Muhammad Kutty Panaparambil Ismail (born 7 September 1951), better known by his stage name Mammootty, is an Indian actor and film producer who works predominantly in Malayalam cinema. In a career spanning four decades, he has acted in over 400 films, mainly in Malayalam, with several in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi and English.Mammootty initially used the stage name Sajin in his early films.After establishing himself as a lead actor in the 1980s, his major breakthrough came with the commercial success of the 1987 film New Delhi. Mammootty has appeared in neighbouring industries as well. He entered the Tamil cinema through Mounam Sammadham (1990), in Telugu cinema through Swati Kiranam (1992), in Bollywood through Triyathri though his debut as a lead was in Dhartiputra (1993). He debuted in Kannada cinema through the bilingual film, Shikari (2012). He also acted in an Indian English film Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar (2000).Mammotty has won three National Film Awards for Best Actor & seven Kerala State Film Awards.
