panaparambil on 7 September 1951 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 film.

Mammootty was awarded the National Film Award for Best Actor three times . He also won seven Kerala State Film Awards, and eleven Filmfare Awards. He was the first (1998) Malayalam actor to be honoured with the state honour Padma Shri for contributions toward Indian cinema. He was honoured a Doctor of Letters by University of Kerala in Jan 2010 and by University of Calicut in Dec 2010. ''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.

Mammootty is Chairman of Malayalam Communications, which runs Malayalam TV channels Kairali TV, People TV, and WE TV. Mammootty has promoted humanitarian causes throughout Kerala and is the goodwill ambassador of the Akshaya project.

Family and early life

Mammootty was born and raised in Chempu near Vaikom in the Kottayam district of the state of Kerala, India in a middle class, Muslim family. He was the eldest son of the family. His father Ismail was a farmer and his mother Fatima was a housewife. He went to high school at Maharajas College, Kochi, and then studied law at Ernakulam Government Law College. He also practiced law for two years in Manjeri. He married Sulfath in 1980 and has a daughter, Surumi (b. 1982) and a son, Dulquar Salman (b. 1986). His only scene in the film was being one among a running crowd along with the lead actor Sathyan. Mammootty then was a student at the Maharajas College.

His second film was ''Kaalachakram'' (Malayalam: കാലചക്രം), a 1973 Malayalam film directed by K. Narayanan, and starring Prem Nazir and Jayabharathi. This was the first dialogued appearance of Mammootty, appearing only in one scene in the film. He acted under the screenname Sajin, but later dropped it.

His professional film career began in 1979, when he played his first lead role in ''Devalokam'', directed by veteran M. T. Vasudevan Nair. However, this film was never released.

His next film was the 1980 film, ''Vilkkanundu Swapnangal'' (Malayalam: വില്‍ക്കാനുണ്ട് സ്വപ്നങ്ങള്‍), directed by Azad, written by M. T. Vasudevan Nair, and starring Sukumaran in the lead role. The film featured Mammootty, as an antagonist in a supporting role. Voice for Mammootty in this film was dubbed by Sreenivasan.

Mammootty's first full length character was in the 1980 film ''Mela'' (Malayalam: മേള) which was written and directed by K. G. George and starring Raghu and Anjali Naidu as other lead actors. Mammootty played the antagonist in this film.

Establishing himself (1980–1983)

Mammootty began to establish himself as an actor and as a star through his film of the 1980s viz ''Sphodanam'' (directed by P. G. Viswambharan), ''Thrishna'' (directed by I.V. Sasi), etc. In 1981, he got his first state award in the Best Supporting Actor category for his performance in ''Ahimsa''. His performances in films like ''Aalkkoottathil Thaniye'' and ''Adiyozhukkukal'', scripted by M. T. Vasudevan Nair established him as an actor of substance.

The golden period (1984–1993)

In a period of five years from 1982 to 1986 Mammootty acted in more than 150 films in the lead role. In 1986 alone, he acted in about 35 films in the lead role.

The mid of 80s saw a period of tear busting stories in Malayalam film. Most of the films were tragedies. This period featured what later came to be referred to as the 'Mammootty-Kutty-Petty' films. These films had Mammootty as the protagonist, a husband and a father, with a 3–4 year old daughter, and employed in a top ranking post in a company.

His role as Karunan in ''Adiyozhukkukal'', directed by I. V. Sasi and written by M. T. Vasudevan Nair, earned him a State Award and a Filmfare Award in the Best Actor category. Mammootty won the State special jury award and Best Actor Filmfare Award for ''Yathra'' directed by Balu Mahendra, in which he played the role of a forest officer and in 1987 Thaniyavarthanam, an out standing Malayalam film written by A. K. Lohithadas and directed by Sibi Malayil and Mammootty in lead role as a master ,who lives in a village in Kerala. He has a wife (role handled by Saritha),with two children, a mother and a revolutionary brother — a typical joint family, of Kerala. In 1988 Mammootty appeared in ''Oru CBI Diary Kurippu'' which was followed by three more murder mystery sequels produced with the same cast of characters: ''Jagratha'' (1989), ''Sethurama Iyer CBI'' (2004) and ''Nerariyan CBI'' (2005). All the four films were directed by K. Madhu, penned by S. N. Swamy with Mammootty as Sethurama Iyer. Three of M. T. Vasudevan Nair’s films were acted in by Mammootty: ''Aksharangal'' (directed by I. V. Sasi), ''Sukrutham'' (directed by Harikumar), and ''Keralavarma Pazhassiraja'' (directed by Hariharan).

