Mamukkoya's Speech About Borrowing Shoes For His Wedding Goes Viral; Says 'Life Begins In Such A Period Of..'

Mamukkoya, who played comedy roles in many films and made the audience laugh, was active in films even in his last days. Many of the comedy roles that the actor played years ago still remain in the minds of the audience.

Mamukkoya has not spoken about his personal life in many places. But he has openly talked about the problems he faced in his life in a program organized a popular private channel. Mamukkoya shared his emotional life story that day.

Mamukkoya recalled that his childhood was full of hardships, "I didn't have much of a relationship with my father because he got married at a very young age. Mother herself took great pains to feed me.

When I was in school, I used to go to Kallaipuzhha to sell mud. This was used to wax the inside of the house at that time. On Sundays, we used to pick moringa leaves and sticks. We will take it to a place called Thali where the people of Kozhikode live. We will sell it there.

I will come to the market with the money I get. Pens, inks and nibs are bought from the bazaar with the money from the sale of moringa leaves. Sweets will be prepared in our home. But it is also for sale.

I don't have money to buy shoes. A friend of mine got married the week before my wedding. So I got his shoes for my marriage. Life begins in such a period of misery."

Malayalam Mamukkoya died today at the age of 76. He was admitted in hospital and was undergoing treatment for the past two day. But his health condition doesn't show any imporvement and he was in a critical situation. The cause of death was a brain haemorrhage along with a heart attack.

Mammukoya was working as a quality controller in a teak firm before started his career in theatre. He has mostly appeared in comedic roles and his unique usage of the Mappila dialect and style marks his presence in the industry. For over four decades, he had acted in more than 450 Malayalam films and is the first winner of the State award for best Comedian in Malayalam cinema.