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{{Infobox film
| name = Kummatty
| image = Kummatti.JPG
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| director = [[G. Aravindan]]
| producer = [[K. Ravindran Nair]]
| writer = G. Aravindan
| starring = Ramunni<br/>Master Ashok<br/>Vilasini Reema
| music = [[M. G. Radhakrishnan]]<br/>G. Aravindan
| cinematography = [[Shaji N. Karun]]
| editing =
| studio =
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| released = {{Film date|1979|7|12|df=y}}
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| country = India
| language = Malayalam
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}}
'''''Kummatty''''' ({{lang-en|italic=yes|The [[Bogeyman]]}}) is a 1979 [[Malayalam film]] written and directed by [[G. Aravindan]]. Ramunni, Master Ashok and Vilasini Reema form the cast.<ref>https://dff.nic.in/images/Documents/142_IPCatalogue1979-80.pdf</ref>

==Plot==
The film is a Pied Piper-like figment of Malabar's folklore about a partly mythic and partly real magician called Kummatty (bogeyman). Kummatty materialises from nature one day to mingle with and weave a spell of carefree abandon around the children of the village. Kummatty travels from place to place and entertains children with dancing, singing and performing magic. At one such performance at a village, Kummatty starts to mingle with and weave a spell of carefree abandon around the children of the village. He turns a group of children into animals. But one boy, who was changed into a dog, is chased away and misses the moment Kummatty changed the children back to their human form. The dog-boy has to wait a year until Kummatty returns to the village to get back his human form. All ends well and Kummatty melts back into nature.

==Cast==
*Ambalappuzha Ravunni
*Ashok Unnikrishnan
*Kottara Gopalakrishnan Nair
*[[Kuttyedathi Vilasini]]

==Soundtrack==
The music was composed by [[M. G. Radhakrishnan]] and [[Kavalam Narayana Panicker]] and the lyrics were written by [[Kavalam Narayana Panicker]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.malayalachalachithram.com/movie.php?i=967|title=Kummaatti|accessdate=2014-10-12|publisher=www.malayalachalachithram.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://malayalasangeetham.info/m.php?1048|title=Kummaatti|accessdate=2014-10-12|publisher=malayalasangeetham.info}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! No. !! Song !! Singers !! Lyrics !! Length (m:ss)
|-
| 1 || "Aandiyambalam" || [[Kavalam Narayana Panicker]] || Kavalam Narayana Panicker ||
|-
| 2 || "Aarambatheerambathu" || Kavalam Narayana Panicker || Kavalam Narayana Panicker ||
|-
| 3 || "Aarambhathu" || || Kavalam Narayana Panicker ||
|-
| 4 || "Karukare Kaarmukil" || Kavalam Narayana Panicker || Kavalam Narayana Panicker ||
|-
| 5 || "Karukare Kaarmukil" (Fast) || Chorus || Kavalam Narayana Panicker ||
|-
| 6 || "Maanathe Macholam" || Kavalam Narayana Panicker || Kavalam Narayana Panicker ||
|-
| 7 || "Maanathe Macholam" || Chorus || Kavalam Narayana Panicker ||
|-
| 8 || "Muthassikkadhayile" || [[K. S. Chithra]], Manju, Asha, Usha || Kavalam Narayana Panicker ||
|-
| 9 || "Muthassikkadhayile" (Version 1) || || Kavalam Narayana Panicker ||
|-
| 10 || "Naadan Paattu" || || Kavalam Narayana Panicker ||
|-
| 11 || "Odiyodikkali" || Kavalam Narayana Panicker, Chorus || Kavalam Narayana Panicker ||
|-
| 12 || "Paandeedem" || Kavalam Narayana Panicker || Kavalam Narayana Panicker ||
|}

==Awards==
* [[Kerala State Film Award for Best Children's Film]]

==Legacy==
In 2012, filmmaker [[Ashim Ahluwalia]] included the film in his personal top ten (for [[The Sight & Sound Top 50 Greatest Films of All Time]] poll), writing: "G. Aravindan – the most interesting Indian filmmaker ever. Sadly none of his work is in distribution."<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/sightandsoundpoll2012/voter/886 |title=BFI |website=www.bfi.org.uk}}</ref>

==2021 Restoration==
In July 19,2021 [[The Film Foundation]]'s World Cinema Project, a program created by filmmaker [[Martin Scorsese]] in 2007, the Film Heritage Foundation and Italy-based Cineteca di Bologna collaborated to restore the film which had lost its rich color palette over the years with [[Scorsese]] notably saying: “Aravindan was a visionary director and Kummatty is considered among his greatest work. The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project will share this film with the wider audience it deserves, making it a true cinematic discovery."
The film was restored at the L’Immagine Ritrovata lab in Bologna, Italy, and had its world restoration premiere at the Il Cinema Ritrovato festival later that month.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/g-aravindans-kummatty-to-be-restored-to-original-glory/article35380748.ece|title=The Hindu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.film-foundation.org/world-cinema|title=World Cinema Program}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{cite web|url=http://www.chaosmag.in/aravindan.html|title=Aravindan's profile|date=|publisher=India Film database|accessdate=11 April 2011}}
* {{cite magazine|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl2701/stories/19890610160.htm |title=Aravindan's art |accessdate=11 April 2011 |author=Sashi Kumar |date=25 January 2010 |magazine=[[Frontline (magazine)|Frontline]] |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101020084908/http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl2701/stories/19890610160.htm |archivedate=20 October 2010 }}
* {{IMDb title|0079422}}

{{G. Aravindan}}

[[Category:1970s Malayalam-language films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Films directed by G. Aravindan]]

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