One of the finest Indian actors and Malayalam superstar Mammootty celebrated his 66th birthday on Thursday. Fondly known as Mammukka, he was born on 7 September, 1951, in Chempu, a small village in Kottayam district of Kerala. Though he started his acting career in the 1971 film Anubhavangal Paalichakal, it was the KG George-directorial Mela featured him in the main lead role. Since then, the Big M of Malayalam cinema has acted in more than 395 films over a five-decade career.
Mammootty holds the third record for winning the maximum National Film Awards, after Mohanlal and Amitabh Bachchan along with Kamal Haasan. He has bagged 3 National awards, 7 Kerala state awards and 13 Filmfare awards for his acting.
From Mohanlal, Prithviraj to Nivin Pauly, Unni Mukundan and Tovino Thomas wish the ageless superstar on his 66th birthday.
Check out the birthday wishes from few stars:
Mohanlal : Happy Birthday Mammukka
Prithviraj : Just turned Sept 7th here in Augusta USA! So here's wishing a great one to the legend! Happy birthday Mammukka! Really looking forward to sharing screen space with you again! Can't wait!
Nivin Pauly : Happy birthday, Mr. Handsome!
Unni Mukundan : Happy Birthday Dearest Mammukkaa...!!! Prayers, Hugs and Love for You
Tovino Thomas : Happy B'day Mammookka
Interestingly, Mammootty's son and actor Dulquer Salmaan shared a cute pic of the father-son duo to wish birthday on his Facebook page.
Happiest of birthdays to my dearest vappichi! Forever younger than me and a million times cooler.