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. Widely regarded as one of the best South Indian films made in the 1970s. The other cast and crew- Music M.S.Baburaj, Cinematography Ashok Kumar, Operative cameraman P. S. Nivas and editing Ravi Kiran.
Kuttyedathi 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.
Réalisé parP. Narayankutty Menon GenresDrame ActeursMadhu, Ushanandini, Philomina, Jose Prakash, Nilambur Balan, Alummoodan Note73% Timber traders Bapputty (Madhu) and Abdu (Nellikkodu Bhaskaran) are friends. Ashamed of his mother Beevathu’s (Philomina) immoral life after his father’s death, Abdu runs away from his native village Vazhakkadavu and is engaged in timber trading. Abdu never returns to his home after that. On the way to the trading centre after loading timber from the forest Abdu falls ill and dies on the way. Bapputty reaches Beevathu’s hut with Abdu’s dead body. Bapputty takes pity on the family and decides to support them.