Director: Jijo Punnoose; Writer: Raghunath Paleri, Navodaya’s script team; Cinematographer: Ashok Kumar (Agarwal); Cast: Kottarakkara Sridharan Nair, Alumoodan, Dalip Tahil, Arvind, Suresh, Sonia, Mukesh (III)
Duration: 01:25:35; Aspect Ratio: 1.500:1; Hue: 144.593; Saturation: 0.034; Lightness: 0.154; Volume: 0.190; Cuts per Minute: 13.470
Summary: Made by the veteran director Appachan’s son,
this box-office hit is a fantasy film designed to
show off its special effects in India’s first 3-D
movie. Kuttichathan is a mischievous genie
living in an abandoned house. He is
accidentally summoned by a group of children
and appears in the guise of a boy who carries
out all their wishes. This allows the director to
stage scenes of children walking on the ceiling,
speeded-up rickshaw rides and various other
spectacular episodes. Sentiment is catered for
by having the genie cure one child’s father of
alcoholism. The genie eventually changes into
a fox-bat and flies off. A dubbed Hindi version,
Chhota Chetan, was also successful.
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