My Dear Bootham is a heartfelt, if slightly overcooked, story of a schoolboy and his genie pal, Karnamukhi. Once a king of jinns, Karna has been cursed by a sage to turn into a statue and banished to earth. Only a human's touch can release him from his stony prison, even after which he cannot straightaway return to the bhoothlok and back to his beloved son. He must first serve his saviour for 48 days, and within that time get him to read a mantra, or else Karna turns to dust. Easy-peasy.
Only, Karna's saviour turns out to be a child with a prominent stutter. Forget the mantra, t....