Little John is a 2001 Indian fantasy film written, executive produced and directed by Singeetam Srinivasa Rao.

The film opens with a historical story in which the goddess Parvathi while performing dance with her husband Lord Shiva drops her nose stud (Mookuththi in Tamil) on the Earth and because of which a temple was raised named "Mookuththi Amman temple" in Tamil Nadu.

John McKenzie (Bentley Mitchum), an American student from Pittsburgh comes to India to visit and research the Mookuththi Amman temple and stays in his Indian friend Vasu's home.

[1] But when the chance bypassed him, it led to an opportunity to make Little John which would star an American lead actor.

[2][3][4] The American actor revealed he was surprised that he made it through his audition and had never watched an Indian film and only had read Rao's resume.

[5] Ash Chandler, an English speaking comedian of Indian descent, was also selected to play a role in the film.

[6] Prakash Raj was also roped in to play the role of Kalabhairava, revealing he had to sit before the makeup man from 5 am to get ready for a 9 am shot.

[8] Crazy Mohan, Sushma Ahuja and Mark Jaslov wrote the dialogues for the Tamil, Hindi and English versions respectively.

The film won above average reviews,[13] with The New Straits Times wrote that the "movie is good in two aspects: its fantastic hit songs and real graphics", while about the performances the critic writes that "Mitchum is charming and likeable" and "Jyothika looks sweet with her new make-up".