Malayalam mega star Mammootty turned 71 on Wednesday and social media was flooded with birthday wishes. Mohan Lal For your “ace” or older brother. Wishing Mammootty on his birthday, superstar Mohanlal said in his video message, “We may not be related by blood, but he has always been my elder brother. He is not like a brother to me, but my brother.”
In the message, which accompanies the background music of the song ‘Yeh Dosti’ from the superhit Hindi film ‘Sholay’, Mohanlal said that the relationship between people is either by birth or by their actions and the latter shares his association with Mammootty. describe relationships.
He said, “He (Mammootty) has encouraged me with his love in both my personal and professional life. It is no easy task to remain an inspiration to so many generations of actors for so many decades.
“I pray you can bring to life even more characters. Lots of love and prayers,” he said in the video message.
Apart from Mohanlal, people from all walks of life also extended birthday wishes, including Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, who wished Mammootty on Instagram.
Actors including Prithviraj and Gokul Suresh as well as political leaders like BJP state president K Surendran wished the mega star on Twitter.
Surendran tweeted, “Happy birthday to the great film actor Padma Shri Bharat. Undoubtedly one of the finest actors in the world of cinema – my prayers for his good health and happiness. #mammooka.”
“Happy birthday megastar! @mammukka,” Prithviraj said in a tweet.
Veteran actor and former Rajya Sabha MP Suresh Gopi’s son Gokul Suresh tweeted, “Mammukka!! Wishing you a very happy birthday! Keep us amazing with your endless charm! @Mammukka #HBDMammootty #HappyBirthdayMammukka,”
Even though there are a lot of new faces coming into the Malayalam film industry and many old ones making successful comebacks, Mammootty’s status as a mega star still continues with over 400+ in different languages including Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi and English. Still with the movies. Malayalam in a career spanning over five decades.
Three National Awards, seven State and 13 Filmfare Awards, Padma Shri and two Honorary Doctorate degrees were testament to his acting excellence and massive fan following.
Some of his popular movies include “New Delhi”, “Thaniyavartanam”, “Oru Vadakkan Veera Gatha”, “Oru CBI Dairy Kurupu”, “Kutti Saranku”, “Paleri Manikyam Oru Pathira Kolapathakam” etc.
He has worked with critically acclaimed directors including Adoor Gopalakrishnan, KG George and TV Chandran and hit-producers such as IV Sasi, Joshi, Ranjith, Unward Rashid etc.
His first film was the 1971 film ‘Anubhavangal Palichkal’ and so far this year he has three films released, out of which ‘Bhishma Parv’ was a superhit and was one of the highest grossing films of 2022 till date.
Apart from films, the actor also does several charity initiatives through his organization “Care and Share International Foundation”.