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'''''Mucheettukalikkarante Makal''''' (''The Card Sharper's Daughter'') is a novel by [[Vaikom Muhammad Basheer]] published in 1951. Written in the colloquial tongue and filled with exceptional humour, the novel remains a best seller in [[Malayalam literature]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080123102215/http://www.hindu.com/2008/01/20/stories/2008012059950300.htm "Basheer had a prophetic vision"]. ''[[The Hindu]]''. 20 January 2008. Retrieved 3 June 2013</ref><ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=20080201501110100.htm&date=fl2502/&prd=fline& |title=Sultan of story: A birth centenary tribute to Vaikom Mohammed Basheer who picked up his tales from life's poetry |author=Satchidanandan |author-link=Satchidanandan |journal=[[Frontline (magazine)|Frontline]] |date=February 2008 |volume= 25 |issue= 2|access-date=3 June 2013}}</ref><br />
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==Plot summary==<br />
Ottakkannan Pokker barely ekes out a living as a [[sharper|card sharper]]. His daughter Sainaba runs a small tea shop in the market place. She falls in love with Mandan Muthappa. Pokker objects this relationship because he hoped for a better son-in-law.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2004/09/24/stories/2004092402680400.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041130182839/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2004/09/24/stories/2004092402680400.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 November 2004 |title=The timeless magic of Basheer |date= 24 September 2004 |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=3 June 2013}}</ref> The story develops with love between Zainaba and Mandan Muthappa and ends with how Mandan Muthappa defeated Ottakkannan Pokker in the card game.<br />
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[[Category:Novels by Vaikom Muhammad Basheer]]<br />
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