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Directed by Jose Punnoose Director Jose Punnoose | 3.6/10 IMDb Release date 11 April 2003 (India) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Written by Gokula Krishnan (Tamil dialogues)Vennelakanti (Telugu dialogues)Shammi Thilakan (Malayalam dialogues)Vani Arora (Hindi dialogues) Screenplay by T. K. Rajeev KumarRaghunath Paleri Starring Suraj BalajeeS.P. BalasubramaniamTirlok MalikPooja Kumar Box office 237.4 million INR (US$3.5 million) Cast S P Balasubrahmanyam, Pooja Kumar, Sooraj Balaji, Tirlok Malik, Julia Rusatsky Similar Magical movies, Fantasy movies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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). It won the National Film Award for Best Special Effects.
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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 funny petty thieves. Meanwhile, Acharya comes to New York in search of his grandson who gets kidnapped by the bumbling idiots and in the climax he, along with the dog, saves Indrajeet using all the 3D effects in the world.
Cast
Production
70% of Magic Magic was shot in New York City, United States. According to Jose, the film took roughly 140 days to complete.
Soundtrack
The music was composed by Sharreth and Jagan.
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". However, IdleBrain said, "Don't forget to take kids along with you. They need to watch this movie more than you!!" The film won the National Film Award for Best Special Effects.
Box office
Magic Magic 3D, made on a budget of ₹10 million (US$150,000), grossed totally ₹90.8 million (US$1.3 million) and was thus a commercial success.