Ente Mamattikkuttiyammakku (1983)

Original title

എന്‍റെ മാമാട്ടുക്കുട്ടിയമ്മയ്ക്ക്

Directed by

Fazil

Genre

children's film

Country

India

Runtime

1h 54m

Rated

U

Rating

8.2 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A couple loses their only child in an accident. Years later the husband adopts a girl from an orphanage to comfort his grieving wife. The mother slowly bonds with the child but then the girl's biological father comes to take her back.

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What happens

Ente Mamattukkuttiyammakku (transl. For my Mamattukuttiyamma; also known as Ente Mamattikkuttiyammakku) is a 1983 Indian Malayalam-language family drama film produced by Navodaya (a partnership concern). It was written and directed by Fazil and stars Bharat Gopy, Mohanlal, Shalini, Poornima Jayaram, and Sangeeta Naik. The film was reported to be heavily inspired by the 1982 film Annie. In the film, Vinod and Sethu lose their only child in an accident. Years pass and Sethu is still grieving. To comfort her, Vinod adopts a child, Tintumol (Mamattukuttiyamma), from an orphanage. Sethu, initially reluctant to love her, gradually develops an affection for her. But just when things are getting back to normal, Tintumol's biological father, Alex, starts trailing Vinod, constantly requesting to return his daughter. Now, Sethu and Vinod are dragged into a situation where they might lose their second child as well. Ente Mamattukkuttiyammakku was an Industry Hit and critical success and became the highest-grossing Malayalam film of the year. The film won four Kerala State Film Awards—Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor (Gopy), and Best Child Artist (Shalini). It was remade in Tamil as En Bommukutty Ammavukku (1988) by Fazil himself and in Telugu as Paape Maa Praanam (1989). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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