My Dear Kuttichathan

My Dear Kuttichathan
Directed by Jijo Punnoose
Produced by Navodaya Appachan
Jose Punnoose
Written by Raghunath Paleri
T.K. Rajeev Kumar
Starring Dalip Tahil
Baby Sonia
Master Aravind
Master Mukesh
Surya Kiran
Rajan P. Dev
Jagathi Sreekumar
Jagadish
Music by Ilaiyaraaja
Cinematography Ashok Kumar
Edited by T. R. Sekar
Distributed by Navodaya
Release dates
  • 24 August 1984
Country India
Language Malayalam
Budget 1 crore

My Dear Kuttichathan (Malayalam:മൈ ഡിയർ കുട്ടിച്ചാത്തൻ)(1984) is the first 3-D film made in India.[1] The movie was produced by Maliampurackal Navodaya Appachan of Navodaya studio in Kerala. Originally filmed in Malayalam, a re edited version was released in 1997 which makes it the first DTS movie in Malayalam and also was dubbed in Hindi as Chhota Chetan in 1997 and became a big box office hit[2][3] Scenes with Urmila Matondkar were added. In 2010, further scenes were added in Tamil with Prakash Raj and Santhanam and was released as Chutti Chathan. A new re-mastered version with additional footage released on August 25, 2011.

Plot

The character 'Kuttichathan' is formed on the basis of the specialties of a deity popularly known as 'Chathan' who is being worshiped mainly in the south Indian state, Kerala. There are cruel magicians everywhere in the world. One of them is the Karimbhootham (black magician), who enslaved an invisible spirit with his magic spells, whom he calls Kuttichathan ("Little Ghost" in English and "Chhota Chetan" in Hindi). Two boys and a girl befriend Kuttichathan by accident and release him from the grip of the magician. They understand that this Chathan is friendly to kids and is a very good friend. Therefore, the girl promises to keep Kuttichathan in a house for two reasons: one, her father drinks too much, so she wants Chathan, who is a very good magician, to make him himself, as her mother has died, there is no one to control him; second, Chathan, being a small boy, also drinks a lot. He could drink all that her father drinks, thereby changing her father's attitude.

At the same time, the cruel magician wants the Kuttichathan to lay hands on a treasure. Even though the magician is the owner of the Kuttichathan, he is burnt and killed by the Chathan in the climax. Chathan turns into a bat and flies away.

Cast

Soundtrack

My Dear Kuttichathan
Soundtrack album by Ilaiyaraaja
Released 1984
Genre Feature film soundtrack

Malayalam version

# Title Singer(s)
1 "Aalippazham perukkaan" S. Janaki
2 "Minnaaminungum" K. J. Yesudas & Chorus

Tamil version

# Title Singer(s)
1 "Chinnakuzhandhaigale" Vani Jayaram
2 "Poovaadai Kaatru" K. J. Yesudas & Chorus

References

  1. ↑ "Casting a Magic spell"
  2. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0280968
  3. ↑ Social and political study of modern Hindi cinema: past, present, and future perspectives, by Ram Awatar Agnihotri. Commonwealth Publishers, 1990. ISBN 81-7169-049-1. page 121.

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