Mammootty's father, Mr.Ismail is an Agriculturist and his mother, Mrs.Fathima is a housewife. He has two brothers, Ibrahim Kutty and Zakariah; and three sisters, Ameena, Sauda and Shafina (all of them are married and settled in various places)

Now how did he meet his wife? Was it an arranged or love marriage? It was arranged, surprising as it may sound. He loves her very much.

But there is a cute story here which he tells in his own words."She was a blood relative.I was staying at Mancheri. Then on my visit to home Chembu, my uncle told Dad "My brother-in-law has a daughter ….doing pre-degree… she is beautiful… we can ….consider her alliance for Mammootty. Dad agreed.. But I was not interested. I thought marriage with relatives wouldn't be proper. Actually I had gone to that uncle's house a few times earlier but I didn't know that there was a girl of marriageable age. When I resisted, everybody insisted.. "She is a good girl … you see her first…" But I did not go. Though my brother went to their house and returned agreeably. "Good girl she is. You need not look elsewhere for proposals", my brother told me. Since everyone was agreeable, I too decided to see the girl. Not alone, but with mom and my brother Zakariah and Ibrahim kutty. When I saw her she was wearing a skirt, blouse and the 'Dhawani'.. curly hair.. fair.. lean. She briefly answered my queries. I yapped a lot that day. I had seen many girls.. given love letters to many… main pastime was chasing dames… I get love letters from a lot of girls even now, etc. Sulfaath laughed it off. However, with the first meeting itself, we became friends, I returned home with the decision that she will be my wife."

He has a daughter, Surmi who has completed Fine Arts. His son, Dulquar Salman is going to Purdue University for Business Studies.