Marakkar: Arabikadalinte Simham

In the late 1500s, Portugal allies with Kochi to colonize Malabar in Kerala, leading to conflicts and betrayals among the natives and the Portuguese, ultimately resulting in the downfall and death of the protagonist, Marakkar. Marakkar: Arabikadalinte Simham is a 2021 Indian Malayalam-language Action Drama movie featuring Mohanlal Viswanathan, Sunil Shetty, Arjun Sarja, Manju Warrier, Pranav Mohanlal, Keerthy Suresh and Veena Nandhakumar. Aashirvad Cinemas in association with Moonshot Entertainments and Confident Group. were the production houses involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Antony Perumbavoor. The film is written and directed by Priyadarshan Nair. Maxlab Cinemas and Entertainments acquired the distribution rights for the film. Marakkar: Arabikadalinte Simham was released on 2nd December 2021 and takes a screen time of 181 minutes. Marakkar: Arabikadalinte Simham was made on a budget of ₹100 crore. The screenplay for the movie was written by Priyadarshan and Ani Sasi. Cinematography was done by Tirru and editing by M. S. Aiyyappan Nair. The music was composed by Rahul Raj along with Ankit Suri, Lyell Evans Roeder and Ronnie Raphael. At the 2020 National Film Awards It won an award for Best Feature Film. At the 2020 National Film Awards It also won 2 awards including: Best Special Effects and Best Costume Design.