Published 10:42 IST, October 9th 2020

Did you know Mammootty holds record of doing maximum number of films in 1982?

Mammootty's 1st film which featured him in a lead was Mela, 1980. Since then, he has been a part of a slew of movies & had broken records all records in 1982.

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Mammootty kick-started his career in 1971 after he was roped in for KS Sethumhavan's directorial, Anubhavangal Paalichakal. He n featured in  le role in 1980 film, Mela. After success of Mela, Mammootty smashed all records by doing maximum number of films during that era.

Interestingly, actor did 24 movies back-to-back in year 1982. Some of his famous films in 1982 include- Balloon, Amrutha Geetham, Pooviriyum Pulari, Aa Divasam, Veedu, Payottam, Ee Nu, among ors. More so, from 1983 to 1986 he appeared in 35,34,39 and 35 films respectively.

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A Filmibeat report mentioned that Mammootty's 1983 flick, Aa Raathri, directed by Joshiy received so much appreciation that it went on to become one of first Malayalam movies to gross 1 crore at box office during that time. Having done more than 400 movies in his prolific career, Mammootty is kwn for his phemenal contribution to Malayalam cinema. He has worked in Tamil, Telugu, Kanna, Hindi and English film fraternity. 

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Mammootty's movies

As of 2020, Mammootty was last seen in Ajai Vasudev's directorial, Shylock. film stars Meena and Raj Kiran in le and also features Siddique, Bibin George, Raffi, among ors in pivotal roles. Produced by Joby George, movie garnered positive reviews from audience. 

Mammootty has an array of films in pipeline. He will be next seen in a political drama titled One, alongside Srinivasan, Samyukta Men, Joju George, Renji Panicker, and Murali Gopy and ors. first look poster of movie created quite a stir among fans. With this film, Ahaana Krishna's younger sister Ishaani Krishna is all set to make her debut.

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Moreover, Mammootty will be seen in Kaamamohitham, directed by Harihar Das. movie will reportedly star Mammootty in a dual role. Meanwhile, he also has films like NewYork, Priest, Kasaba 2, Bilal, Randamoozham, Minister Raja in ors in kitty.

After Mhura Raja, director Vysakh is teaming up with Mammootty again for New York. When Vysakh broke news on social media, he anunced that whole movie is going to be shot in USA and will be bankrolled by UGM Productions. movie is scripted by Naveen John. 

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10:42 IST, October 9th 2020