Will Anyone Call Me To Act Again?: Mukesh Recalls The Moment Mammootty Teared Up

Actor Mammootty is known as the megastar of Malayalam. Mammootty is a person who maintains friendships inside and outside Malayalam cinema.

Mammootty has a very close friendship with Mukesh, another star of Malayalam cinema. Mammootty and Mukesh are the favourite stars of the Malayali audience. Their old films are still winning over audiences today.

Mukesh's film career started with Mammootty. Mukesh entered the cinema through the movie 'Balloon' which was released in 1982. Although the actor's career changed with the Siddique-Lal film Ramji Rao, Mukesh was able to shine in Mohanlal-Mammootty and Suresh Gopi films.

Now an old interview video of both of them is going viral on social media. Mammootty candidly discusses his close friendship with Mukesh in it. Mammootty is typically characterised as being extremely serious and quick-tempered person. But Mukesh remembers Mammootty as a nervous and emotional person who burst into tears for trivial matter. It is about an accident that happened to Mammootty during the shooting of the movie Balloon.

Now an old interview video of both of them is going viral on social media. Mammootty candidly discusses his close friendship with Mukesh in it. Mammootty is typically characterised as being an extremely serious and quick-tempered person. But Mukesh remembers Mammootty as a nervous and emotional person who burst into tears over trivial matters. It is about an accident that happened to Mammootty during the shooting of the movie Balloon.

Balloon Shooting Days & The Accident

"The shooting of the movie 'Balloon' in which me and Mammootty acted, was in the Chenkotta. My friend Bhadran used to come to the shooting location with his bullet. Mammootty showed interest in riding the bullet often. At that time, I had asked whether Mammootty knew how to drive these things. His reply was that KG George called him to act in the film Mela because he knew that." Mukesh Said.

"One day Mammootty invited me to travel with him on this bike during the break of shooting, and he drove the bike through a road in Chenkotta. It was a muddy road with no tar. When the bike turned a corner, it collided with a cyclist. I suddenly jumped down and saw Mammootty bleeding from his head. He had a small wound. Mammootty, who is usually strong, was seen bursting into tears. Mammootty cried, asking who would call him to act after his facial injury." Mukesh said that no matter how much he tried, he could not stop Mammootty from crying.

"One day Mammootty invited me to travel with him on this bike during the break of shooting, and he drove the bike through a road in Chenkotta. It was a muddy road with no tar. When the bike turned a corner, it collided with a cyclist. I suddenly jumped down and saw Mammootty bleeding from his head. He had a small wound. Mammootty, who is usually strong, was seen bursting into tears. Mammootty cried, asking who would call him to act after his facial injury." Mukesh said that no matter how much he tried, he could not stop Mammootty from crying.

Mukesh said that even now, when he listens to Mammootty's mass dialogues, he remembers the incident where Mammootty cried that day.

The major stars of the time, in addition to Mammootty and Mukesh, were cast in the Balloon. Thikkurissi Sukumaran Nair, Jagathy Sreekumar, Jalaja, Shobha Mohan, Kaviyoor Ponnamma, V.T. Aravindaksha Menon, T.G. Ravi, Kalaranjini, Baby Ponnambili, and others were in the lead roles. T. V. Kochubaava wrote the story, screenplay, and dialogues, which were directed by K S L Swami. M. K. Arjunan composed the music for the lyrics of actor Thikkurissi. It was one of Mammootty's notable films.