My Dear Kuttichathan
| My Dear Kuttichathan | |
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| 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 |
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| 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 25 August 2011.My Dear Kuttichathan went On to become the Highest Grossing Malayalam Film of all time grossing more than 1.5 Crs at Boxoffice and its record was later broken by Thalavattam in 1986.
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
- Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair - The Cruel Magician
- Sonia - Laxmi
- Master Suresh - Vijay
- Arvind - Vinod
- Dalip Tahil - Laxmi's father
- Alummoodan
- Jagathy Sreekumar
- Mukesh
- Sainuddin - Bartender
- Rajan P. Dev - School Teacher
- Jagadeesh - Cabaret Announcer
- Kalabhavan Mani - Magician
- Kallapetti Singaram - Rickshaw driver
Soundtrack
| My Dear Kuttichathan | |
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| Soundtrack album by Ilaiyaraaja | |
| Released | 1984 |
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack |
Malayalam version
| # | Title | Singer(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Aalippazham perukkaan" | S. Janaki, S. P. Sailaja |
| 2 | "Minnaaminungum" | K. J. Yesudas & Chorus |
Tamil version
| # | Title | Singer(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Chinnakuzhandhaigale" | Vani Jayaram |
| 2 | "Poovaadai Kaatru" | K. J. Yesudas & Chorus |
References
- ↑ "Casting a Magic spell"
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0280968
- ↑ 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.
External links
- My Dear Kuttichathan at the Internet Movie Database
- Technical presentation by Jijo on Gravity Illusion used in the film
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