Malootty


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.

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, 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
  • Sreenath
  • Prathapachandran
  • Kunjandi
  • K.P.A.C.Ramachandran Nair as Doctor

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