Suniel Shetty kicks off shooting for ‘Marakkar: The Lion of the Arabian Sea’

Bollywood actor Suniel Shetty is all set to return to the silver screen after quite a while. It is to be noted that the 57-year-old actor took a break to spend time with his ailing father. Suniel Shetty will make a comeback with Priyadarshan’s action-packed period thriller, ‘Marakkar – The Lion of The Arabian Sea’.

The shooting for the film has been kicked-off in Hyderabad this week. Suniel plays a 16th-century warrior in the film. According to a report published in Mumbai Mirror, a major chunk of the film will be shot in an artificially created sea with vintage warships. The three actors including Mohanlal, Prabhudheva and Suniel Shetty will shoot together at Ramoji Film City for 85-90 day schedule.

“Suniel and Priyadarshan are teaming up for their most ambitious collaboration, 10 years after ‘De Dana Dan’. Suniel’s look is inspired by the Hollywood war film, ‘Troy’, while his character has its muse in a real-life personality who has been fictionalised for cinematic purpose. He has a lot of sword fights and hand combats,” Mumbai Mirror said quoting a source close to the development.

The source further stated that the film is based on the life of Navy chief, Mohammed Ali aka Kunjali Marakkar IV, which will be played by Mohanlal. “An international studio will work on the visual effects for almost a year as the plan is to bring the Zamorin war with the Portuguese to the screen as authentically as possible,” added the source, saying that though the shoot concludes by April-end, the film will only release in mid-2020.

“The makers are also in advanced talks with a Chinese actor to come on board to essay the character of Chinali, whom the navy chief had saved from Portuguese enslavement. “It is a decision that could get the film a release in China,” the source concluded.

However, the makers are currently tight-lipped on the subject because not much about the warrior is out in the public domain. The film reportedly has a budget of Rs 150 crore. The film will  be simultaneously released in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam.

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Anurag Singh

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