Rachana

Rachana is family drama released in 1983 and directed by Mohan. Mammootty, Gopi, Nedumudi Venu, Poornima Jayaram were the main stars.

Poornima Jayaram and Mammootty outshined in this family movie. Both stars become favorites of family audiences. John Paul’s screen play was excellent. Performances of other stars were also good. It was one of the major hit of mammootty in that year.

Ee Naadu

Ee Naadu is political thriller directed by I V Sasi and released in 1982. Mammootty, Sara Glover, Balan K Nair, Ratheesh, T G Ravi were the main stars. Shyam was the music director.

Mammootty’s powerful character as Salim (gulf) outshined in this movie. He proved that he is the next star to replace Nazeer in the Malayalam film industry. Film was super duper hit and ran nearly 75 days in many major centers.

Thrishna

Thrishna released in 1981 October and written by M. T Vasudevan Nair. Movie was directed by Irruppam Veedu Sasidaran, better known as I.V.Sasi is a famous Malayalam Film director who is known for his unique movies. He holds the record for having directed the most movies by a director. He has directed about 150 films in various south Indian languages and Hindi. He is known as the "veteran" and the "guru" of Malayalam film direction. This was the team who introduced Mammootty (Krishnadas) through this movie as hero. “Sruthiyil” song sung by Sri.Yesudas was big hit at that time.

Mammootty’s chatacter was excellent and shows maturity. Malayalam film audiences praised him and appreciated the team who introduced him as mature hero. Thrishna become one of the big hits of that year. K.G George introduced him in Mela but he become hero in thrishna and later acted in a big hit movie Yavanika.

Aa Rathri

Aa Rathri is the first movie of Joshi and Mammootty team. Movie released in 1983 and scripted by Kaloor Dennis. Songs like "Kiliye Kiliye" were big hits.

It has a touching family-action story. Mammootty (Ravi), Poornima and kid baby Anju performed well. Soman acted as brother of Poornima, who has brutally raped by a gang in front of Ravi. After Poornima's death Ravi, kills the gang one by one. Ratheesh also played an important role.

Aa Rathri ran more than 150 days in many major centers and become one of the biggest hits of all the time. It shows the strong influence of Mammootty among families. It was a huge family hit for Joshi and Mammootty team. In 1983, he has more than 12 hits and ruled the box office. Mammootty become super star after the huge success of this movie.

The Truth

Super Hit movie “The Truth” was scripted by S.N Swamy and directed by Shaji Kailas; released in 1998. This is the second film of Mammootty with Shaji after “The King”. Mammootty was impressed by this thrilling investigation story. The movie got huge hype because mammootty and Shaji were re-joining after “The King”.

The Truth is all about the investigation of chief minister's murder case by a bomb blast. Mammootty once again proved that he is the only super star who is fit to do the investigation roles and outshined as Bharat Patteri. Thilakan performed well and acted as his father.

Initial pull was high and Mammootty proved that he is the best crowd puller for these kinds of roles. Movie ran more than 75 days in many major centers. Last 10 minutes of this movie was thrilling and Shaji maintained a good suspense from the beginning to the end. “Feel the Chill” caption is used in the advertisements and was used for the promotion of this movie in various posters. In 1998, Mammootty has many major big hits such as Harikrishnans, Oru Maravathoor Kanavu and The Truth.

Oru Maravathoor Kanavu

Oru Maravathoor Kanavu, a 1998 movie was scripted by Sreenivasan and directed by Lal Jose. This is the first film of Lal Jose. Mammootty impressed by his talent and story he has given his date to him to do this fabulous funny movie.

When we combine the gifted acting skills of one of India’s most sorted out actors and an excellent story line, we get a movie that is a real treat to the eyes. That’s what Mammootty has done with 'Oru Maravathoor Kanavu'. Mammootty plays the 'Gunda' in the film who comes in rescue of his younger brother played by Biju Menon who has some problems in getting to harvest crops in an area of land where the corrupt and shrewd lord Nedumudi Venu has an eye on. Divya unni plays the love interest of Mammootty. The action and comedy skills of Mammootty are articulately extracted by the director and presented in a fun fashion.

Movie ran 75 days more than 10 centers and completed 100 days in many major centers. Mammootty’s Achayan role attracted huge crowd in releasing center and In Trivandrum (Sree Padmanabha, Athira) and In Ernakulam (Mymoon, Lulu) movie ran 100 days.

Oru Abhibhashakante Case Diary

Oru Abhibhashakante Case Diary is directed by K Madhu and scripted by S. N Swami, released in 1995, in the banner of Mak productions. It is one the best role of mammootty as an advocate. The plot is as similar as his CBI series but an advocate investigating the murder case of a girl, who has got raped and murdered. Narendra Prasad acted as opposition advocate and thrilling performances of both stars attracted huge crowd.

1995 was good year for mammootty, His “The King “ruled the box office and become biggest grosser of the year. Mazhayethum Munpe was another huge hit for mammootty. Oru Abhibhashakante Case Diary was big hit and ran more than 100 days in major centers. In Trivandrum, S.L Complex and In Ernakulam movie collected well. Movie attracted classes and masses due to high expectations from the union of hit CBI team. Major centers were houseful for a month. In 1995, Mammootty proved that he is the king of box office. In Calicut movie ran more than 105 days. 80 days movie collected nearly 15 Lakhs from Trivandrum