Biography:
Mini Bio: Mammootty is an Indian film Actor.
Mammootty is an Indian film actor and producer who has mainly worked in Malayalam cinema. He has also acted in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, and Kannada films. During a career spanning more than three decades, he has acted in more than 360 films. 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 organisation in Kerala formed with the aim of improving the quality of life among patients with advanced cancer. He has been working with the Pain and Palliative Care Centre situated in Kozhikode, India.
He has been awarded the National Film Award for Best Actor three times. He has also won five Kerala State Film Awards for best actor and twelve Filmfare Awards. In 1998, he was awarded the Padma Shri for his contributions towards the arts. He was also received honourary doctorate from the University of Kerala in January 2010 and by the University of Calicut in December 2010.
Mammootty is the chairman of Malayalam Communications, which runs the Malayalam television channels Kairali TV, People TV and WE TV. Mammootty is also the goodwill ambassador of the Akshaya project.
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