Mammootty is the personal pride of the Malayalam movie audience. The actor, who came to the silver screen with the film Anaphar Panchakal, released in 1971, later became a megastar of the Malayalees through a handful of excellent films. Mammootty rose to superstardom very quickly. The secret behind Mammootty’s rapid growth was his unquenchable desire for acting and cinema. Mammootty has also appeared as the hero in the films of many new directors. Mammootty’s touch is behind the success of most Malayalam directors. Meanwhile, Mammootty has backed out of some notable films due to various reasons. Here are those pictures..
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Runaway is a 2004 film directed by Joshi starring Dileep, Murali, Indrajith, Harishree Ashokan and Kavya Madhavan in lead roles. . Udayakrishna CB K. The film, which was written in collaboration with Thomas, was originally planned to be made with Mammootty. It was in the late 90s. Balu Kiryat was the director of the film then. It was his brother who sat down to produce the film. Mammootty was told the story and an advance of five lakhs was given. But at that time he took over the distribution of another film and after that film broke, Mammootty could not make the film. Later the film reaches Joshi and Dileep. The film was a hit at the box office with Dileep in action hero parivesham.
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It was Mammootty who had originally decided to play Prithviraj’s role in the film directed by Lal Jr. with Prithviraj Sooraj Venjaramoodu as the lead in Sachi’s script. Although Mammootty liked the story, the actor backed out of it because he was worried that it would be interpreted as Mammootty’s story and the story would sink. Sachi has also said this in an interview.
4/5
Drishyam is a blockbuster hit film. Now the fans are all waiting for the third part of the movie after the release of the second part. Jeethu first approached Mammootty for the 2013 film written and directed by Jeethu Joseph, starring Mohanlal and Meena. But in the meantime, Mammootty, who was doing family roles, said that he can do it after two more years. When Jeethu said that he can’t wait that long, Mammootty said to do it with someone else. After that, Mohanlal unexpectedly comes to the film and the film goes on.
5/5
Memories is one of the best investigative thriller films of all time in Malayalam. Directed by Jithu Joseph, the film featured Prithviraj, Meghna Raj, Nedumudi Venu, Mia and Vijayaraghavan in lead roles. This is one of the best films of Prithviraj’s career. The character played by Prithviraj in the film was written by Jeethu Joseph for Mammootty. But Mammootty withdrew from the film as he did not like the story.