Marakkar Review: This lengthy period war drama is engaging and effective in parts only
Marakkar Movie Rating: 2 Stars
Finally watched Marakkar movie on Amazon Prime Video. So let’s focus on the cast, release date story, positive/negatives and at last my personal view on this movie.
Cast: Mohanlal, Suniel Shetty, Keerthy Suresh, Arjun Sarja and Manju Warrier
Director: Priyadarshan
Release Date: 17th December 2021 in Amazon Prime Video
Story: Movie set in 16th century Kerala when conflicts between Portuguese army under the command of Vasco Da Gama and Samoothiri (Zamorin) were common. Younger Kunjali Marakkar (Pranav Mohanlal) is the youngest member of Marakkar family who is all set to marry a princess (Kalyani Priyadarshan).
Marakkar family are believed to be the first commanders who organized a naval base in India to defend against a foreign threat. Given their superior knowledge of naval warfare, they were an integral part of Samoothiri’s fleet. As Marakkar family refuses to accept the new trade rules imposed by the Portuguese empire, it sparks a conflict that ends with the murders of the entire clan at the hands of the foreign power. The only two persons who escape the massacre are Kunjali Marakkar and his uncle Pattu Marakkar (Siddique).
Hiding in the forest, Kunjali establishes himself as a Hero for those being exploited by landlords and Portuguese. Years roll by as Kunjali Marakkar (MohanLal) becomes the most wanted criminal for the Portuguese and Zamorin alike, but is considered a savior by the poor and exploited. The king of Kozhikode requests to join their side against Portguese for the war after suggested by Anandan Mangattachan (Arjun Sarja). Kunjali join as chief of army and won the battle.
Kunjali faithful warrior Chinnali (Jay J Jakkrit) and Archa (Keerthy Suresh) who is daughter of a landlord fall for each other and it thickens the plot and causes a rift between Kunjali and Samoothiri. Anandan brother Achuthan Mangattachan (Ashok Selvan) also likes Archa so King announced their marriage. But Archa And Chinnali flew away and married each other. King ask Anandan to bring Archa at home and unfortunately in incident Anandan killed Chinnali and Archa killed herself.
Kunjali gets angry and killed Anandan and Zamorin are against them. At the same time Portguese also told to help Zamorin in the war against Kunjali. What happen next is all about this movie.
Positives
1. Performances
2. Direction
3. Story
4. Cinematography
Negatives
1. Climax
2. Screenplay
3. Length
4. Music
Durgesh Tiwary’s View : When I watched the trailer of this film planned to watch this movie because it is based on real life incident and trailer looks impressive with great star-cast.
Marakkar tells the story of Kunjali Marakkar IV, a pirate turned admiral of the fleet of the Zamorin of Kozhikode. Set in 16th century Malabar, it follows Kunjali’s life from a young, in love novice through to battle after battle with actual evil forces and the demons of his past within.
The movie has its moments, thanks to Priyadarshan’s vision and all the movies that have come before with the same plot. However, despite the extravagant style of filmmaking, the lack of research in the language and culture of 16th century is apparent. The dialogues and language don’t suit the timeline of the story or the characters, and often become comical. For instance, the members of Marakkar family, a clan that believes in Islam, and Zamorin, the Brahmin ruler, have the same accent. My view on this movie Time Pass only if you loves period drama else it tough to bear for 3 long hours.
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