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KUMMATTY-India/Malayalam/90 minutes/Director – G. Aravindan/1979
Kummatty is an adaptation of a Central Kerala folktale featuring a partly mythic and partly real magician called Kummatty. It is a sweet and engaging story and a visually stunning film by G. Aravindan, one of the best film makers of India and can be thoroughly enjoyed by small kids, teenagers, youth, elders and even very old people. Kummatty, the mystic and vagabond, arrives in a remote village and befriends the children there. He turns the children into animals. Chindan, the protagonist, who has been turned into a dog, runs away before he could be turned back into human form by Kummatty. Soon Kummatty leaves the village, with Chindan wandering as a dog, waiting for Kummatty’s return to help him regain his human form. All ends well later and Kummatty melts back into nature. Kummatty is considered to be one of the best in the filmography of Aravindan and like all his other films have received worldwide recognition and won several awards both at the national and international levels.