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Vintage photo of Mammootty traces his days in Maharaja’s College

A rare picture of Malayalam superstar Mammootty throws some light on the actor's days in Kochi's Maharaja's College.

An old photo of Mammootty has surfaced online which shows the Malayalam superstar sporting a retro look (Photo: Facebook/SreenivasanRamachandran).

A rare picture of Malayalam superstar Mammootty has surfaced online. One Sreenivasan Ramachandran, an alumnus of Maharaja’s College in Kochi, has shared the vintage picture of the superstar on his Facebook account. He also went down the memory lane as he remembered Mammootty as a “very stubborn” youngster, who nurtured a passion for acting.

The undated photo shared by Ramachandran was clicked during one of Mammootty’s performances in a play at the college. “My friend’s Akhilesh mother had told me that his father Umakanth was an associate of (director) IV Sasi. It is a story about a very stubborn youngster, who came seeking an acting chance very early in the morning following a previous day announcement of a movie,” wrote Ramachandran in his Facebook post.

“It is a story about a student of Maharaja’s College named Muhammad Kutty, who went onto becoming a superstar,” he added. He is referring to Mammootty, whose original name is Muhammad Kutty Paniparambil Ismail.

“How beautiful were those days in Maharaj’s College. Mammooty was an integral part of the college’s drama club,” he recalled, adding that it is there the 68-year-old superstar took his first steps towards becoming a film actor.

Ramachandran also identified the other person in the vintage picture as his friend Viswambhara, who would go on to become the collector of Ernakulam.

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On the career front, Mammootty is waiting for the release of his magnum opus Mamangam. The big-budget spectacle film tells the tale of a warrior named Chaaverukal and his bid to overthrow the Zamorin ruler. The 17-century festival Mamangam Mamangam is at the heart of the period drama.

Mamangam is due in cinemas on November 21.

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