    mammootty (born as muhammad kutty ismail paniparambil; 7 september 1951) is an indian film actor and producer best known for his work 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 over 300 films. mammootty has been awarded the national film award for best actor three times. he has also won five kerala state film awards and eleven filmfare awards. in 1998, he was awarded the padma shri by the government of india for his contributions towards the arts. mammootty is the only actor to win the national film award based on performances in two different films on two different occasions, they include mathilukal and oru vadakkan veeragatha (1989), and ponthan mada and vidheyan (1993).{{cite web|url=http://iffi.nic.in/dff2
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