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

Marykkundoru Kunjaadu
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;
Running time	135 minutes
Country	India
Language	Malayalam
Budget	₹3.5 crore (US$420,000)
Box office	₹22.5 crore (US$2.7 million)

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.

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. Meanwhile, a man, who looks like a thug, 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. Later, Solomon finds that there is more to his so called brother than he thought initially, and that he killed a girl and was imprisoned for seven years. Finally he finds out that Jose has stolen the cross and hid it in Solomon's land seven years ago and has returned to retrieve it. 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. Solomon later finds out that Jose's old friend, who also wants the golden cross, was the one who killed the girl, who was actually Jose's lover. A fight occurs between Solomon and both the thieves. Jose's friend gets beaten up and rings the church bell telling that he got the cross and saves Jose by telling that he was the one who help him capture the thief, and because 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, a local goon and Solomon's adopted brother
Bhavana as Mary, Solomon's love interest
Vijayaraghavan as Manimalayil Geevarghese, Solomon's father
Vinaya Prasad as Marychedathy, Solomon's mother
Jagathy Sreekumar as Joseph Kundukuzhy Achan, the village priest
Innocent as Ittichan, Mary's father
Salim Kumar as Lolappan, the coffin dealer
Renjusha Menon as Lolappan's wife
Anand as Johnykutty, Mary's brother
Appa Haja as Kunjachan, Mary's brother
Sajitha Betti as Celine
Sreelatha Namboothiri as Celine' s Mother
Kochu Preman as Charlie, Mary's uncle
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

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. Leading actor Dileep's and Biju Menon's performance was praised, and the credit was to be equally shared by the writer-director team. The film works 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]