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VK Sriraman recalls Mammootty’s car hitting a boy near Ooty
Writer and actor VK Sriraman shared a memory of a road accident involving actor Mammootty.
He said it happened about 40 years ago, while they were travelling near Ooty in Tamil Nadu during a film shoot.
Mammootty’s car hit a 10-year-old boy who was crossing the road to catch a bus near a convent school.
The boy was thrown into a roadside drain, but he was smiling and appeared unharmed.
A man identified as the school’s security chief said the boy had cricket balls in his pocket where the car struck his thigh, and that he had fallen into bushes.
People did not attack or threaten them, despite Sriraman’s fear that they might.
He said he kept looking behind until they reached Coimbatore, and later shared the story on social media.
Actor and writer VK Sriraman recalled that Mammootty’s car struck a 10-year-old boy near Ooty about 40 years ago.
Sriraman said the boy fell into roadside greenery and appeared unhurt.
He recalled that Mammootty and he got out of the car, and a man identified as the school’s security chief explained what had happened.
Sriraman said he feared that people at the scene might confront him, and kept looking behind until they reached Coimbatore.
The recollection was shared on social media and reported on November 3, 2026.
- Who
- Mammootty was driving, with VK Sriraman in the front passenger seat. A 10-year-old boy was struck.
- What
- Mammootty’s car hit the boy as he ran across the road. Sriraman recalled that the boy appeared unhurt.
- When
- About 40 years before Sriraman shared the account. The incident happened while the film Utharam was being made in Ooty.
- Where
- Near a convent school in Ooty, Tamil Nadu.
- Why
- The boy was crossing the road to catch a bus.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
During the filming of Utharam in Ooty, Mammootty’s car struck a boy crossing the road to catch a bus.
Mammootty and Sriraman got out; a man identified as the school’s security chief said the boy had been hit where he carried two cricket balls and had fallen into roadside greenery.
Sriraman said he kept looking behind, afraid that people might follow them.
News outlets reported Sriraman’s social-media recollection.
- Driver
- Mammootty
- Passenger
- VK Sriraman
- Boy’s age
- 10
- Car number
- 369
- Location
- Near a convent school in Ooty, Tamil Nadu
- Destination
- Coimbatore
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Mammootty’s car once hit a 10-year-old boy; Sreeraman feared crowd would ‘thrash’ him
മമ്മൂട്ടി ഓടിച്ച കോണ്ടസ പത്തുവയസ്സുകാരനെ ഇടിച്ച് തെറിപ്പിക്കുന്നു, പിന്നെ നടന്നത്, കുറിപ്പുമായി വികെ ശ്രീരാമൻ
മമ്മൂട്ടിയുടെ കോണ്ടസ്സ ഇടിച്ച് 10 വയസുകാരൻ തെറിച്ചു പോയി, കോയമ്പത്തൂര് വരെ പേടിച്ചാണ് ഇരുന്നത്; വികെ ശ്രീരാമൻ
What people are saying
Did you get scared?
The boy was hit on the thigh of his right leg, exactly where he had stuffed two cricket balls into his trouser pocket.
If you look at it, it seems like a big accident, but nothing happened to anyone. Like a stunt scene in a film.