Kuttyedathi

Kuttyedathi
Directed by	P. N. Menon
Written by	M. T. Vasudevan Nair
Produced by	M. B. Pisharody P. N. Menon
Starring	Kuttyedathi Vilasini Jayabharathi Sathyan S. P. Pillai
Cinematography	Ashok Kumar
Edited by	Ravi Kiran
Music by	M. S. Baburaj
Production company	Menon Productions
Release date	26 February 1971 (1971-02-26)
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. 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]

• 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

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

• Kuttyedathi at IMDb
• Kuttiyedathi at the Malayalam Movie Database

This article about a Malayalam film of the 1970s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e