Kunjaliyan
2012 film by Saji Surendran
Kunjaliyan (transl. Young Brother-in-law) is a 2012 Indian Malayalam-language comedy thriller film directed by Saji Surendran and written by Krishna Poojappura. The film features Jayasurya in the title role along with Ananya and Suraj Venjaramoodu in lead roles, with Vijayaraghavan, Ashokan, Jagadish, Manikuttan and Maniyanpilla Raju as the supporting cast. The songs are composed by M.G. Sreekumar and background score by Bijibal.
Plot
Jayaraman is popularly known as Kunjaliyan (young brother-in-law) in Gopalapuram, a village on the Kerala–Tamil Nadu border. He is the younger brother of three sisters. The sisters have been caring for him as their own child since the death of their parents. Jayaraman was the pet of his sisters and was not interested in doing any job. He is lazy. Everything was perfect until the sisters got married. The brothers-in-law were not interested in Jayaraman, neither were his uncle and two aunts.
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