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Marakkar: Lion of the Arabian Sea

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Set in the 16th century, the story of Kunjali Marakkar IV, the naval chieftain of the Zamorin of Calicut, and his organization of India's first-ever naval defense against European forces.

Year

2021

Duration

3h 1m

IMDb

5.8

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Cast

Priyadarshan

Director

Mohanlal

Kunjali Marakkar IV

Arjun Sarja

Anandan Mangattachan

Cast

Priyadarshan

Director

Mohanlal

Kunjali Marakkar IV

Arjun Sarja

Anandan Mangattachan

Suniel Shetty

Chandroth Panicker

Prabhu

Thangudu

Manju Warrier

Subaida

Keerthy Suresh

Aarcha

Nedumudi Venu

Samoothiri

Siddique

Pattu Marakkar

M

Mukesh

Dharmoth Panicker

Pranav Mohanlal

Young Kunjali Marakkar IV

Ashok Selvan

Achuthan

Kalyani Priyadarshan

Aisha

Fazil

Kutti Ali Marakkar

Fazil

Kunjali Marakkar I

Suhasini

Khadeejumma

Hareesh Peradi

Mangattachan

Innocent Vareed Thekkethala

Namath Kurup

Ganesh Kumar

Verkkottu Panicker

Baburaj

Puthumana Panicker

Priyadarshan

Writer

Ani. I.V. Sasi

Writer

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Samira SaidNov 22, 2024

Marakkar The lion of Arabian sea is visually stunning historical drama. Remember This movie not made for fans. There is not much events to celebrate fans but as historical movie, that reached upto the mark. I cannot give 4/5 and I cannot even give 3/5 it's between that. Entire making of this movie is ready good and appreciable effort by Priyadharshan and Crew. Richness in every shot is making the movie into next level. It's proud moment for Malayalam industry for no doubt. Here is the rating: Direction- 3.8/5 They way he crafted movie is really good. I have observed some sequences ends up with incomplete scenes in the first half causing lag. BGM - 3/5 - The trailer bgm is the only one I felt exceptional but rest of the background scoring is just ok. Rahul Raj could have do some more effective BGM's to feel movie more better. Music- 4/5 - Ronnie Raphael did his part really well, all songs are good and placing as well first song after the interval so good. Editing - 3/5 just ok not remarkable work since the incomplete sequences in the first half killa the flow of the movie. Colour grading in the first visual effects is not good. They could do more light. Second half was good compared to 1st. They did not even given any build ups before war scenes. Art work - 5/5 Sabu Cyrill excellent work. He created ambiance of a historic movie very well. VFX- 4.5/5 I would say Art and VFX is the back bone of the movie. Excellent work Casting- 3.5/5, Just good. It could have been better. Story- 3.5/5, Above average, predictable story pattern. Build up scenes are missing in the movie. Ship battles to create Kunjali's braveness and intelligence also missing. That is really impacting to feel the character. Script- 3/5, I felt movie lost little flow in the first half and interval puch fight is giving an huge expectation in second half on sea fight scenes but they given fights in the land, that is overall good. Tricks and tactics to winning battles not convinced properly. They could have do some build up scenes as a pirate in the sea with Dutch Army. That was missing and less scens included in first half fight. Acting and performances- 4/5 Mohan Lal as usual good but not exceptional performance as Kunjali's. I felt like Mohanlal's Kunjali is soft version. I missed mascularism of a great warrior. Pranav's performance is stunning. All others did really good job apart from Sunil Shetty's lip syncing. Dialogue- very dailogs are not upto the mark. Mark many of them was excellent. Cinematography- 5/5 no words. Excellent frames and shots.. great work by S. Thiru. Some signature shots of Priyadharshan also felt good. My verdict- a must watch theatre experience for one time. Without doubt I will give 7.5/10. It's not a crap like Mamangam and Odiyan. As an art, it's really good movie. As an Indian - Malayalam movie - excellent work As world movie - above average.

Ella FontamillasNov 22, 2024

Watched it in uk today 1 December 2021 at 20:00 show. Was really looking forward for this. In the name of marakkaar priyadarshan made mess of scenes from Robinhood (beginningof mohanlal intro),troy ( mohanlal arjun fight nd arjun father coming to camp to claim his body), the untouchables(man get beaten to death in a round table) , brave heart( final showdown)baahubali ( most of the war techniques) .... War scenes are badly executed. Accent. God its a joke none of the main lead couldn't keep on their accent. Only Mamukoya speaks right.bcz he always speak same accent. When ever a emotional Scenes comes lal goes back to his usual style of dialogue delivery. So is manju. When they claim its 100 crore movie, cant they have enough time nd staff to sort this out. Seriously people were laughing at the cinema whenever they get the accent mixed-up. Its a business movie. Otherwise no need of suniel shetty arjun. All the main lead played by actors who are above 60yrs of old. Mohanlal,arjun,prabhu,suniel shetty. Every actors look out of place. Its a movie that priyan should ve cut trailers only. Everyone cant be a rajamouli.

