For other uses, see Kuttichathan (disambiguation).
1984 Indian film
My Dear Kuttichathan
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
Navodaya Studios
Distributed by
Navodaya Release
Release date
August 24, 1984 (1984-08-24) (India)
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, while cinematography and editing was done by Ashok Kumar and T. R. Shekhar, respectively. It was the debut of actors Jagadish and Zainuddin.
The film was well received and grossed over ₹2.5 crore from 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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