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Pachakuthira Audio CD cover
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| Directed by | Kamal |
| Produced by | babu shahir |
| Written by | T. A. Shahid |
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Dileep Gopika Salim Kumar Siddique |
| Music by | Ilaiyaraaja |
| Cinematography | P. Sukumar |
| Distributed by | Varnachithra |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Pachakuthira (translation: Grasshopper) is a 2006 Malayalam comedy-drama film directed by Kamal and starring Dileep and Gopika. It was a box office success.
A junior artist in movies, Anandakkuttan, meets his long-lost German brother, Akash Menon. However, his brother is mentally unstable and he causes trouble to everyone including the neighbors. Initially Anandakkuttan hates Akash Menon, but finally he develops a bond between his brother and himself. This film has similarity to the English movie Rain Man.
It released in more than 50 theatres and had a good collection of 1.5 crore in first 6 days. The credit is to the dual role of Dileep as both as a young man and as an autistic patient.