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| Albhutha Dweepu | |
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| Directed by | Vinayan |
| Produced by | T.K. Appukuttan, P.A. Philipos |
| Written by |
Vinayan, Ashok and Shasi (dialogue) |
| Starring |
Prithviraj Sukumaran Guinness Pakru Mallika Kapoor Jagathy sreekumar Jagadeesh Indrans |
| Music by | M. Jayachandran |
| Cinematography | Shajikumar |
| Edited by | G. Murali |
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Release date
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1 April 2005 |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Albhutha Dweepu (Malayalam: അത്ഭുതദ്വീപ്) is a 2005 Malayalam-language Indian movie, directed by Vinayan. Prithviraj, Ajaykumar and Mallika Kapoor appear in lead roles in the movie. The movie is about a mysterious island where all the men are dwarfs and all the women, normal.
Albhutha Dweepu was released in 2005 and the remake rights were sold almost immediately to Hollywood director Ron Howard who was in India at that time. But later the project was cancelled. The film was dubbed in Tamil as Arputha Theevu with additional scenes reshot with Manivannan, Karunas and Vaiyapuri. Tamil version was released in 2007.
The film features Ajaykumar (Pakru) as the dwarf prince Gajendra. He has made an entry into the Guinness Book of Records through this character for being the shortest actor (86 cm height) to play a full-length character in a film.
Prithviraj Sukumaran, Jagathy Sreekumar, Jagadheesh and Indrans work for the Indian Navy, who later reach a sea shore of an unknown island as a result of shipwreck. There, they find two of their colleagues killed by the dwarfs and decide to take asylum in the village's temple so they won't be found.
They later learn that all the males in that village are dwarfs as a result of a curse laid upon them by their god Kantharvan. All the ladies are 5 ft. or taller. The dwarfs are banned from entering the Kantharva temple and it is believed that if they enter the temple by force their head will break into pieces.
Mallika Kapoor,daughter of the dwarf king Jagathy Sreekumar and the princess of the island who is engaged to Guinness Pakru sees Prithviraj in the temple and believes that he is the real Kantharvan. Both of them fall in love with each other at the first sight. She helps them with food and shelter unknowing to her father and fiancee. Prithviraj and his friends secretly start building a boat for them to escape.
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