Kutti Pisasu in Tamil, Bombat Car in Kannada and Cara Majaka in Telugu is a 2010 Indian multilingual fantasy film written and directed by Rama Narayanan, who returns after an eight-year sabbatical. The film stars Baby Geethika, Ramji, Rajiv Kanakala, Ravishankar Gowda, Sangeetha, Mithila Naik, and Ramya Krishnan, while Riyaz Khan, Shafi, Ganja Karuppu, and Nassar play supporting roles. Each version has a slightly different supporting cast. The Tamil version was dubbed in Hindi as Magic Robot and in Bengali as Robot - The Magic Car.
Plot The film opens with Kaali / Kalika (Ramya Krishnan) establishing her powers with a couple of sequences, including reducing a screen scorcher (Nassar) to a pale shadow. Cut to the present, where Priya / Durga (Geethika) is the intelligent daughter of Ramji / Ravishankar Gowda / Rajiv Kanakala and Gayathri (Sangeetha), who treat her like the apple of their eyes. Soon, she is possessed by the spirit of Savithri (Kaveri / Mithila Naik), who was ditched by her fiancé Nanjappan / Mahendra (Riyaz Khan). With the help of Kaali, it is the now the turn of Savithri and her brother (Ganja Karuppu / Sharan / Ali) to take revenge. How they punish Nanjappan / Mahendra and his sorcerer friend (Shafi) is the rest of the story.
Cast Actor (Tamil) Actor (Telugu) Actor (Kannada) Role (Tamil) Role (Kannada) Role (Telugu) Baby Geethika Priya Durga Sangeetha Gayathri Ramya Krishnan Goddess Kaali Goddess Kalika Riyaz Khan Nanjappan Selvadore Nagendra Ganja Karuppu Ali Sharan Kaveri Mithila Naik Savithri Delhi Ganesh L. B. Sriram Doddanna Priya's grandfather Durga's grandfather Ramji Rajiv Kanakala Ravishankar Gowda Priya's father Durga's father Kadhal Dhandapani Shafi Mandhira Moorthy Mantra Moorthy Amit Tiwari Nanjappan's friend Selvadore's friend Mahendra's friend Nassar British man Livingston Killer Venkatesh Police officer Alex Horse rider K. Sivasankar Dance master colspan="2" Bank Janardhan Waiter Tamil version Ramji as Pichumani Ganja Karuppu as Karuppu Dhandapani as Kudu Kuduppu Kullamuni Telugu version Rajeev Kanakala Ali as Rambabu L. B. Sriram as Shastry Kannada version Ravishankar Gowda Sharan Doddanna Dhandapani as Budubuduke Kullamuni
Production Geetika was cast in this film after winning season 5 of the Telugu-language dance show Aata Juniors. She was credited in Kannada as Kruthika. A Morris Minor car that turns into a giant named "Car Man" is the film's antagonist. The car that featured in the film was made specially for the movie. Actress Sangeetha was cast as one of the leads.
Soundtrack Soundtrack was composed by Deva. Tamil Tracklist No. Song Singers Lyrics Length (m:ss) 1 "Dole Dole" Vaishali, Chorus Jayanth 04:51 2 "Chennai Pattanam" Vaishali R. Pawan 04:23 3 "Thangachi" Krishnaraj, K. S. Chithra Rama Narayanan 05:00 4 "Kutti Pisasu" Divya, Vaishali Erode Iraivan 05:18
Kannada Tracklist No. Song Lyrics 1 "Putta Putta" Dwarki Raghav 2 "Gelliri Nammavaru" 3 "Nanna Mudhu Tangi" 4 "Damaku Damaku"
Telugu Tracklist No. Song 1 "Dole Dole" 2 "Gelupu Naadi Gajala" 3 "Tallini Minchu" 4 "Konte Pisachi"
Critical reception Tamil version Sify wrote "The special effects and graphics are just ok; otherwise there is nothing in the film. Ramanarayanan has tried to mix witchcraft, sorcery, crass comedy with modern graphics borrowed from films like ?The Transformer? and ?The Car?. It is meant strictly for the consumption of interior Tamil Nadu audiences." The Times of India wrote "This is strictly for the masses, and although may turn out to be cotton candy for mothers and kids, you can't help feeling that Rama Narayanan has been away from direction for too long. It shows." Rediff wrote "Story-wise, there's no great variation from predecessors like all the Amma movies but this one comes with an interesting ghost-twist. On the flip side, the production values are tacky, the acting juvenile and the screenplay downright silly." The Hindu wrote "There's little to say in terms of story or production value. Strange, considering director Rama. Narayanan is a veteran in children's and godly movies, even if they are terribly over-the-top!".
Kannada version Deccan Herald opined that "With most films boasting of superior, state-of-art technology, "Bombat Car" looks like a pathetic attempt to win back the traditional audience of such films - women and small children. However, with able support from the graphics and special effects guys, the effect is tolerable - the handsome robot dancing in tandem with the prancing kid, not at all conveying menace. Bangalore Mirror wrote that Rama Narayanan "manages to keep the film interesting. There is no logic to what transpires, but it is fun to watch. And it won't be just kids who will find it enjoyable.
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