Screenwriter R. Krishnan says that the mark left by ‘Marakkar’ in the history of Malayalam cinema is a footprint for the coming visual wonders. Ramanand. He says that every attempt to make a film into a film is as brilliant as the freedom struggle and it should be accepted.
R. Ramanand’s words:
These are the words uttered by Cheraman Perumal, the ruler of Mahodayapuram, giving Palliwal Vikraman Eradi and Manichan Eradi ‘bury the dead and the dead’. After that, for about 750 years, the Kunnalakkonathirimars ruled the land under the name ‘Samudragiriraja’ or Zamorin in Sanskrit without any movement on the golden throne of Kozhikode which was bordered by hills and waves. From the time when Nediyarip Swaroop ruled from Kozhikode, all the Zamorins who ruled the throne with scepters adopted the names Manavikraman and Manavedan in memory of the mighty Manichan and Vikraman.
On the world map, there are only a handful of ports that can combine overseas voyages, maritime trade, and naval power. Thus the Zamorins had maritime dominance over strategic ports. Parangipada, almost completely dominated until it landed in the form of Vasco.
Kozhikode was like any other proud country in India. The Zamorins also have a history of knocking artillery shells multiple times on land and sea. However, in our films and other works, the Zamorin is generally portrayed as a courageous, self-deprecating, and deceitful man. Veera Pazhassi, Veluthampi and Marthanda Varma have all had stages of reconciliation with foreigners. Historians can see that such treaties were in the interest of the nation and its strategy. But what is it that only the Zamorins despise in its name? No answer.
Maraikkar saw the self-respecting Zamorin in the movie. I saw Mangattachan’s presentation of the sense of justice manifesting itself in the administration. Some deliberate rejections in history were seen to be discussed. The Maraikars saw the family’s patriotism and unwavering pride.
Kunhali IV was in effect the commander of the Zamorin’s Navy, and although historians disagree, Kunhali no doubt rained endless fire on the Parangipada. When Kunjali was tried and brutally executed in Goa in 1600, across the seas, our real enemy, the English East India Company, which we would have to fight for the next two centuries with blood, was just born.
It is a reminder of the legendary resistance of our people to the socialist forces that put aside all traces of Maraikkar cinema. It is the story of the blood we shed until we tasted the nectar of freedom in 1947. Nowadays, when there is an opportunity for many stories to be told endlessly, when the sea is ready, when the ship is ready, after more than a hundred days of hard work and the audience wants to see it in the theater itself. It should be seen, the children should be told that here is the story of our country caught without bowing their head. There is as much brilliance as the freedom struggle in every attempt to make it into a film. The mark left by Kunhali in the history of Malayalam cinema is the footprint of the coming visual wonders. As we grow older, so does faith …
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