In 1987, he also acted in Adoor Gopalakrishnan's ''Anantaram'' which won the National Film Award for Best Director.

Mammootty appeared in the film ''Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha'', directed by Hariharan and penned by M. T. Vasudevan Nair. His depiction of a ''Chekavar'' (mercenary warrior) of distinguished valor but vilified by circumstances won him the National Film Award for Best Actor - Bharat Award. Mammootty's performance in ''Mathilukal'' directed by Adoor Gopalakrishnan was also considered for the award. His role as a hunter Varunni in ''Mrigaya'', directed by I. V. Sasi, and another film ''Mahayanam'', were also considered for the state award.

Mammootty won the Filmfare Award for his performance in ''Amaram'', directed by Bharathan. Mammootty received his second national award for his performances in Adoor Gopalakrishnan's ''Vidheyan'' and TV Chandran's ''Ponthan Mada''. Mammootty played Bhaskara Pattelar in ''Vidheyan'', which was based on a real-life character of the same name. He co-starred with Nasiruddin Shah, another noted methodist actor, in ''Ponthan Mada''. He also received state award for his roles in both films.

In 1997, he won the Filmfare Award for Best Actor for the movie ''Bhoothakannadi'' directed by Lohithadas.

Mammootty acted in In 1999, Mammootty won his third national award for ''Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar'', an English language movie about the life of Ambedkar, directed by Jabbar Patel. The film was sponsored by the National Film Development Corporation of India and the Ministry of Social Justice.

1994 to 2000

By the end of 1990's he had films such as Priyadarshan's ''Megham'' and Fazil's ''Harikrishnans'' in which he co-starred with actor Mohanlal. Due to immense popularity of both the actors, Fazil was forced to use multiple climaxes for the first time in India in ''Harikrishnans''.

Mammootty started of the decade (2000) with Lohithadas's ''Arayannagalude Veedu''. A critical and commercial success, it earned the Filmfare Best Actor Award for Mammootty. He portrayed Arackal Madhavanunni in Shaji Kailas's action thriller ''Valliettan'', which was the highest grossing film of the year.

Setback (2001–2003)

The period 2001 – 2003 was of a big setback for Mammootty. In 2001 he acted only in two films one of which, the much hyped ''Dubai'' (one of the most expensive films ever made in Malayalam), was a boxoffice disaster. In 2002, he acted in only three films , none of which was successful. And in 2003 he got to appear only in two films, again without commercial success. But chronic bachelor received commercial success

Comeback (2004–2011)

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 Operator Madhavan in Blessy's ''Kazhcha''. Ranjith's ''Black'' and V. M. Vinu's ''Vesham'' were also successful ventures.

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.

In 2006, Mammootty won the Filmfare Best Actor Award for the movie ''Karutha Pakshikal'' directed by Kamal. He also did 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. In 2007, he had two high grossers, ''Mayavi'' and ''Big B'', as well as the critically acclaimed films, ''Kaiyoppu'' (directed by Ranjith) and ''Ore Kadal'' (directed by Shyamaprasad). He also won the Filmfare Legendary Actor Award in 2007.

In October 2009, ''Pazhassi Raja'', directed by Hariharan and written by M. T. Vasudevan Nair, was released. . He also acted in the short film ''Puramkazhchakal'' (directed by Lal Jose) from Malayalam's first Portmanteau film ''Kerala Cafe''. In 2009, he won his fifth state award for Best Actor for his performance in Ranjith's ''Paleri Manikyam''. Two films he acted in – ''Kutty Srank'' and ''Pazhassi Raja'' – bagged eight national awards. 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''.

Mammootty started of the decade (2010) with ''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 pundits declaring it as a blockbuster success. ''Pranchiyettan and the Saint'' which has been touted as the beginning of a renaissance in Malayalam cinema, became the longest running Malayalam film of the last five years.

Present

His latest releases are Sohan Seenulal's ''Doubles'' and Jayaraj's The Train (2011 film). He is currently working on films like, Abhay Sinha's Kannada film ''Shikari'', Babu Janardhanan's ''1993 Bombay, March 12'' and Shaji Kailas' The King and the Commissioner.

