Magic Magic 3D

Magic Magic 3D
Lobby card for the Hindi dub
Directed by Jose Punnoose
Produced by Navodaya Studio
Written by Gokula Krishnan (Tamil dialogues)
Vennelakanti (Telugu dialogues)
Shammi Thilakan (Malayalam dialogues)
Vani Arora (Hindi dialogues)
Screenplay by T. K. Rajeev Kumar
Raghunath Paleri
Starring Suraj Balajee
S.P. Balasubramaniam
Tirlok Malik
Pooja Kumar
Music by Sharreth
Cinematography A. B. Kaul
Edited by N. P. Sathish
Distributed by Shringar films (Hindi version)
Release date
 11 April 2003[1]
Running time
 105 minutes
Country India
Language
Budget ₹14 crore (US$1.9 million)[2]
Box office ₹237.4 million (US$3.3 million)[3]

Magic Magic 3D is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language fantasy film in stereoscopic 3D directed by Jose Punnoose. The film stars Suraj Balajee, S.P. Balasubramaniam, Tirlok Malik and Pooja Kumar. It was dubbed in Malayalam, Telugu and Hindi, with the Hindi dub being titled as Chota Jadugar (Small Magician).[4][5] It won the National Film Award for Best Special Effects.

Plot

A group of children search for Indrajeet (Suraj Balajee) to convey the news that his father Krishna (Tirlok Malik) has returned from the United States. But Indrajeet scares them away with his magic tricks. Indrajeet lives with his grandfather, a magician Acharya (S. P. Balasubrahmanyam) in Mayapuri. The boy's mother died when he was an infant. Acharya teaches him all the magic but never sent him to school for basic education. Krishna, who runs a successful Indian channel in the US, arrives up to take away his son for education. Indrajeet refuses to leave his grandfather but is forcibly sent to New York City.

Indrajeet wakes up in another house where he finds an American woman waking him up. He meets his stepmother (Pooja Kumar) but soon he runs away from home and befriends three run-away orphans and a wonder dog who belongs to Mahesh and Lude, two petty thieves. Meanwhile, Acharya comes to New York in search of his grandson who gets kidnapped by the thieves and in the climax he, along with the dog, saves Indrajeet using all the 3D effects in the world.

Cast

  • Suraj Balajee as Indrajeet
  • S.P. Balasubramaniam as Acharya
  • Tirlok Malik as Indrajeet's father Krishna
  • Pooja Kumar as Indrajeet's stepmother Deepti
  • Mohan Raman as Oor Thalaivar (Netaji in Hindi)
  • Halwa Vasu as servant
  • Mahendran as one of Indrajit's friends
  • Julia Rusastky as Kiki
  • Julian Carey as Tyrone
  • Justin Melvin as Yogi
  • Andrea Alton as Maid
  • Al Dioro as Villain 1
  • Owen Burke as Villain 2
  • Barkley as Romeo the dog (Raja in Hindi)

Production

70% of Magic Magic was shot in New York City. According to Jose, the film took roughly 140 days to complete.[6]

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Sharreth and Jagan.

Tamil version
  • Kanne Chella — SPB, Chithra
  • Vanavilil — Sunidhi Chauhan
  • Yaar Indha Kuttichathan — SPB, Sunidhi Chauhan
  • Chandramandalam — Sunidhi Chauhan
Hindi version[7]
  • Taalido — SPB, Chithra
  • Kaun Hai Yeh — SPB, Sunidhi Chauhan
  • Indradhanush — Sunidhi Chauhan

Release

Reception

Sify stated that it "is technically tacky, made in a shoddy manner and lacks a basic storyline that will not gel with today's children".[8] However, IdleBrain said, "Don't forget to take kids along with you. They need to watch this movie more than you!!"[9] The film won the National Film Award for Best Special Effects.[10]

Box office

Magic Magic 3D, made on a budget of ₹10 million (US$140,000),[11] grossed totally ₹90.8 million (US$1.3 million) and was thus a commercial success.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Chota Jadugar Synopsis – Malayalam Movie". Apunkachoice.com. Retrieved 2012-03-21.
  2. ↑ http://www.idlebrain.com/movie/archive/mr-magicmagic.html
  3. 1 2 "Chota Jadugar – Starring . Chota Jadugar's box office, news, reviews, video, pictures, and music soundtrack". Iwww.ibosnetwork.com. Retrieved 2012-03-21.
  4. ↑ "Chota Jadugar (2003) – IMDB". IMDB. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
  5. ↑ http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2003/04/11/stories/2003041101000300.htm
  6. ↑ http://www.rediff.com/movies/2003/apr/03chota.htm
  7. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMJxxmEwXZw
  8. ↑ "Movie Review:Magic Magic". Sify. Retrieved 2012-03-21.
  9. ↑ "Movie review – Magic Magic". Idle Brain. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
  10. ↑ "50th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
  11. ↑ "The Hindu Business Line : 3-D cinema makes a comeback, peddling Rangeela, Chocos". Thehindubusinessline.in. 15 March 2003. Retrieved 2012-03-21.
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