Choice of roles

Partly due to the fact that he has banked on new directors with fresh ideas, the last few years have been especially memorable for the actor, with movies as different from one another as 'Kazhcha', 'Kaiyoppu', 'Paleri Manikyam - Oru Pathirakolapathakathinte Katha' and 'Pranchiyettan the Saint'. 'Rajamanickyam' may seem like an eye-opener, but it really wasn't - Mammootty had proved in movies such as 'Mrigaya', 'Kottayam Kunjachan', 'Vidheyan' and 'Amaram' that he had the knack of absorbing regional dialects with ease.