Kuttyedathi

Kuttyedathi
Directed by	P. N. Menon
Produced by	M. B. Pisharody P. N. Menon
Written by	M. T. Vasudevan Nair
Starring	Kuttyedathi Vilasini Jayabharathi Sathyan S. P. Pillai
Music by	M. S. Baburaj
Cinematography	Ashok Kumar
Edited by	Ravi Kiran
Production company	Menon Productions
Release dates	26 February 1971
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Kuttyedathi (Malayalam: കുട്ട്യേടത്തി, English: Kutty, the Elder Sister) is a 1971 Malayalam language film directed by P. N. Menon and written by M. T. Vasudevan Nair. Widely regarded as one of the best South Indian films made in the 1970s. The other cast and crew- Music M.S.Baburaj, Cinematography Ashok Kumar, Operative cameraman P. S. Nivas and editing Ravi Kiran. Kuttyedathi is woven around the life of a girl, who is an ugly duckling with tomboyish tendencies, and who is continuously discriminated against in favour of her prettier younger sister.Location of this film is shoranur

Cast

• Sathyan as Appunni
• S. P. Pillai as Govindan Nair
• Jayabharathi as Janu
• Jeassy
• Kuttyedathi Vilasini as Malu (Kuttiyedathi)
• Master Sathyajith as Vasu
• Kuthiravattam Pappu as Kuttishankaran
• Raman Menon
• Ammini
• Balan K. Nair
• Nilambur Balan as Karuthan
• Philomina as Narayani
• Kozhikode Shantha Devi as Meenakshi

Soundtrack

The music was composed by MS Baburaj and lyrics was written by Swathi Thirunal and Sreekumaran Thampi. ^[1][2]

No.	Song	Singers	Lyrics	Length (m:ss)
1	Alarshara Parithaapam	Machad Vasanthi, Kalamandalam Saraswathi	Swathi Thirunal
2	Chithralekhe priyamvade	P. Leela, Machad Vasanthi	Sreekumaran Thampi
3	Prapancha Chethana	S Janaki	Sreekumaran Thampi

References

1. "Kuttyedathi". www.malayalachalachithram.com. Retrieved 2014-10-15.
2. "Kuttyedathi". malayalasangeetham.info. Retrieved 2014-10-15.

External links

• Kuttyedathi at the Internet Movie Database
• Kuttiyedathi at the Malayalam Movie Database