Mammootty

Mammootty was born on 7 September 1951 in Chandiroor. He was raised in the village of Chempu near Vaikom in Kottayam district in the present-day state of Kerala, India in a middle-class Muslim family. His father Ismail, had a wholesale garment and rice business and was involved in rice cultivation. His mother Fatima was a housewife. He is their eldest son. He has two younger brothers Ibrahimkutty and Zakariah and three younger sisters Ameena, Sauda and Shafina.