Kuttyedathi

1971 Indian film

26 February 1971 (1971-02-26)

CountryIndiaLanguageMalayalam

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. It was widely regarded as one of the best South Indian films made in the 1970's. The film 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. The film was shot at Edappal.^[1]

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 M. S. Baburaj and the lyrics were written by Swathi Thirunal and Sreekumaran Thampi.^[2]^[3]

No.	Song	Singers	Lyrics
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