Vehicles and driving are Mammootty’s passion. Being a car enthusiast is something everyone knows. Mammootty’s driver has only the job of parking the vehicle. Every generation knows about his love for cars. Apart from vehicles, Mammootty himself has said on many occasions that he is a person who is interested in owning and using the latest phones and cameras.
Now the footage of Mammootty driving 2,300 km in Australia is going viral. His friend Robert shared the details of his journey from Sydney to Canberra and from there to Melbourne via social media. He shares not only the video but also the details of that journey.
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A quote from an earlier feature about Mammooka that sticks in my mind. The text in it, which he prepared while traveling with Mammooka, read: ‘Kaalame…. It is Mammootty who calls me Pimpe and drives the car…’ On this journey through the Australian road, the same Mammootty was beside me and Kalam was behind him. Sydney to Canberra. From there to Melbourne and then on to Tasmania.
Mamooka was driving very calmly through the meadows and huge trees. It has been heard that Mammooka often gets angry when he sees others breaking the rules while driving. But perhaps because travelers in Australia are not like ours, Mammooka never once got angry. Instead, he hummed, was happy to see the rain, remembered his college days, and joked a lot. There are three of us. Mammooka’s best friend Rajasekharan, Sulphath madam and me.
Mammooka drove the two coasts of Tasmania, an island state bigger than Kerala. From Hobart to Launceston, from there via Swansea, Port Arthur and back to Hobart. Not tired, Mammooka drove the car enthusiastically with every kilometer. Mammooka drove around Tasmania in two days with Roshit’s brand new car with number plate ‘DON007’, the total distance driven by Mammooka on the first leg of his visit to Australia was 2,300 km!
Another miracle. Mammooka knew the traffic rules here better than me who has been driving in Australia for 10 years. In between we argued over some traffic law. Mammooka did not give up. Finally, sitting in the car, I called an experienced officer of the Tasmanian Department of Transport (Sunil Nair) to clear my doubts. Mammooka was right. Kiran James was in Sydney to introduce the locations, Madanan Chellappan in Melbourne for the Great Ocean Drive and Kiran Jaya Prakash for the Coastal Drive including Phillip Island. But Mammooka became a complete Australian resident by making them all spectators. So some good days, good moments, scenes that I struggled to believe was not a movie.. Thanks to God and time.. and to my dear Mammooka who made me a companion.
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