While Mammootty's historic fourth National Film Award for Best Actor dominated headlines on Saturday, it was son Dulquer Salmaan's humorous Instagram post that quickly became a talking point among fans.

Shortly after the National Film Awards were announced, Dulquer shared a playful imagined conversation with his father, celebrating the Malayalam superstar's latest milestone with trademark humour.

The post read, "Another one ?" "Yes Pa ! It's like your FOURTH !"

"Oh sweet ! What about you ? Win anything ?" "Er No !" "No pressure son ! You do you" Dulquer captioned the post with:

"#Greatest #Of #All #Time #MicDrop"

The light-hearted exchange instantly went viral on social media. Mammootty won the Best Actor honour at the 72nd National Film Awards for his widely acclaimed performance as Kodumon Potti in Rahul Sadasivan's supernatural thriller 'Bramayugam'.

The award marks the fourth National Award of Mammootty's illustrious career, placing him among the select group of Indian actors to have won the prestigious honour four times.

His previous National Awards came for 'Mathilukal' and 'Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha' (1989), 'Ponthan Mada' and 'Vidheyan' (1993), and 'Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar' (1998).

Directed by Rahul Sadasivan, Bramayugam was widely praised for its atmospheric storytelling and Mammootty's restrained yet haunting performance, with the actor previously winning the Kerala State Film Award for the same role.

As congratulatory messages poured in from across the film industry, Dulquer's witty tribute offered fans a lighter moment, perfectly capturing the father-son bond while saluting the legendary actor's latest milestone.