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Program Dir. RAFEEQ AH Camera : ZAS HAMSA Editing: Vishnu V Kumar Program Cord: FAZAL RAHMAN, PRAVEEN LAKOOR, HADIQ RAHMAN Studio: Proxima Entertainments Muhammad Kutty Panaparambil Ismail, better known by his stage name Mammootty, is an Indian film actor and producer who works predominantly in Malayalam cinema. In a career spanning four decades, he has appeared in over 400 films, mainly in Malayalam language and also in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi and English. Muhammad Kutty Panaparambil Ismail (born 7 September 1951),[6] better known by his stage name Mammootty, is an Indian film actor and producer who works predominantly in Malayalam cinema. In a career spanning four decades, he has appeared in over 400 films, mainly in Malayalam language and also in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi and English.[7] Mammootty initially used the stage name Sajin in his early films.[8] After establishing himself as a lead actor in the 1980s, his major breakthrough came with the commercial success of the 1987 film New Delhi.[9] He has won three National Film Awards for Best Actor, seven Kerala State Film Awards and thirteen Filmfare Awards South. In 1998, the Government of India awarded him the Padma Shri for his contributions to the arts.[10] He has also received honorary doctorate degrees from the University of Kerala in January 2010[11] and from the University of Calicut in December 2010.[12] Mammootty has appeared in neighbouring industries as well. He entered the Tamil cinema through Mounam Sammadham (1990), in Telugu cinema through Swati Kiranam (1992), in Bollywood through Triyathri though his debut as a lead was in Dhartiputra (1993). He debuted in Kannada cinema through the bilingual film, Shikari (2012). He also acted in an Indian English film Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar (2000). Mammootty is the chairman of Malayalam Communications, which runs the Malayalam television channels Kairali TV, People TV and WE TV.[13] He is the goodwill ambassador of the Akshaya project, the first district-wide e-literacy project in India.[14] He is the patron of the Pain and Palliative Care Society,[15] a charitable organisation in Kerala formed with the aim of improving the quality of life among patients with advanced cancer. Family and early life Mammootty with Fr. Palakkappilly at Sacred Heart College, Thevara where he did his pre-degree. Mammootty was born Muhammad Kutty Ismail Panaparambil[16] on 7 September 1951 in Chandiroor in Travancore (now Kerala),[3][failed verification] and raised in the village of Chempu near Vaikom in Kottayam district in the present-day state of Kerala, India in a middle-class, Muslim family. His father, Ismail, had the wholesale business of garments and rice, and also the cultivation of rice while his mother, Fatima, was a housewife. He was their eldest son. He has two younger brothers, Ibrahimkutty and Zakariah and three younger sisters, Ameena, Sauda and Shafina.[17] Mammootty went to Government High School, Kulasekharamangalam, Kottayam for his primary education. In the 1960s, his father moved the family to Ernakulam, where he attended Government School Ernakulam. He did his pre-university course (pre-degree) at Sacred Heart College, Thevara.[18] He attended Maharaja's College, Ernakulam for his degree. He graduated with a LL.B. from Government Law College, Ernakulam. Mammootty practiced law for two years in Manjeri.[19] Mammootty married Sulfath in 1979,[5] and has a daughter Surumi (born 1982), and a son Dulquer Salmaan (born 1986). He resides at Kochi, Ernakulam with family. Mammootty's younger brother Ibrahimkutty is an actor in Malayalam films and Malayalam TV serials. Mammootty shown with Ramachandra Babu, who served as cinematographer in his debut film, and actor Saiju Kurup. Mammootty Speech at Innotech Awards on 26.07.2018 in RavindraBharathi Mammootty's debut was in the 1971 film Anubhavangal Paalichakal, directed by K. S. Sethumadhavan.[21] His second film was Kaalachakram, a 1973 Malayalam film directed by K. Narayanan. He acted in the theatre drama Sabarmathi in 1975.[22][23][24] In 1979, he played his first lead role in Devalokam, directed by M. T. Vasudevan Nair. However, this film was never completed.[17] His first credited role was in the 1980 film Vilkkanundu Swapnangal, directed by Azad and written by M. T. Vasudevan Nair.[25] Mammootty's first starring role in a released film was the 1980 film Mela, written and directed by K. G. George. 1980–1983 Mammootty's films in the 1980s include: Sphodanam (directed by P. G. Viswambharan), in which his name appeared in the credits as "Sajin" and in some following films;[8] Munnettam (directed by Sreekumaran Thampi); and Thrishna (directed by I.V. Sasi). In 1981, he got his first state award in the Best Supporting Actor category for his performance in Ahimsa.[26] His performances included Aalkkoottathil Thaniye and Adiyozhukkukal. He played a police officer in the investigative thriller Yavanika (1982), directed by K. G. George, whic