Malootty is a 1990 Indian Malayalam-language survival drama film directed by Bharathan, starring Shamili in the title role along with Jayaram and Urvashi. The story is set in the 1980s, in which a girl is trapped in a drill hole and survives after many hours. The title drawings were done by Bharathan's son. Shamili won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Child Artist.[1]

Malootty
Poster
Directed byBharathan
Written byJohn Paul
Produced byAjitha Hari
StarringShamili
Jayaram
Urvashi
CinematographyVenu
Edited byB. Lenin
V. T. Vijayan
Music byJohnson
Release date
  • February 2, 1990 (February 2, 1990)
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Plot

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Five-year-old Malootty is the only child of Raji and Unnikrishnan, who is on her vacation with them. Events take a tragic turn when she visits a vacation home, suddenly falls into a drill hole,[2] and becomes stuck inside while playing ball with her dog. Unnikrishnan struggles to save her from the hole.

Cast

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Soundtrack

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All lyrics are written by Pazhavila Rameshan; all music is composed by Johnson

No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Mounathin Idanaazhiyil"Sujatha Mohan 
2."Mounathin Idanaazhiyil"K. J. Yesudas, Sujatha Mohan 
3."Swargangal Swapnam Kaanum"Sujatha Mohan, G. Venugopal 
4."Mounathin Idanaazhiyil" (Male)K. J. Yesudas 

References

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  1. ^ "Kerala State Film Awards" Archived 19 November 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Joseph, Raveena; Ramanujam, Srinivasa (13 November 2015). "Child stars on the big screen". The Hindu.
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