chhota chetan poster

Classic Bollywood movie poster of the Hindi 3D film, Chhota Chetan (1998) for sale.

This is an actual surviving original publicity poster of the 1998 film Chhota Chetan, which was a dubbed version of India’s first 3-D film, My Dear Kuttichathan (1984) made in Malayalam.

Chhota Chetan was one of the first classic Bollywood movies to introduce DTS for a stereoscopic 3D feature film and was a huge success at the box office, making this poster highly collectible!

Printed and circulated during the early release of the film (Late 1990s), this classic Hindi movie poster was originally designed for publicity of the film but never ended up being used.

This photographic classic Bollywood poster features a large close up photograph of actress Urmila Matondkar in a glamorous dancing pose on the top. The poster capitalizes on the 3D aspect of the film, and announces itself as “India’s first 3D film” seen below the title.

The film revolves around the story of a little boy called Chetan who possesses magical powers. Several scenes from the original Malayalam version of the film were retained and clubbed with new scenes shot with the Bollywood star cast comprising Urmila Matondkar, Dalip Tahil, Satish Kaushik & Shakti Kapoor for the film’s Hindi release.