Ente Mamattukkuttiyammakku is a 1983 Malayalam film produced by Navodaya Appachan and directed by Fazil. This was Shalini's first movie. She acted in this movie when she was three years old and won the Kerala State Film Award

Kerala State Film Award

The Kerala State Film Awards are the most prestigious film awards for a motion picture made in Kerala. The awards have been bestowed by Kerala State Chalachitra Academy since 1998 on behalf of the Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala, India....

 for Best Child Artiste The film was remade, soon after in Tamil

Tamil language

Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore...

 as En Bommukutty Ammavukku

En Bommukutty Ammavukku

En Bommukutty Ammavuku is a 1988 Indian film starring Geetu Mohandas, Satyaraj, Suhasini and Raghuvaran is remake of Ente Mamattikkuttiyammakku by Fazil.-Plot:...

, by the same director.

Plot

A couple (Sangeeta Naik & Bharath Gopi

Bharath Gopi

V. Gopinathan Nair, popularly known as Bharath Gopi was an Indian film actor, producer, and director. He was one of the first actors to be associated with the New Wave cinema movement in Kerala....

) who lost their daughter in an accident,decides to adopt a girl from the local orphanage. But problems arise when the child's real Mother (Poornima Jayaram

Poornima Jayaram

Poornima Jayaram is an Indian film actress of Malayalam, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu films. She was a mainstream actress of the 80's. Her pairing with Shankar in Malayalam was a hit. She is married to Tamil director, actor, producer and script-writer Bhagyaraj and has a son Shantanu Bhagyaraj, who is...

) & Father (Mohanlal

Mohanlal

Mohanlal Vishwanathan Nair , known mononymously as Mohanlal , is a National Award-winning Indian actor, producer, singer and writer who is well known for his versatile and natural acting in Indian cinema & hence widely known as the Universal Star...

) seeks to find her.

Cast

• Bharath Gopi
  Bharath Gopi
  V. Gopinathan Nair, popularly known as Bharath Gopi was an Indian film actor, producer, and director. He was one of the first actors to be associated with the New Wave cinema movement in Kerala....
  
   as Vinod
• Shalini as Mamattukuttiyama / Tintu (Baby Shalini
  Shalini Kumar
  Shalini Ajith , also known simply as Shalini, is a South Indian film actress who debuted in the Malayalam movie Ente Mamattikkuttiyammakku on Navodaya's banner at the age of three and continued to perform in many films as a child actor...
  
  )
• Sangeeta Naik as Sethulakshmi
• Mohanlal
  Mohanlal
  Mohanlal Vishwanathan Nair , known mononymously as Mohanlal , is a National Award-winning Indian actor, producer, singer and writer who is well known for his versatile and natural acting in Indian cinema & hence widely known as the Universal Star...
  
   as Alex
• Poornima Jayaram
  Poornima Jayaram
  Poornima Jayaram is an Indian film actress of Malayalam, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu films. She was a mainstream actress of the 80's. Her pairing with Shankar in Malayalam was a hit. She is married to Tamil director, actor, producer and script-writer Bhagyaraj and has a son Shantanu Bhagyaraj, who is...
  
   as Mercy

Awards

Kerala State Film Awards - 1983

• Best Film
  Kerala State Film Award for Best Film
  The Kerala State Film Award for Best Film winners:- References :* * Specific...
  
  
• Best Director
  Kerala State Film Award for Best Director
  The Kerala State Film Award for Best Director winners:-References:**...
  
   - Fazil
  Fazil
  A. M. Fazil is an Indian filmmaker, producer, and screenwriter of Malayalam cinema.His father wanted him to be a doctor, but in school and college, extra curricular activities engulfed him. He wrote plays, enacted them with his friends A. M. Fazil (born 1953, in Alleppey, Kerala) is an Indian...
  
  
• Best Actor
  Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor
  The Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor has been awarded annually in India since 1969. The Kerala State Film Awards were managed directly by the Government of Kerala's Department of Cultural Affairs until 1997; they are now given by the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy, an autonomous non-profit...
  
   – Bharath Gopi
  Bharath Gopi
  V. Gopinathan Nair, popularly known as Bharath Gopi was an Indian film actor, producer, and director. He was one of the first actors to be associated with the New Wave cinema movement in Kerala....
  
  
• Best Child Artist
  Kerala State Film Award for Best Child Artist
  The Kerala State Film Award for Best Child Artist winners are the following:-References:**...
  
   – Baby Shalini
  Shalini Kumar
  Shalini Ajith , also known simply as Shalini, is a South Indian film actress who debuted in the Malayalam movie Ente Mamattikkuttiyammakku on Navodaya's banner at the age of three and continued to perform in many films as a child actor...