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{{Infobox film
| name = Marykkundoru Kunjaadu
| image = MarykkundoruKunjaadu.jpg
| caption = ''Marykkundoru Kunjaadu'' theatrical poster
| alt =
| director = [[Shafi (director)|Shafi]]
| producer = Vaishakh Movies and Ansil James
| writer = [[Benny P Nayarambalam]]
| starring = [[Dileep]] [[Bhavana (Malayalam actress)|Bhavana]] [[Biju Menon]] [[Vijayaraghavan (actor)|Vijayaraghavan]] [[Vinaya Prasad]] [[Jagathy Sreekumar]]
| music = Songs: [[Berny-Ignatius]] Background Score: [[Bijibal]]
| cinematography = [[Shamdat]]
| editing = [[Manoj (film editor)|Manoj]] Sangeeth Kollam
| studio =
| distributor = Vysakh Cinemas & PJ Entertainments
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2010|12|25}}
| runtime = 150 minutes
| country = India
| language = Malayalam
| budget = {{INRConvert|3.5|c}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/boxoffice.php?id=14961510&cid=14625530|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110130044527/http://www.sify.com/movies/boxoffice.php?id=14961510&cid=14625530|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 January 2011|title=Kerala Box Office – January 11 to 26|work=[[Sify]]|date=27 January 2011}}</ref>
| gross = {{INRConvert|12|c}}<ref>http://keralaboxoffice.com/kerala-box-office-report-%E2%80%93march-2011/</ref>
}}
'''''Marykkundoru Kunjaadu''''' ({{trans|Mary has a little lamb}}) is a 2010 [[Malayalam]]-language [[comedy film]] directed by [[Shafi (director)|Shafi]], starring [[Dileep (actor)|Dileep]], [[Bhavana (Malayalam actress)|Bhavana]] and [[Biju Menon]] in the lead roles. The film was released on 25 December 2010 which went on to become a commercial success completing 150 days and eventually became the second highest grossing Malayalam film of 2010.{{citation needed|date=August 2015}}

The movie was remade by [[Priyadarshan]] in Hindi in 2012 as ''[[Kamaal Dhamaal Malamaal]]''.

==Synopsis==
The story takes place in a remote village in the [[Kerala]] Highranges. Solomon ([[Dileep (actor)|Dileep]]), the son of the village [[sexton (office)|sexton]], Geevarghese ([[Vijayaraghavan (actor)|Vijayaraghavan]]), a simple soul who is quiet in nature and fears virtually everything around, thus earning the nickname Kunjaadu (little lamb). His mother, Mary ([[Vinaya Prasad]]), was Ittichan's ([[Innocent (actor)|Innocent]]) crush. He named his daughter Mary ([[Bhavana (Malayalam actress)|Bhavana]]) 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 ([[Biju Menon]]), 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 (actor)|Dileep]] as Manimalayil Geevarghese Solomon / Kunjaadu
* [[Biju Menon]] as Jose
* [[Bhavana]] as Mary, Solomon's love interest
* [[Vijayaraghavan (actor)|Vijayaraghavan]] as Manimalayil Geevarghese, Solomon's father
* [[Vinaya Prasad]] as Marychedathy, Solomon's mother
* [[Jagathy Sreekumar]] as Kundukuzhy Achan, the village priest
* [[Innocent (actor)|Innocent]] as Ittichan, Mary's father
* [[Salim Kumar]] as Lolappan, the coffin dealer
* [[Sreelatha Namboothiri]]
* [[Kochu Preman]] as Mary's uncle
* [[Nimisha Suresh]] as M. G. Sisily
* [[Ambika Mohan]] as Mary's mother
* [[Ponnamma Babu]] as Chantha Maria
* [[Chali Pala]] as Thoma
* [[T. P. Madhavan]] as Dr. Pisharody
* Jai as Solomon's sister
* [[Anand (actor)|Anand]] as Johnykutty, Mary's brother
* [[Subbalakshmi]]
* Kalabhavan Haneef as Bus conductor
* Appa Haja as Mary's brother
* [[Sajitha Betti]] as Celine
* Renjusha Menon as Lolappan's wife

