Malli

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Director/Script : Santosh Sivan Story/Camera : Santosh Sivan. Screenplay/Script : Santosh Sivan & Ravi Deshpande. Dialogue : CK Raja & Chandrashekhar. Synopsis : Malli, a ten year old girl, tries her best to help her poor parents by collecting firewood In between; she spies on Mr. Doctor, the village Vet, who constantly converses with his patients from the animal world. Malli actually hero worships him; and even tries to imitate him secretly She has just two personal dreams: To own a new dress for the festival; and To get the Blue Bead which can cure her friends inborn deficiency. Old Monu, the village storyteller had m in her tale of The Good Spirit. Monu habitually conceives purely imaginary heroic tales which impress Malli very deeply. In that story, Monu illustrated how a Good Spirit once had gjven Monu a Blue Bead as a gift. Malli bribes ! Monu with some honey. In return Monu recites to nonsensical, meaningless rhyme for inviting the Spirit. One back night, Malli tries to invite the Spirit with the rhyme, in vain. On the Festival Malli is thrilled with her new yellow dress her way back from the woods, she rescues a fawn shot down by a poacher. After a long, hazardous journey through thick woods she reaches the Vets house late at night and waits through the night while he treats the injured fawn. In the morning she begins her long trek back home with the new pet. At the riverside, finding the fawns happy reaction to its bird community, Malli sets it free.Her dispair ...