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Mollywood celebrities and their favorite sports

etimes.in | Last updated on - Mar 11, 2022, 10:43 IST
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Mollywood celebrities and their favorite sports

Sports is an effective stress buster and most of us including celebrities indulge in some kind of sports activities to reduce work stress or even as part of fitness. We have also seen several sportspersons like IM Vijayayan entering the field of cinema and vice versa. Here let's take a look at some of the Mollywood celebrities who share a genuine passion for sports apart from their passion for acting.

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Mammootty

Mammootty was an avid volleyball player during his college days. His passion for sports, made him become the brand ambassador of the Kerala Volleyball League after he became a superstar in Mollywood. During an interview with popular media, Mammootty said that he believes Volleyball to be one of the best visually appealing sports and is a real crowd-puller compared to other sports.

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Mohanlal

Mohanlal is an ardent fan of several sports including Football, Volleyball, and Cricket. During Fifa 2014, Mohanlal took to his Facebook handle and wrote, “It's time to eat, sleep, breathe football.. !! Time for the biggest party of football fans far and wide. FIFA 2014. All in One Rhythm!!.” Mohanlal has also played Volleyball representing the Territorial Army during a friendly match held in Kannur, Kerala. Also, the actor has struck a few sixes during the celebrity cricket league and also was the brand ambassador of the football team Kerala Blasters in the ISL 2018-19.

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Prithviraj Sukumaran

During the shoot for the director Blessy’s upcoming venture ‘Aadujeevitham’ in Jordan, Prithviraj Sukumaran, who plays the main lead in the film, shared a picture of him playing cricket. The shoot happened during the lockdown and the entire team of ‘Aadujeevitham’ was stuck in Wadi Rum desert camp. It was at this moment the crew decided to have a little fun and the picture of Prithviraj Sukumaran striking a six went viral on social media.

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Asif Ali

Actor Asif Ali has an admiration for playing cricket. In an interview with an online media, the actor opened up that whenever he gets free time during film shoots, he goes out to play cricket with the audience who have come to watch the shoot. Earlier there was also a video of Asif Ali playing with a bunch of kids during the shooting interval. The actor was also the captain of the Kerala Strikers team during the Celebrity Cricket League held in the year 2015.

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Unni Mukundan

Ever wonder how the stylish and talented actor Unni Mukundan always manages to stay in perfect shape? Playing sports could be said as one of the factors along with a hard day at the gym. Unni Mukundan is an ardent fan of Football and Cricket. The actor has said in an interview with online media that he is a huge fan of the cricketer Virat Kohli. In the year 2019, the actor posted a video hurting the sentiments of the fans of the football player Neymar and Unni Mukundan himself expressed his apology via his official Facebook handle. Unni Mukundan has also played in the Celebrity cricket league in the role of an All-rounder. He had a Right-arm medium bowling style.

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Kunchacko Boban

Kunchacko Boban’s favorite sport is Badminton. Recently during the shoot of his bilingual project which is titled ‘Ottu’, the actor took to his official social media handles to post him playing Badminton during the shooting interval. Sharing the video, the actor penned a note that read, “And when you miss your fav sport also. #Notime4BombayBadminton. #Ottumovie. Mumbai shoot days.”

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