Mutha, the Golden Boy) is a 1993 Indian Kannada language children's film, directed by T. S. Nagabharana, starring H. G. Dattatreya and Master Vijay Raghavendra.

[2] It also won four awards at the 1993-94 Karnataka State Film Awards; Best Children Film, Best Music Director (C. Ashwath), Best Child Actor - Male (Master Vijay Raghavendra) and Best Female Playback Singer (Manjula Gururaj).

The playful Mutha becomes a lonely soul after the grandmother dies and becomes a bonded labourer in the house of village head.

He gets into a group of young boys engaged in shoe-lifting as a livelihood under the loving care and able guidance of Daada.

Slowly and steadily, Mutha comes up as an acknowledged runner and with hard training and perseverance, goes on to win the gold medal in the state level competition.

He wants to bring all those Daada's boys also into Saavant's camp, so that they can also experience the thrill of a purposeful life as he has experienced.