Kaattumaina

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{{Infobox film

| image = Kaattumaina poster.jpg

| caption = Theatrical release poster in Malayalam

| director = M. Krishnan Nair

| producer = P. Subramaniam

| writer = Neela
Nagavally R. S. Kurup (dialogues)

| screenplay = Nagavally R. S. Kurup

| starring = J. Sasikumar
K. V. Shanthi
Muttathara Soman
Muthukulam Raghavan Pillai

| music = Br Lakshmanan

| cinematography =

| editing = N. Gopalakrishnan

| studio = Neela

| released = {{Film date|1963|08|31|Malayalam|1963|10|18|Tamil|df=y}}

| country = India

| language = Malayalam
Tamil

}}

Kaattumaina ({{translation|Forest Myna}}) is a 1963 Indian film, directed by M. Krishnan Nair and produced by P. Subramaniam. Shot simultaneously in Malayalam and Tamil languages, the film stars J. Sasikumar, K. V. Shanthi, Muttathara Soman and Muthukulam Raghavan Pillai. The Malayalam version was released on 31 August 1963, and the Tamil version on 18 October.{{Cite magazine |date=27 October 1963 |title=காட்டுமைனா |url=https://archive.org/details/kalki1963-10-27/page/94/mode/2up |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240628125614/https://archive.org/details/kalki1963-10-27/page/94/mode/2up |archive-date=28 June 2024 |access-date=28 June 2024 |magazine=Kalki |page=94 |language=ta |via=Internet Archive}}{{Cite news |last=Vijayakumar |first=B. |date=12 February 2012 |title=Blast from the past – Kaattumaina 1963 |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/blast-from-the-past-kaattumaina-1963/article2883178.ece |url-status=live |access-date=13 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210913044231/https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/blast-from-the-past-kaattumaina-1963/article2883178.ece |archive-date=13 September 2021}} Both versions were successful.{{Cite news |date=2012-07-29 |title=Kaattu Mallika (1966) |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/kaattu-mallika-1966/article3699696.ece |access-date=2024-06-28 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |archive-date=12 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210712083746/https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/kaattu-mallika-1966/article3699696.ece |url-status=live }}