| My Dear Kuttichathan | |
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 Promotional poster | |
| Directed by | Jijo Punnoose |
| Written by | Raghunath Paleri (Malayalam dialogue) |
| Produced by | Navodaya Appachan Jose Punnoose |
| Starring | Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair Dalip Tahil Sonia Master Aravind Master Mukesh Surya Kiran Rajan P. Dev Jagathi Sreekumar Jagadish Nedumudi Venu |
| Cinematography | Ashok Kumar |
| Edited by | T. R. Sekar |
| Music by | Ilaiyaraaja |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Navodaya Release |
Release date |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
| Budget | ₹45 lakh (US$54,000)[1] |
| Box office | ₹10.5 crore (US$1.3 million)[2] |
My Dear Kuttichathan (transl. My dear little goblin) is a 1984 Indian Malayalam-language children's fantasy film directed by Jijo Punnoose and produced by his father Navodaya Appachan under Navodaya Studio.[3] It was the first Indian film to be filmed in 3D format. With screenplay by Raghunath Paleri, the story revolves around a mystical indigenous goblin called "Kuttichathan" who is under the spell of an evil sorcerer, however it gets released by three children and then befriends them. The film's soundtrack was composed by Ilaiyaraaja, with cinematography and editing by Ashok Kumar and T. R. Shekhar, respectively. It was the debut film of actors Jagadish and Zainuddin.
The film was well received and grossed over ₹2.5 crore at the box office.[2] Originally filmed in Malayalam, a re-edited version was re-released in 1997 with additional scenes of Kalabhavan Mani, which makes it the first DTS movie in Malayalam. It was dubbed in Hindi as Chhota Chetan in 1998, which was also a box office success grossing ₹1.30 crore.[4] Scenes with Urmila Matondkar were added for the Hindi version. 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 was released on 25 August 2011.
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