“It’s one of the most difficult slangs to pull off. Like Mammootty picked the Pattambi-Eranadu slang in Bus Conductor. Listening is active.” It’s also the way to pick dialects, those tiny catches in intonations and that rhythm. Listening is being affected by what you hear. Well-known Broadway casting director Michael Shurtleff once said about a crucial trait every actor should possess-“You have to listen. Mammootty is the only actor who could do Thiruvananthapuram ( Rajamanikyam), Kochi ( Danny, Manglish), Thrissur ( Pranchiyettan.) Kanjirappalli ( Koodevidey, Kottayam Kunjachan) and even South Canara ( Vidheyan).” Thikkurissi, Sathyan, Prem Nazeer and Madhu were prisoners of Thiruvananthapuram slang while Soman and Mohanlal had a mix of central Travancore and Thiruvananthapuram. None of his predecessors or contemporaries could get out of their own native slangs irrespective of the characters they played. Says Asianet News Editor and veteran journalist, MG Radhakrishan “I don’t know about perfection, but he is the first Malayali actor to have done so much experimentation with slangs. In the long drawn debate that is often measured on the yardstick of flexibility (though the implications vary), spontaneity and effortlessness, this is where (among a lot of others) Mammootty wins hands down. It’s also precisely where the actor scores over his legendary rival-Mohanlal.
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