Ente Mamattukkuttiyammakku

Ente Mamattukkuttiyammakku (transl.For my Mamattukuttiyamma; also known as Ente Mamattikkuttiyammakku) is a 1983 Indian Malayalam-language family drama film produced by Navodaya Appachan under Navodaya Studio. 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.

Ente Mamattukkuttiyammakku
Promotional poster
Directed byFazil
Written byFazil
Produced byNavodaya Appachan
StarringBharat Gopy
Mohanlal
Shalini
Sangeeta Naik
Poornima Jayaram
CinematographyAshok Kumar
Edited byT. R. Shekhar
Music byJerry Amaldev
Production
company
Navodaya Studio
Release date
  • 7 October 1983 (1983-10-07)
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

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 a major commercial and critical success and became the highest-grossing Malayalam film of the year. The film won four Kerala State Film AwardsBest 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.

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