Writer Anwar Abdullah has said that Mohanlal-Priyadarshan’s Marakkar’s Lion of the Arabian Sea needs the support of anti-fascists these days. He criticized Mammootty-MT duo ‘Pazhashiraja’ for being utterly ugly and saying that MT’s escape was due to the prose poetry he wrote on the meter and the immense literature he wrote.
He wrote on his Facebook page that it was important to support the current political situation. Anwar Abdullah says that in today’s political scenario, it is important to make a film called Priyadarshan Kunjalimaraikkar in which Mohanlal plays the role of Maraikkara.
Anwar Abdullah’s Facebook post reads:
In today’s political scenario, I think it is important to make a film called Priyadarshan Kunjalimaraikkar, in which Mohanlal plays the role of Maraikkara. In it, Marakkare is not depicted as a slave to the Zamorin. Similarly, Marakkar and the Zamorin were defeated by the stabbing of the Hindu rulers. With all of this, I feel like this narrative needs to be supported. I went to the movies with the kids, went to the theater and supported. Priyan imagines an event that is not clear in history as he sees fit. Priyan’s imagination is like this. The screenplay could have been written by good people. But then you don’t get the script you want. Then again, Mohanlal is a bit swollen in method acting style. Malayalam is not a language suitable for historical cinema. MT escapes because hiss is a prose poem written in meters. And, immense literature. However.
I totally support this movie for a number of reasons. One, it’s good that such a film is coming out of the Priyan-Lal group these days. I think it needs the support of anti-fascists. Second, the critics of this film are a kind of idiots and idiots who do not understand their intent. I also support this film to express its opposition to that conspiracy. Third, Mohanlal and Priyadarshan are two people who have filled my childhood and youth with joy. I do not feel happy about their fall. There are a lot of problems. But I don’t think it matters. Film has a lot more important work to do in society than to make it better, that is, to raise the artistic sense of the community. I respect those deeds done by the Kunhalimaras.