Films in other languages

Mammootty has acted in a few non-Malayalam movies and these include some Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Kannada and English films. In 1989, he made his Tamil debut in ''Maunam Sammatham'', directed by K. Madhu. He has acted in Tamil films for directors including K. Balachander (''Azhagan''), Mani Ratnam (''Thalapathy''), and Rajiv Menon (''Kandukondain Kandukondain''). ''Kilippechu Kekkavaa'' (1993), directed by Fazil, had Mammootty as a romantic hero. He played the role of Anantha Sharma in K. Vishwanath's Telugu film ''Swathi Kiranam'' (1992).

He acted in the Kannada film ''Love'' in 2005.

He made his debut into Hindi films through ''Thriyathri'' which was released in 1989, though his first film as a hero was ''Dhartiputra''. He starred in the biographical film ''Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar'' directed by Jabbar Patel which was in the English language. He also appeared in ''Sau Jhooth Ek Sach'' (2004).

During the 2006 IIFA Awards ceremony held at Dubai, he openly criticized the organizers of the IIFA Awards for completely ignoring South Indian film by stating that the Bollywood film industry should stand up to competition from the South Indian film industry before calling itself international.

Philanthropic work

Mammootty is involved in more than half a dozen philanthropic projects aimed at helping needy people.

Mammootty is the patron of the Pain and Palliative Care Society, a charitable organization in Kerala formed with the aim of improving the quality of life among patients with advanced cancer. He has been the fuel and the engine of the Pain and Palliative Care Centre situated in Kozhikode, India. Mammootty has now put forth a novel project to provide the pain and palliative care to those suffering from cancer throughout Kerala.

Mammootty is the ambassador of Jeevan Jothi, a social work project aimed at providing aid to people seeking treatment for any ophthalmic diseases, cardiac diseases, orthopedic diseases, liver diseases, renal dysfunctions, Haemophilia diseases, or ENT disorders.

Mammootty is the goodwill ambassador of a charity project "Street India Movement", which is aimed at the eradication of child begging and child labor. He has promoted the activities of the movement, which networks with orphanages and institutions looking after the children.

Kazhcha is a venture to extend free eye care and treatment organized by Mammootty Fans Welfare Association and Mammootty Times, in association with Little Flower Hospital and Research Centre and the Eye Bank Association of Kerala. One of the major activities related to this is distribution of free spectacles to children. A special fund received from the office of the President of India will be utilized for this purpose. Free eye camps will also be conducted at various places in connection to this project.

During Onam 2007, Mammootty donated food items among thousand families in Parathodu near Kanjirappally in Kottayam district, a Kerala village which was hit by Chikungunya. The village which was worst hit by the disease claimed the most lives in the state. In a press conference Mammootty explained his motives for doing this:

Akshaya, the information technology dissemination project of the Government of Kerala, has Mammootty as its Goodwill Ambassador. He formally took over the role on 26 February 2006 at a video networked programme which was linked to all the district headquarters of the state. Mammootty spearheaded the campaign by appearing in print and visual media advertisements and other publicity materials that sent the message of the Akshaya project to the grassroots. He explained:

Mammootty is a patron of "Share International Foundation", a charity organisation working towards removing the inequalities in society. The foundation has done many notable humanitarian works including the recent "Hridaya Sparsham project of the Care", to mobilise help for the heart surgery of children. Mammootty's plea over the social networking sites evoked aid worth about 1 crore within a day. He quoted:

Television career

As of 2010, Mammootty is the Chairman of Malayalam Communications, which runs some Malayalam TV channels such as Kairali TV, People TV and Channel We.

He is done much films in various languages and he formed a television production company, Megabytes, which has produced some television serials, the first being ''Jwalayay'' in the late 1990s, which was also his first project as a producer. ''Jwalayay'' created history in Malayalam television. He had started a distribution company named Mammootty Technotainment. It has distributed his Tamil film ''Karmegham'' in Kerala. It gets the first share from the distribution rights.

Other activities

Mammootty was appointed as the Global Brand ambassador of the Kerala-based South Indian Bank on 16 October 2006. He was also featured as the brand ambassador for Kerala Volleyball League.

Mammootty and Dubai-based businessman MA Yousuf Ali met with the officials of the Dubai Internet City (DIC) to lobby for the proposed Smart City project at Kochi.

