Mammootty

BIOGRAPHY

Muhammad Kutty Ismail, known mononymously as Mammootty, is an Indian film actor best known for his work in the Malayalam film industry. A three-time winner of the National Film Award for Best Actor, Mammootty has appeared in close to 400 films in the course of a career spanning over four decades. He has also won 7 Kerala State Film Awards and numerous Filmfare Awards (South), and is often considered as one of the greatest living actors in the country. For his contributions to Indian cinema, he was awarded the Padma Shri in 1998.