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| director=B. Satya
| producer= Bhargava Kodavanti
| writer= Hota Agni Kumar & B. Satya 
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| released={{Film date|2006|07|21|df=y}}
| runtime=120 minutes
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'''''Kittu''''' ({{langx|te|కిట్టు}}) is a 2006 [[traditional animation|traditionally animated]] Indian feature film.  It is the first animated film to be made in the [[Telugu language]]. It won the [[National Film Awards|National Film Award]] and is also credited with AP state award (Nandi Award) as second best children's film 2006.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080912025137/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2006/01/31/stories/2006013100890400.htm First full-length animation in Telugu] [[The Hindu]], 31 January 2006.</ref>

== Production ==

It was produced by Bhargava Kodavanti, of [[Bhargava Pictures]] and directed by B. Sathya and released on 21 July 2006.  The film is approximately 125 minutes long.<ref>[http://www.cinegoer.com/archives/january2006.htm CineGoer.com - News Archives - January 2006<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060302045929/http://www.cinegoer.com/archives/january2006.htm |date=2 March 2006 }}</ref>

==Awards==
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! Year
! Name of Competition
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! Result
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| rowspan=2|2008
|[[Nandi Awards of 2006|Nandi Awards 2006]]
|Second Best Children's Film
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|''Kittu''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.idlebrain.com/news/2000march20/nandiawards2006.html|title = Nandi award winners list 2006 - telugu cinema, et}}</ref>
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|[[54th National Film Awards]]
|[[National Film Award for Best Animated Film|Best Animated Film]]
| {{Won}}
|Bhargava Kodavanti<br>B. Sathya<ref name="54thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/54th_nff_2006.pdf|title=54th National Film Awards|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]|accessdate=24 March 2012}}</ref>
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== See also ==

* [[Cinema of Andhra Pradesh]]
* [[List of Indian animated feature films]]

== References ==
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== External links ==

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060426012328/http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/telugu/trailer/8144.html ''Kittu'' at India Glitz]
* [http://telugutanam.blogspot.com/2006/01/kittu-first-telugu-2d-animated-film.html Post on a blog about Telugu language] {{in lang|en}}

{{India Animation Industry}}
{{National Film Award Best Animated Film}}

[[Category:2006 animated films]]
[[Category:2006 films]]
[[Category:Animated feature films]]
[[Category:Indian animated films]]
[[Category:2000s Telugu-language films]]
[[Category:Best Animated Feature Film National Film Award winners]]
[[Category:Animated films about apes]]


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