Manju Warrier as Zubaida in Marakkar: Arabikadalinte Simham

‘Marakkar: Arabikadalinte Simham’ shoot is currently progressing at Ramoji Rao Film City, Hyderabad. Directed by Priyadarshan, the movie has Mohanlal playing the role of Kunjali Marakkar. Others in the cast include Pranav Mohanlal, Kalyani Priyadarshan, Arjun Keerthy Suresh, Mukesh, Suniel Shetty, Fazil and Siddique. Latest to join the team is Manju Warrier. The actress started shooting for the movie recently. She plays a character named Zubaida, and her character look has been released through her official social media handle.

The movie is based on the life of Kunjali Marakkar IV. Kunjali Marakkar was the title given to the naval chief of Zamorin of Calicut in the 16th century, whose duty was to protect the coast against the invading Portuguese army. Touted as one of the most expensive movies ever made in Malayalam cinema, this movie is being produced by Mohanlal’s Aashirvad Cinemas, Confident Group and Moonshot Entertainment are jointly producing the movie.

Production designer Sabu Cyril, cinematographer Tirru, editor MS Ayyappan Nair and a Los Angeles-based VFX studio are part of the technical crew.