Laxmi PokhrelNov 22, 2024

The movie is a total historical pireod drama but the making is the main factor of the movie.family can watch this movie. This movie is 3hr movie worthy watch' my personal opinion is I like the Film.

🔥Anjanshakya🔥😎Nov 22, 2024

As usual director tries to copy other language movie scenes 1)Pirates n bahubali stunt 2) Troy's emotional scene 3) suryas rajubhai suspense Casting- Ammas main members where added and their casting was not apt, which bring comedy in serious situation especially mukesh. If the movie was directed by rajamouli atleast the copied( which I mentioned above) area could have been better. When the war starts camera starts shaking... Overall for malayalam movie it was a great effort which is not good movie comparing to other language movies. One time watchable 6.5/10.

BRODASHAGGI Nov 22, 2024

The grand scale of production values such as Art, VFX, series of mega actors, costumes,Songs, Cinematography all would make one think here is Malayalam movie's KGF and Bahubali. First half is crisp and engaging. Pranav Mohanlal portion was very well done. Apart from some miscasting and every one using their own slangs , first half was very impressive. Second half started of with long cliche melodrama that will put shame to the word cliche. From that point script and director did not know what to do and how to take it to a climax. Any how, watch it for the first half, for the grandness never seen in malayalam movies before.

Faiiamfine OfficialNov 22, 2024

Don't expect much from this filim, watch it like a epic movie a real life story without adding any extra items they ve presented well,if u want a movie like kgf or Bahubali don't go for this one u will be disappointed acting of pranv Mohanlal is superb 🔥

Alex RendellNov 22, 2024

Great movie I give him 10/10 for mohanlal sir. The action sequences the vfx is perfect Keerthy suresh and majnu warrier is perfect for their roles. Thewar scene is better than war scenes in bahubali and syraa narassimha reddy.

oforiselwynNov 22, 2024

Marakkar Lion Of The Arabian Sea (2021) : Brief Review - The IQ Level of National Award Juries must be lower than the Temperature during Winter Season In India. I actually don't care about award shows, not just Indian but also International ones. I even have problems with Oscars (please note I have seen all 93 Oscar winners films to say that). When Marakkar won National Award, it didn't excite me at all. Only two reasons for me to watch this film were Mohanlal and Malayalam cinema's attempt to make a visual granduer. There are hardly few legendary films made in this genre, the best remains Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha (1989), and now after watching Marakkar I can easily say that Malayalam cinema will never be able to make a magnum opus like that. Marakkar is grand, it has big structure but lacks soul. Priyadarshan terribly mediocre vision has caused heavy collapse. I found it interesting for like two hours, everything was looking decent, but then the last hour spoiled the party. The climax was damn outdated. Even 80s ans 90s' Malayalam films had better cliches than this. Offtrack Mohanlal struggles but somehow survives. For me, this man is the biggest legend from Mollywood. He has given so many cult films and outstanding performances during his prime phase- Late 80s, 90s and 00s. To watch him doing hardcore action in classic films like 'Keeradam' 'Yodha' 'Spadikam', 'Kala Paani', 'Aaraam Thapuran' was an experience, but watching him doing action at this age with such physics didn't look suitable. Priyadarshan just did not care about the outcome, he just made for his own sake. However, Marakkar is not a headache, it's a decent film but the kind of undeserving hype they created deserved some heavy slaughtering and that's what I've tried to do. Overall, strictly average. Grand but not Good. Somewhat interesting but not fascinating. RATING - 5/10* By - #samthebestest.

Ahlamiitta🍓🍓Nov 22, 2024

The movie's Dialogue delivery is very poor 1st of all, the 2nd thing is poor direction, poor VFX and poor casting, but in case of acting, i respect Mohanlal. He did the roll best, but movie is average for sure. Guys, I don't need or want to degrade this movie, as i mentioned i admire mohanlal for his acting, but the above mentioned problems destroyed the masterpiece. If it was in hands of a Good direction and screenplay, the movie will be exactly an enormous masterpiece for sure.