{
  "id": 9312301,
  "title": "Mammootty and Kartik Aaryan share National Award for Best Actor: Why this tie feels unfair to a legend",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/mammootty-and-kartik-aaryan-share-national-award-for-best-actor-why",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-23T08:42:58.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Gulf News",
    "slug": "gulf-news",
    "url": "https://gulfnews.com/entertainment/mammootty-and-kartik-aaryan-share-national-award-for-best-actor-why-this-tie-feels-unfair-to-a-legend-1.500684844"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Dubai : When Indian icon Mammootty walked up to collect his fourth National Film Award for Best Actor this week in India for his wicked turn in 'Bramayugam', the hall rose to its feet. It was a standing ovation for a man who has spent more than four decades making Indian cinema, mostly Malayalam films, braver. And then the award was handed out again. Around the same time, for the same honour,…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}