Mammootty is a famous Indian actor as well as a film producer. Mammootty is a humongous regional star of Malayalam cinema. He is one of the richest non bollywood regional cinema personalities and Mammootty net worth for 2024 is estimated around 340 crores INR or $45 million.
Mammootty’s Biography
Muhammad Kutty Ismail Paniparambil, also known as Mammootty, is the biggest star in Mollywood. Mammootty was born on September 7, 1951, and grew up in a middle-class Muslim family in the village of Chempu near Vaikom in the Kottayam district in the Indian state of Kerala. His father, Ismail, was a wholesaler of clothes and grains. His mother, Fatima, was a housewife. He is the eldest child among 3 boys and 3 girls. His elementary education was at the Government High School at Kulasekharamangalam, Kottayam.
In the 1960s, his father moved his family to Ernakulam, where he attended Government School. He took a course before he went to college at Sacred Heart College, Thevara. He got his degree from Maharaja’s College, Ernakulam. He went to Government Law College, Ernakulam, and got an LL.B. He was a lawyer in Manjeri for two years. He married Sulfath in 1979, and they have two children Surumi (born 1982) and Dulquer Salmaan (born 1986).
How Rich Is Mammootty? – Mammootty Net Worth 2024
The actor boasts of various assets which adds to his worth to a whopping amount of 45 million dollars. These includes:
- Movies :
Mammootty made his film debut in 1971 in K. S. Sethumadhavan’s Anubhavangal Paalichakal as a junior artist. Mela, which came out in 1980 and was written and directed by K. G. George, was the first movie in which Mammootty was the main actor. In the 1980s, Mammootty made movies like Sphodanam (directed by P. G. Viswambharan), where his name was listed as “Sajin,” and several more movies. He did more than 150 movies in the span of five years between 1982-1988. At present his fee per movie is more than 10 crores.
His movie career is over five decades now and he has acted in more than 400 films. This includes Malayalam. Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Hindi, and English. He is the recipient of many awards and accolades which includes 3 National awards, 13 Filmfare awards, 7 Kerala state film awards. Not only that he received the prestigious Oadma Shri awards by the Indian government in 1998. He was also honored with Kerala Prabha award in 2022 which is the second- highest honor given by the government of Kerala.
- Business
Mammootty’s participation in other areas of work other than movies includes production. The South Indian superstar is the Chairman of Malayalam Communication, which controls all the Malayalam TV stations, like Kairali TV, WE TV, and People TV. He is also in charge of Megabytes, a production company. In addition, he is the ambassador for the Akshaya project, which was made to help people learn to read and write in India’s rural areas.
- Brand Endorsements
Mammootty charges around 4 crore annually per brand endorsement. Over the years he has been associated with various brands like South Indian Bank, Kenza TMT, Indulekha Soaps, Kerala Volleyball League to name a few.
Mammootty Net Worth Growth Rate
Well the actor’s net worth is growing constantly. Take a look
Net worth (year) | Value In INR |
Net worth in 2023 | 340 Crore INR |
Net worth in 2022 | 310 Crore INR |
Net worth in 2021 | 280 Crore INR |
Net worth in 2020 | 265 Crore INR |
Net worth in 2019 | 210 Crore INR |
Net worth in 2018 | 200 Crore INR |
Net worth in 2017 | 180 Crore INR |
Mammoothy’s lifestyle
Although the mega superstar is very humble and down to earth in real life, his lifestyle has one major luxury indulgence which is his love for cars. He owns many exclusive cars which are not even launched in India.
Love for cars :
His series of luxurious cars features unique digits of ‘369’ in its registered number plate. And the whole collection is called ‘369 Garage’. Coming to his high-end range of cars, the entire collection includes Jaguar XJ worth Rs. 97.39 Lakhs, Toyota Fortuner valued 1.50 Crores, Mitsubishi Pajero Sport with a price tag of Rs. 27.42 Lakhs, Audi 7 valued at Rs. 90 Lakhs, Mini Cooper S worth Rs. 36 Lakhs, BMW E46M3 worth Rs. 1.3 Crores, Porsche Cayenne worth Rs. 1.20 Crores, Aston Martin Rapide S worth Rs. 3.29 Crore, Porsche Panamera valued at Rs. 2.1 Crores, Mercedes S 450 worth Rs. 1.36 Crores, to name a few.
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His lifestyle has a huge place for social work and charity too. He is an active member of Pain and Palliative Care Society which works for cancer patients esp. elderly people. He is also the goodwill ambassador for the charity project Street India Movement which works to stop child labor and begging.