Marykkundoru Kunjaadu

Marykkundoru Kunjaadu (transl.  Mary Had a Little Lamb) is a 2010 Malayalam-language comedy film directed by Shafi, starring Dileep, Biju Menon and Bhavana in lead roles, with Vijayaraghavan, Vinaya Prasad, Jagathy Sreekumar and Innocent in supporting roles. The film was released on 25 December 2010 and received highly positive reviews,^[3] which went on to become a Blockbuster completing 150 days. The movie was remade in Hindi by Priyadarshan in 2012 as Kamaal Dhamaal Malamaal.

Marykkundoru Kunjaadu
Theatrical poster
Directed by	Shafi
Written by	Benny P Nayarambalam
Produced by	Vaishakh Rajan
Starring	Dileep Biju Menon Bhavana
Cinematography	Shamdat Sainudeen
Edited by	Manoj Sangeeth Kollam
Music by	Berny Ignatius
Distributed by	Vysakh Cinemas & PJ Entertainments
Release date	25 December 2010 (2010-12-25)
Running time	135 minutes
Country	India
Language	Malayalam
Budget	₹3.5 crore (US$410,000)[1]
Box office	₹22.5 crore (US$2.7 million)[2]

Plot

The story takes place in a remote village in the Kerala Highranges. Solomon, the son of the village sexton, Geevarghese , a simple soul who is quiet in nature and fears virtually everything around, thus earning the nickname Kunjaadu (little lamb). His mother, Mary, was Ittichan's crush. He named his daughter Mary after Solomon's mother. He wanted Solomon to love his daughter dearly and then he would marry her to some other person so that he gets to know the pain that he felt when he lost his love. He promises the church that he will give another cross made out of gold to the church if Solomon marries some other girl but if he wants to marry his daughter then Solomon must give a cross to church. Mary has been in love with Solomon right from their childhood days. Mary’s brothers however despise Solomon and they thrash him every chance they get since they vehemently oppose their sister’s relationship with him. Meanwhile, a man, who looks and behaves like a dreaded and terrorised criminal, comes to Solomon's house and Solomon, who is overjoyed at getting some fearless company, gets the man accepted by his whole family under the illusion that he is his long-lost brother Jose. He does so much for the family and gets involved in agriculture and develops the family's living. He even fights Mary’s brothers while they attack Solomon. Later, Solomon finds that there is more to his so called brother than he thought initially, and that he raped and killed a girl and was imprisoned for seven years. Solomon warns his family that even if he is their brother, they should be alert or else he'll burn down the house. His parents don't take it seriously but later when the family is away, Jose burns the house down and everyone thinks it is Solomon who did it. Unable to prove to his innocence and when everyone blames him, Solomon decides to commit suicide, but when he was about to do it, Jose comes there with his old friend and finds out that he burned the house to move Solomon's family. He also finds out that Jose has stolen the cross, hid it in Solomon's land seven years ago and has returned to retrieve it. Solomon and Jose learns that Jose's old friend, who also wants the golden cross, was the real person who killed the girl, who was actually Jose's lover. A fight occurs between Solomon, Jose and Jose's friend, where Jose's friend gets beaten up and subdued by Jose. The next morning, Solomon rings the church bell and tells that he got the cross and saves Jose by telling that he was the one who help him capture the thief as Solomon always considered him as a brother. Everyone is happy and Ittichan gives his daughter's hand to Solomon.

Cast

• Dileep as M. G. Solomon / Kunjaadu
  • Master Dhananjay as young Solomon
• Biju Menon as Jose, Solomon's elder brother/nameless thief who came to steal the golden cross
• Bhavana as Mary, Solomon's love interest
  • Nikitha Naiyyar as young Mary
• Vijayaraghavan as Manimalayil Geevarghese, Solomon's father
• Vinaya Prasad as Marychedathy, Solomon's mother
• Jagathy Sreekumar as Fr. Joseph Kundukuzhy (Kundukuzhy Achan), the village priest
• Innocent as Ittichan, Mary's father
• Salim Kumar as Lolappan, the coffin dealer and Solomon's friend
• Renjusha Menon as Lolappan's wife
• Anand as Johnykutty, Mary's brother
• Appa Haja as Kunjachan, Mary's brother
• Kochu Preman as Charlie, Mary's uncle
• Saju Kodiyan as villager
• Sajitha Betti as Celine
• Sreelatha Namboothiri as Celine' s mother
• Nimisha Suresh as M. G. Sisily, Solomon's sister
• Jai as M.G. Seleena, Solomon's sister
• Ambika Mohan as Nancy, Mary's mother
• Ponnamma Babu as Chantha Maria
• Chali Pala as Thoma
• T. P. Madhavan as Dr. Pisharody
• Prem Prakash as Doctor
• Subbalakshmi as Ammachi special appearance in the song Entadukkel Vannirikkum
• Kalabhavan Haneef as Achankunju, Bus conductor

Soundtrack

Marykkundoru Kunjaadu
Soundtrack album by Berny-Ignatius
Released	20 December 2010 (2010-12-20)
Recorded	2010
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	21:35
Label	Satyam Music Through Matrubhumi Music
Producer	Berny-Ignatius

The soundtrack of the film was released on 20 December 2010. It had music scored by composers Berny-Ignatius". Lyrics were provided by Anil Panachooran. There was no special launch for the audio release and the music were given straight through the audio sellers.

All lyrics are written by Anil Panachooran.

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Enttadukke"	Shankar Mahadevan, Rimi Tomy, Pappukutty Bhagavathar, Subbalakshmi	4:35
2.	"Pancharachiri"	Franco, Sithara Krishnakumar	4:33
3.	"Kunjaade Kurumbanade"	Madhu Balakrishnan	4:29
4.	"Changathi Kuyile"	Master Anuragh, Kumari Yogini V Prabhu	3:29
5.	"Kunjaade"	Sithara	4:29

Release

The film was released on 25 December 2010.

Critical reception

The Rediff critic rated the film 3 stars out of 5. Lead actors, Dileep's and Biju Menon's, performances were praised, and the credit was equally shared by the writer-director team. The film worked well.^[4]

Box office

The film went on to become commercial success,^{[5][6][7][8][9][10][11]} which completed 150 days in theatres and eventually became the second highest grossing Malayalam film of 2010 behind Pokkiri Raja.^[12][13][14]