Mammootty and the deceased Murali were close friends who have acted together in many films. But Mammooka has said in many places that we could not carry on the friendship in the film in our personal life. A video of Mammootty fans saying that Murali was his favorite years ago in an interview with his voice and eyes widening has been made viral again by Mammootty fans. I wonder why they do this, Murali was the same. I don’t serve alcohol to anyone. I don’t drink either. If I ever paid a bill for someone drunk in my life, it was for Murali.
If you look at the characters Murali and I played, we had an emotional lock between us. In the film, we are friends or enemies, but there is an emotional lock. I became an enemy to Murali like that in one morning. What have I done, I have done nothing. When I got the National Award for the first time, TV crews went to Murali with a mic. At that time, Murali said that he was a great actor in Malayalam cinema. Why did that Murali get into trouble with me? Pulli will not think that I did something just to get into a fight. He quickly left
Mammooka is talking like this in a very emotional way. This is one of those videos that can be described as another facet of the megastar, which is watched by film lovers only with complete seriousness. As Mammooka had never spoken before with such pain in her eyes, the listeners could quickly understand the friendship that existed between them and his sadness at the end of that friendship. Mammooka has spoken about Murali and this friendship in many interviews before.