Mucheettukalikkarante Makal

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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 setller in Malayalam literature.[1][2]

Plot summary

Ottakkannan Pokker barely ekes out a living as a 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.[3] The story develops with love between Sainaba and Mandan Muthappa and ends with how Mandan Muthappa defeated Ottakkannan Pokker in the card game.

References

  1. "Basheer had a prophetic vision". The Hindu. January 20, 2008. Retrieved June 3, 2013
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