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Rakenth Pai

@rakenthpai

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Casting director & Founder at @castmeperfect . Creative writer
Head of Production @ Malayalam film industry
Mumbai|| Kochi
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These pics were taken on Jan 06 2026.

It was Sanal Aman’s birthday and we were shooting our aircraft stunt sequences of Patriot in Srilanka with Mammukka. In the evening mammukka finished his shots and me, sanal, shaheen and ishan were all in our bruised make up when the production said mammukka is waiting to cut the cake. So we all rush to that area because we are keeping him on wait.

So once we reach there, he stands there all jovial, energetic (after whole day stunt) and ready to cut Sanal’s cake. So, shaheen, me and ishaan stand behind mammukka and sanal. Sanal totally having his moment, something he wouldn’t have dreamt even in his wildest dreams. So we step back a few feet, for them to click pics and Sameer started clicking.

Once that was done mammukka then turned around and looked at me. I was all smiling. Then the moment happened

മമ്മൂക്ക : “ നിന്നാക്കില്ലേട ബർത്ത് ഡേ “
ഞാൻ: “ ഉണ്ട് മമ്മൂക്ക “
മമ്മൂക്ക: : “ എന്ന ഇങ്ങ് വാ “

I walk towards him all shy and blushing… sameer preparing to click,
And then he was like : “ ഇത് നിന്റെ ബർത്ത് ഡയ്ക്ക് ഇട്ടോ “ .

*Click*

I was beyond words and now you can see the expression raw in the last pic. Unable to control my blush and smile. And was eagerly waiting for this moment to come. The point is, He didn’t have to do it. We weren’t expecting anything . But 1.5 years later he still made my birthday worth it. Grateful to have shared the screen with legendary actor and above all an amazing human being. Mammukka, You have no clue, how happy you made my day. Thank you ❤️. And thankyou Mahesh narayanan Sir for making me part of this. This moment wouldn’t have happened if you hadn’t cast me to be part of this Magnum Opus.

PS: You can see the emotion in my eyes . And to those thinking why not last year. We were supposed to share the pics only after the release of the movie. by @rakenthpai

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Congratulations to @mammootty (Mammukka)for thr 4th prestigious NATIONAL AWARD. We were blessed to be part of @patriot.movie . Thankyou #maheshnarayanan sir for this. It was an absolute privilege and blessing to spend time with Mammukka and share space in this magnum opus

Stills : @sameer_sakkariya by @rakenthpai

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If you ask me was this a dream? I still like to believe this isnt a reality. Growing up watching malayalam cinema driven by the godfathers @mammootty sir and @mohanlal sir, today being part of their film and being able to do stunt with one of them. Yes. Even pinching myself, i am stuck in the dream phase.

Thank you and my heartfelt gratitude to @maheshnarayan_official for making me part of this magnum opus. And to my wonderful friends amd co actors who supported and stood with me. @shaheen_sidhique @sanalaman @ishanshoukath @jk_srkd. And a special thanks to @rosshanchandra who patiently helped me with stunts, you were such a relief when i was panicking
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Last but not least to my friends and family @treat_right_with_rajeswari who have supported me. Right from receiving a call for this project as an actor to not having a passport when i got confirmed for this movie, everything looks like a dream. Thankyou to all my.well wishers.

@jibin_gopinath spl thanks for the passport support and some friends who pushed me to go give it a try even when i felt hopeless...

Never the least thankyou for this wonderful capture by @sameer_sakkariya

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