==Soundtrack==
{{Infobox album
| name = Marykkundoru Kunjaadu
| type = soundtrack
| artist = [[Berny-Ignatius]]
| cover =
| released = {{Start date|df=yes|2010|12|20}}
| recorded = 2010
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]
| length = 21:35
| label = {{nowrap|Satyam Music Through Matrubhumi Music}}
| producer = Vyshaka Rajan
}}
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.
{{Track listing
| all_lyrics = [[Anil Panachooran]]
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| title1 = Enttadukke | extra1 = [[Shankar Mahadevan]], [[Rimi Tomy]], [[Pappukutty Bhagavathar]], [[Subbalakshmi]] | length1 = 4:35
| title2 = Pancharachiri | extra2 = Franco, [[Sithara Krishnakumar]] | length2 = 4:33
| title3 = Kunjaade Kurumbanade | extra3 = [[Madhu Balakrishnan]] | length3 = 4:29
| title4 = Changathi Kuyile | extra4 = Master Anuragh, Kumari Yogini V Prabhu | length4 = 3:29
| title5 = Kunjaade | extra5 = [[Sithara (Singer)|Sithara]] | length5 = 4:29
}}

==Release==
The film was released on 25 December 2010.

===Critical reception===
The [[Rediff.com|Rediff]] critic rated the film 3 stars out of 5. Leading actor [[Dileep]]'s performance was praised, and the credit was to be equally shared by the writer-director team. The film works well.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.rediff.com/amp/movies/report/south-review-marykkundoru-kunjaadu/20101227.htm|title=Review: Marykkundoru Kunjaadu works|work=[[Rediff.com]]|date=27 December 2010|author=Paresh C Palicha}}</ref>

===Box office===
The film went on to become commercial success,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/unusual-heroine/article2697572.ece|title=Unusual 'heroine'|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=8 December 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/boxoffice.php?id=14964128&cid=14625530|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110305023723/http://www.sify.com/movies/boxoffice.php?id=14964128&cid=14625530|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 March 2011|title=Kerala Box Office - January 27 to February 28|work=[[Sify]]|date=2 March 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://amp.khaleejtimes.com/citytimes/going-with-the-flow|title=Going with the flow|work=[[Khaleej Times]]|date=14 October 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/comedy-brought-me-closer-to-the-audience-biju-menon/articleshow/43987786.cms|title=Comedy brought me closer to the audience: Biju Menon|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=2 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/man-of-the-masses/article2537486.ece/amp/|title=MAN of the MASSES|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=14 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-south-interview-with-dileep/20110321.htm|title=Dileep excited about forthcoming releases|work=[[Rediff.com]]|date=21 March 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/dileep-on-being-an-entertainer/article7996151.ece/amp/|title=The hero of the masses|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=17 December 2015}}</ref> which completed 150 days in theatres and eventually became the second highest grossing Malayalam film of 2010 behind [[Pokkiri Raja (2010 film)|Pokkiri Raja]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/malayalam/2011/may/23/mainstream-films-cut-a-sorry-figure-255596.amp|title=Mainstream films cut a sorry figure|work=[[The New Indian Express]]|date=23 May 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/boxoffice.php?id=14970199&|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510175330/http://www.sify.com/movies/boxoffice.php?id=14970199&|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 May 2017|title=Kerala Box-Office: April 14-May 15, 2011|work=[[Sify]]|date=19 May 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/biju-menon-gets-a-big-break-news-malayalam-lbfjRvghhfdsi.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160630013705/http://www.sify.com/movies/biju-menon-gets-a-big-break-news-malayalam-lbfjRvghhfdsi.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 June 2016|title=Biju Menon gets a big break!|work=[[Sify]]|date=6 January 2011}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|id=1820526|title=Marykkundoru Kunjaadu}}
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[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:2010s Malayalam-language films]]
[[Category:2010 romantic comedy films]]
[[Category:2010 films]]
[[Category:Malayalam films remade in other languages]]
[[Category:Films directed by Shafi]]
[[Category:Indian romantic comedy films]]

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