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Malootty
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Wikipedia article
'Malootty' is a 1990 Indian Malayalam-language survival drama film directed by Bharathan, starring Jayaram, Urvashi, and Shamili. 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.[http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/stateawards2.htm "Kerala State Film Awards"] It was based on the 1989 American television film 'Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure'.
Plot
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, and becomes stuck inside while playing ball with her dog. Unnikrishnan struggles to save her. It takes a few hours to do so.
Cast
*Jayaram as Unnikrishnan
*Urvashi as Raji
*Shamili as Malootty (Baby Shyamili)
*K.P.A.C. Lalitha as Saraswathi
*Nedumudi Venu as Raghavan
*Innocent as Sankaran
*Devan as Wilson Cherian
* Priya (voice over by Valsamma)
*Sreenath
*Kunjandi
*K.P.A.C.Ramachandran Nair as Doctor (voice over by Hari)
Soundtrack
References
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