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Kummatty
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| Directed by | G. Aravindan |
| Produced by | K. Ravindran Nair |
| Written by | G. Aravindan |
| Starring | Ramunni Master Ashok Vilasini Reema |
| Music by | M. G. Radhakrishnan G. Aravindan |
| Cinematography | Shaji N. Karun |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Kummatty (English: The Bogeyman) is a 1979 Malayalam film written and directed by G. Aravindan. Ramunni, Master Ashok and Vilasini Reema form the cast.[1]
Plot[edit | edit source]
The film is a Pied Piper-like figment of Malabar's folklore about a partly mythic and partly real magician called Kummatty (bogeyman). Kummatty materialises from nature one day to mingle with and weave a spell of carefree abandon around the children of the village. Kummatty travels from place to place and entertains children with dancing, singing and performing magic. At one such performance at a village, Kummatty starts to mingle with and weave a spell of carefree abandon around the children of the village. He turns a group of children into animals. But one boy, who was changed into a dog, is chased away and misses the moment Kummatty changed the children back to their human form. The dog-boy has to wait a year until Kummatty returns to the village to get back his human form. All ends well and Kummatty melts back into nature.
Cast[edit | edit source]
- Ambalappuzha Ravunni
- Ashok Unnikrishnan
- Kottara Gopalakrishnan Nair
- Kuttyedathi Vilasini
Soundtrack[edit | edit source]
The music was composed by M. G. Radhakrishnan and Kavalam Narayana Panicker and the lyrics were written by Kavalam Narayana Panicker.[2][3]
| No. | Song | Singers | Lyrics | Length (m:ss) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Aandiyambalam" | Kavalam Narayana Panicker | Kavalam Narayana Panicker | |
| 2 | "Aarambatheerambathu" | Kavalam Narayana Panicker | Kavalam Narayana Panicker | |
| 3 | "Aarambhathu" | Kavalam Narayana Panicker | ||
| 4 | "Karukare Kaarmukil" | Kavalam Narayana Panicker | Kavalam Narayana Panicker | |
| 5 | "Karukare Kaarmukil" (Fast) | Chorus | Kavalam Narayana Panicker | |
| 6 | "Maanathe Macholam" | Kavalam Narayana Panicker | Kavalam Narayana Panicker | |
| 7 | "Maanathe Macholam" | Chorus | Kavalam Narayana Panicker | |
| 8 | "Muthassikkadhayile" | K. S. Chithra, Manju, Asha, Usha | Kavalam Narayana Panicker | |
| 9 | "Muthassikkadhayile" (Version 1) | Kavalam Narayana Panicker | ||
| 10 | "Naadan Paattu" | Kavalam Narayana Panicker | ||
| 11 | "Odiyodikkali" | Kavalam Narayana Panicker, Chorus | Kavalam Narayana Panicker | |
| 12 | "Paandeedem" | Kavalam Narayana Panicker | Kavalam Narayana Panicker |
Awards[edit | edit source]
Legacy[edit | edit source]
In 2012, filmmaker Ashim Ahluwalia included the film in his personal top ten (for The Sight & Sound Top 50 Greatest Films of All Time poll), writing: "G. Aravindan – the most interesting Indian filmmaker ever. Sadly none of his work is in distribution."[4]
2021 Restoration[edit | edit source]
In July 19,2021 The Film Foundation's World Cinema Project, a program created by filmmaker Martin Scorsese in 2007, the Film Heritage Foundation and Italy-based Cineteca di Bologna collaborated to restore the film which had lost its rich color palette over the years with Scorsese notably saying: “Aravindan was a visionary director and Kummatty is considered among his greatest work. The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project will share this film with the wider audience it deserves, making it a true cinematic discovery." The film was restored at the L’Immagine Ritrovata lab in Bologna, Italy, and had its world restoration premiere at the Il Cinema Ritrovato festival later that month.[5][6]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ https://dff.nic.in/images/Documents/142_IPCatalogue1979-80.pdf
- ↑ "Kummaatti". www.malayalachalachithram.com. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
- ↑ "Kummaatti". malayalasangeetham.info. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
- ↑ "BFI". www.bfi.org.uk.
- ↑ "The Hindu".
- ↑ "World Cinema Program".
External links[edit | edit source]
- "Aravindan's profile". India Film database. Retrieved 11 April 2011.
- Sashi Kumar (25 January 2010). "Aravindan's art". Frontline. Archived from the original on 20 October 2010. Retrieved 11 April 2011.
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