Malootty is a 1990 Indian Malayalam-language survival drama film directed by Bharathan, starring Shamili in the title role along with Jayaram and Urvashi. The story is set in the 1980s, in which a girl is trapped in a drilled bore-well and survives after many hours. The title drawings were done by Bharathan's son. Shamili won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Child Artist.
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Plot
Five-year-old Malootty is the only child of Raji and Unnikrishnan, who is on a vacation with them. Events take a tragic turn when she visits a vacation home, suddenly falls into a drill hole while playing ball with her dog, and becomes stuck inside. Unnikrishnan frantically struggles to rescue her.
Cast
Baby Shamili as Malootty
Jayaram as Unnikrishnan
Urvashi as Raji
K.P.A.C. Lalitha as Saraswathi
Nedumudi Venu as Raghavan
Innocent as Sankaran
Devan as Wilson Cherian
Priya (voice over by Valsamma)
Sreenath
Prathapachandran
Kunjandi
K.P.A.C.Ramachandran Nair as Doctor (voice over by Hari)