Kunjaliyan

Kunjaliyan
Kunjaliyan
Soundtrack album by M. G. Sreekumar
Released	6 January 2012
Recorded	2011
Genre	Feature film soundtrack Music Director M. G. Sreekumar
Language	Malayalam
M. G. Sreekumar chronology

Kunjaliyan
Kunjaliyan
	Film poster
Directed by	Saji Surendran
Written by	Krishna Poojappura
Produced by	Tomichan Mulakuppadam
Starring	Jayasurya ; Ananya ; Suraj Venjaramoodu ; Manikuttan ;
Cinematography	Anil Nair
Edited by	Manoj
Music by	Bijibal
Production; company	Mulakuppadam Films
Distributed by	Mulakuppadam Films
Release date	6 January 2012;
Country	India
Language	Malayalam
Budget	₹3.25 crore

Last updated May 26, 2023

Kunjaliyan (transl. Young Brother-in-law) is a 2012 Indian Malayalam-language Comedy film directed by Saji Surendran and written by Krishna Poojappura. The film features Jayasurya in the title role along with Ananya in lead roles, and Suraj Venjaramoodu, Manikuttan, Vijayaraghavan, Ashokan, Jagadish, Maniyanpilla Raju in its supporting cast. The songs are composed by M.G. Sreekumar and background score by Bijibal.^[2]

Plot

Jayaraman is popularly known as Kunjaliyan (Young Brother-in-law) in Gopalapuram, a village in the Kerala–Tamil Nadu border. He is the younger brother of three sisters. The sisters were caring him as their own child since the death of their father and mother. Jayaraman was the pet of his sisters and he was not interested in to do any job. He is lazy. Everything was perfect until the sisters got married. The brothers-in-law were not interested in Jayaraman at all and they were not considered him as their younger brother. One day he left Gopalapuram to become a millionaire. Somehow he reached Dubai after years and he managed to get a job there. Unfortunately he got terminated from his job due to the due global recession. He is forced to go back to Gopalapuram and he is not interested in returning to his village without being a millionaire.

Now Jayaraman is returning to his village considering the advice of Mr. Preman, his best friend in Dubai. But Jayaraman is shocked to see the warm welcome by his family members at the airport. Everyone is trying to take their young brother-in-law to their home. Why are they showing this much interest in him now than before? That question is what remains to be.

Cast

Jayasurya as Jayaraman / Kunjaliyan
Ananya as Maya, Jayaraman's love interest
Suraj Venjaramoodu as Preman, Jayaraman's best friend from Dubai, who is with him throughout various comical incidents.
Manikuttan as Vinayan, a town rowdy
Maniyan Pilla Raju as Vikrama Kurup, Jayaraman's uncle with two wives.
Vijayaraghavan as Remanan, Jayaraman's brother-in-law.
Jagadish as Sukumaran, Jayaraman's brother-in-law
Ashokan as Viswan, Jayaraman's brother-in-law.
Bindu Panicker as Shyamala, Jayaraman's elder sister, who is married to Remanan.
Geetha Vijayan as Mallika, who is married to Vikrama Kurup along with Kanakabaram.
Harisree Ashokan as Veeramanikandan, a humorous politician and the Panchayath President of the Gopalapuram City.
Thesni Khan as Prameela,Jayaraman's sister married to Viswan.
Narayanankutty
Reshmi Boban as Pushpaletha, Jayaraman's sister who is married to Sukumaran.
Kalaranjini as Kanakabaram, Vikrama Kurup's wife.
Anand as Suresh Varma, a negative character.
Leena as Manjari

Production

The film is Surendran's fourth, and comes after Four Friends , which met a mixed reception. The film's script was written by Krishna Poojappura. Anil Nair is the film's cinematographer, and the music is written by M. G. Sreekumar.^[3] Shooting began in late September 2011, in Pollachi depicting the fictional town called Gopalapurram. The film was produced by Tomichan Mulakuppadam under the company Mulakuppadam Films, with a budget of ₹3.25 crore.^[1]

Box Office

The film become flopp at the box office.

Soundtrack

Kunjaliyan soundtrack is composed by M. G. Sreekumar and background score by Bijibal, recording of the songs where in late August. Song Mixing done by Renjith Viswanathan.

Track listing
No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Chembazhukka"	K. J. Yesudas & Sujatha Mohan	4:39
2.	"Aadadum"	Akhila Anand, Nishad & Sreenath	4:47
3.	"Kunjaliya"	Afsal & Rimi Tomy	4:02
4.	"Chembazhukka (Male)"	K. J. Yesudas	5:39
5.	"Theme Music (Instrumental)" (Bijibal)

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References

1 2 Chandrakanth Viswanath (25 December 2016). "The Tiger Behind Pulimurugan". The New Sunday Express . Retrieved 16 January 2017.
↑ "Jayasurya's 'Kunjaliyan' shooting at Pollachi". The Deccan Chronicle . 30 September 2011. Retrieved 22 October 2011.
↑ "Saji Surendran's new film Kunjaliyan | Kottaka.com Blog". www.kottaka.com. Archived from the original on 25 September 2011.

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[budget-1] 1 2 Chandrakanth Viswanath (25 December 2016). "The Tiger Behind Pulimurugan". The New Sunday Express . Retrieved 16 January 2017.

[Deccan_Chronicle_-_30Sep2011_-_Jayasurya's_'Kunjaliyan'_shooting_at_Pollachi-2] "Jayasurya's 'Kunjaliyan' shooting at Pollachi". The Deccan Chronicle . 30 September 2011. Retrieved 22 October 2011.

[3] "Saji Surendran's new film Kunjaliyan | Kottaka.com Blog". www.kottaka.com. Archived from the original on 25 September 2011.

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v t e Mulakuppadam Films
Key People	Tomichan Mulakuppadam
Films	Flash (2007) Pokkiri Raja (2010) Four Friends (2010) Kunjaliyan (2012) Pulimurugan (2016) Ramaleela (2017) Irupathiyonnaam Noottaandu (2019) Ottakkomban (2021)