| Athbhutha Dweepu | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Vinayan |
| Produced by | T.K. Appukuttan, P.A. Philipos |
| Written by | Vinayan (story and screenplay), Ashok (dialogue) and Shasi (dialogue) |
| Starring | Prithviraj Sukumaran Ajaykumar Mallika Kapoor |
| Music by | M. Jayachandran |
| Cinematography | Shaji |
| Editing by | G. Murali |
| Release date(s) | 2005 |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Athbhutha Dweepu (Malayalam: അത്ഭുതദ്വീപ്) is a 2005 Malayalam-language Indian movie, directed by Vinayan. The movie created history by becoming the first Indian movie whose remake rights have been bought by Hollywood.[1] Ajaykumar, Prithviraj and Mallika Kapoor appear in lead roles in the movie. The movie is about a mysterious island where all the men are dwarfs and all the women, normal.
Athbhutha Dweepu was released in 2005 and the remake rights were sold almost immediately to Hollywood director Ron Howard who was in India at that time.[2] Leonardo DiCaprio is going to star in the Hollywood version, and all the 300 dwarfs who starred in the Malayalam version will re-enact their roles in the English version.
The film features Ajaykumar (Pakru) as the dwarf prince Gajendra. He has made an entry into the Guinness Book of Records through this character for being the shortest actor (86 cm height) to play a full-length character in a film.[3][4]