Rana Daggubati’s Anizham Thirunal- The King of Travancore getting ready to go on floors!

We had already reported about K Madhu planning to make an epic project based on the lives of Travancore’s legendary kings, Marthanda Varma and Karthika Varma. It is being planned as two separate movie and ‘Baahubali’ star Rana Daggubati is starring in the first film, Anizham Thirunal Marthanda Varma – The King of Travancore.

Rana will be playing Marthanda Varma, who is the only Indian king who trounced a foreign power in India when he won against the Dutch at the famous Battle of Colachel. The actor was in Kerala today for a visit at the Sree Padmanabha Swamy temple at Trivandrum and seek blessings.

This upcoming project is an ambitious attempt by K Madhu and his team. The makers are currently busy working on the pre-production. Both the movies are scripted by Robin Thirumala, who along with the director has been researching intensively for the last three years.

Some big names from across the country are part of the technical team. Leading action choreographer, Peter Hein is on board for handling the stunts. R Madhi will be cranking the camera and MM Keeravani, known for his spectacular work in Baahubali, will be the music director. Oscar winner Resul Pookutty is in charge of the sound design.

An international production house based in Italy will be collaborating with an Indian company for funding this project. Seven Arts Mohan will be the line producer. The makers are planning the movie as a multilingual in five languages. They are planning to go on floors by August this year.