Malootty
1990 Indian film
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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 drilled bore-well 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]
Plot
Five-year-old Malootty is the only child of Raji and Unnikrishnan, who is on a vacation with them. Events take a tragic turn when she visits a vacation home, suddenly falls into a drill hole while playing ball with her dog,[2] and becomes stuck inside. Unnikrishnan frantically struggles to rescue her.
Cast
- Baby Shamili as Malootty
- Jayaram as Unnikrishnan
- Urvashi as Raji
- K.P.A.C. Lalitha as Saraswathi
- Nedumudi Venu as Raghavan
- Innocent as Sankaran
- Devan as Wilson Cherian
- Priya (voice over by Valsamma)
- Sreenath
- Prathapachandran
- Kunjandi
- K.P.A.C.Ramachandran Nair as Doctor (voice over by Hari)
Soundtrack
All lyrics are written by Pazhavila Rameshan; all music is composed by Johnson. Sujatha Mohan received the Kerala Film Critics Association Award for Best Female Playback Singer for her renditions in this film.
| No. | Title | Singer(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 |
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