Mammootty wrote his first book ''Kazhchapadu'' (roughly translated as "Perspective", a compilation of short essays he has written in various publications over the years).

Mammootty owns the distrubution company ''Playhouse Entertainments''. Some films distributed by the company are ''Chattambinadu'', ''Three Kings'', ''Living Together'', ''Neelathamara, ''Pranchiyettan & the Saint'', and ''The King and the Commissioner''.

Awards, honours and recognitions

Mammootty has won three National Film Awards, seven Kerala State Film Awards, eleven Filmfare Awards, eleven Kerala Film Critics Awards and five Asianet Film Awards (from fourteen nominations). In 1998, Government of India honored Mammootty, with its fourth highest civilian award, Padma Shri, awarded for his national service, including his contribution to the Indian film industry. He was conferred with Doctor of Letters degree by University of Calicut and University of Kerala in 2010.

Filmography

References

External links

Official website of Mammootty

Profile of Mammooty at mallumovies.org

Profile of Mammootty

Mammootty at MSI

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name	Jagathy Sreekumar
birth name	Sreekumar Achary
birth date	January 05, 1951
birth place	Jagathy (near Thiruvananthapuram), India
othername	Ambili
occupation	Film actor, screenwriter
yearsactive	1975 - present
father	N. K. Achary
mother	Prasanna
spouse	Shoba
children	Rajkumar, Parvathi,
parents	Jagathy N. K. Achary
awards	}}

Sreekumar Achary, better known by his stage name Jagathy Sreekumar, is an Indian film actor who has performed in more than 1,000 Malayalam films. He has also directed two films and has written screenplays for two films. His stage name derives from the town of Jagathy in southern Kerala, near the state capital Thiruvananthapuram.

Biography

Sreekumar was born on 5 January 1951 at Jagathy, Thiruvananthapuram. He is the son of Malayalam dramatist and writer N. K. Achary (1917–1992) (also fondly known as Jagathy). N. K. Achary was an All India Radio employee. Even from childhood, Jagathy Sreekumar had the dream of becoming an actor.

Career

Sreekumar Achary was a Class V student at Model School in Thiruvananthapuram when he first got the opportunity to act in a play. By the time he joined Mar Ivanios College, Thiruvananthapuram, he had become an experienced theatre person. His first film was ''Chattambi Kalyani''. His role in the film earned him recognition. With 1,100-odd Malayalam films to his credit, he is reckoned as one of the most popular actors in the Malayalam film industry. He is a different person altogether in real life, where he is very serious in contrast to the jovial characters he often portrays. He considers acting a serious profession.

Awards

Kerala State Film Awards

1991 - Second Best Actor - ''Apoorvam Chilar'', ''Kilukkam''

2002 - Second Best Actor - ''Nizhalkuthu'', ''Meesa Madhavan''

2007 - Special Jury Award - ''Paradesi'', ''Veeraliupattu'', ''Arabikadha''

2009 - Special Jury Award - ''Raamanam''

Kerala Film Critics Award

2007 - Second Best Actor - ''Classmates'', ''Palungu'' and ''Vaastavam''

2009 - Chalachitra Ratna Award

Asianet Film Award

2002 - Best Supporting Actor - ''Meesa Madhavan''

2004 - Lifetime Achievement Award

2005 - Special Jury Award - ''Thanmathra''

2007 - Best Supporting Actor - ''Rock N' Roll'', ''Hallo''

Other awards

2003 - Bahadoor Award for his contributions to Malayalam cinema 2005 - Prem Nazir Award for his contributions to Malayalam cinema spanning three decades 2005 - Maiden Sathyan Memorial Award

2006 - Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor - Vasthavam

Trivia

Jagathy has acted in over 1000 films. Jagathy has never acted in any language other than Malayalam.

Jagathy never carries a mobile phone; nor does he have any assistants or secretaries.

Jagathy defeated T. M. Jacob in a college election to become the Arts Club Secretary (Mar Ivanios College, Tiruvananthapuram). T. M. Jacob later become a full-time politician and Minister in the Government of Kerala.

Jagathy is an active supporter of the Indian National Congress.

Filmography

As actor

As director

As writer

References

External links

Jagathy Sreekumar Comedy Movie Clips

Jagathy Sreekumar at MSI

Category:Indian comedians Category:1949 births Category:Indian film actors Category:Kerala State Film Award winners Category:Living people Category:Malayali actors Category:People from Thiruvananthapuram

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