| Athbhutha Dweepu | |
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| Directed by | Vinayan |
| Written by | Vinayan |
| Dialogues by | Ashok-Shasi |
| Produced by | P. A. Philippose T. K. Appukuttan |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Shaji Kumar |
| Edited by | G. Murali |
| Music by | M. Jayachandran |
Production company | Gulfline Productions |
| Distributed by | Aroma Release |
Release date |
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Running time | 150 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Athbhutha Dweepu (transl. Wonder island; titled onscreen as Albhutha Dweep) is a 2005 Indian Malayalam-language fantasy survival film written and directed by Vinayan. The plot is set on an uncontacted island where men are dwarfs and women are of normal height, where four Indian Navy men gets stranded. The film stars Prithviraj Sukumaran, Guinness Pakru, and Mallika Kapoor, alongside Jagathy Sreekumar, Jagadish, Indrans, Kalpana, Ponnamma Babu and Bindu Panicker in supporting roles.
Ajayan who played prince Gajendran made an entry into the Guinness Book of Records for being the shortest actor (76 cm height) to play a full-length character in a film.[1][2] The film was also given an entry into the Guinness Book of Records for casting the most dwarves in a single film.[3]
- ^ "Undapakru, shortest actor". MSN India. 6 December 2007. Archived from the original on 6 February 2008.
- ^ "Indian comedy star Ajay Kumar is world's smallest actor". The Daily Telegraph. 22 April 2009. Retrieved 12 June 2011.
- ^ Sify review