India, Oct. 6 -- Filmmaker-actor Basil Joseph recently met Malayalam star Mammootty after the latter recovered from a health scare. Sharing snapshots of their meet-up, Basil revealed how patient and humble the actor was while interacting with his daughter, Hope Elizabeth Basil. Here's what he said.

Basil wrote that he, his wife, Elizabeth Samuel, and their daughter, Hope, recently spent an evening with Mammootty. He wrote, "Had the rare privilege of spending an evening with a legend. It was overwhelming in the most gentle, heavenly way, a moment our family will cherish forever."

He then added that Hope innocently asked Mammootty who he was, to which he had a humble answer. "When my little daughter looked up at him and innocently asked, ...