Mullappooniramulla Pakalukal is a Malayalam novel by Benyamin. It tells the story of Sameera Parvin, a young Pakistani woman who works as a radio jockey in an unnamed Middle Eastern country which is on the verge of revolution. First published in 2014, the novel won the inaugural JCB Prize. It was published by Juggernaut Books.
Young radio jockey Sameera Parvin, an immigrant in the City from Pakistan, tells the story of the revolution. Sameera’s days in Orange Radio are initially devoted to frequent fights with the Malayalam Mafia. Her Hindi studio is at odds with the Malayalam station managed by immigrants from Kerala. The daily fights for dominance are almost always won by the Malayalam Mafia, which sees a strong adversary in Sameera. Then suddenly, all of them come face to face with a revolution in a country that is not their own. Benyamin places the onus of narration on Sameera and her colleague Ali Fardan.
