
"The Veteran Hero of Malayalam Industry". OneIndia Entertainment. The jury's decision to give the award to Bachan was criticised by Shaji N Karun, director of Kutty Srank (the movie which won the award for best film of 2009) and Ranjith, director of Paleri Manikyam. He was nominated for the National Award for Best Actor in 2009, but he lost the award in the final round of the competition to Amitabh Bachan. In 2009, he won his fifth state award for Best Actor for his performance in Ranjith's Paleri Manikyam. He also acted in the short film Puramkazhchakal (directed by Lal Jose) from Malayalam's first portmanteau film Kerala Cafe. Vasudevan Nair, which became the highest grossing film of the year in the Malayalam industry. In October 2009, he acted in Pazhassi Raja, directed by Hariharan and written by M. He also starred in Kerala's multistarrer Twenty: 20 in 2008. He played a police officer for 25th time in the film Roudram which was an average success at box office. The film is touted as the biggest hit in Malayalam industry, previous to the record of Rajamanikyam. The film released in 75 centres across the state, completed 50 days in nearly 61 centres and 120 days in 4 centres. In 2008, Mammootty appeared in Annan Thambi.
