The ‘dost’ Of Malayalee Audience, Mammukoya Passes Away – FilmyVoice
Malayalam actor Mammukoya, well-known for the road “Gafoor ka dost,” handed away on Wednesday. He was 77.
This was the road from his within the movie ‘Nadodikattuu’ launched in 1987, which is on the listing of all time hits of Malayalam movie trade.
Within the movie, Mohanlal and Sreenivasan, unable to discover a job in Kerala attempt to migrate to the Center East, and the fly by night time operator performed by Mammukoya, after taking cash from them places them on a ship which he says will attain the shores of Dubai and tells them to say to anybody who asks who they’re: “simply say, you’re Gafoor ka dost.”
It was this line which made the profession of Mammukoya, who made his debut within the movie trade Ain 1979, who till then, was a employee at a timber mill in Kozhikode.
After that he went on to make his presence in near 450 movies and have become the ‘dost’ (buddy) of all Malayalee movie viewers.
This was seen within the limitless queue of individuals at Kozhikode at numerous locations the place his physique was saved for folks to have one final look.
He collapsed whereas inaugurating a soccer event on Monday and after that his situation turned worse and he handed away on Wednesday.
Mammukoya was characterised by his lean body and a protruding tooth, and the mere sight of him in every of his movies was sufficient to ship viewers laughing, even earlier than he stated his first dialogue.
The physique was positioned for folks to pay their final respects on Wednesday night and 1000’s of individuals with a heavy coronary heart filed previous the mortal stays of one of the crucial standard particular person in Kozhikode.
His physique was laid to relaxation at his favorite mosque close to Kozhikode.
His passing away comes a month after Kerala bid goodbye to a different legend of the Malayalam movies, Harmless.
