Priyadarshan has long been a director who has been criticized for portraying Muslim life in a way that has nothing to do with reality. People who have seen the Hindi version of ‘Kunjali Marakkar’s Lion of the Arabian Sea’ say that Priyan was not ready to do any harm to the ‘infamous’ even when he was making a film about Kunjali Marakkar, the greatest warrior in history.
The excerpt from the Malayalam version was included in the Hindi version due to fear of criticism. In this regard, the director is now raining trolls on social media. With the release of Mohanlal-Priyadarshan movie Marakkar on Amazon Prime, a scene that is not in Malayalam but in other languages is now being criticized. The scene of the ‘Eleven Kettiya’ Hajiyar is in the scene where Kunjali wood and silk wood reach the Zamorin’s palace. Mamukoya plays the role of Tanur Aboobacker Haji, who has tied eleven.
The Pattumaras ask Abu Bakar, “How many wives does he have?” The scene ends with Haji answering that he has eleven wives and goes home to count how many there really are. Siddique’s silkworms tell this character that he was not a regular buyer at the Kondotty market in the past and that he could recognize her by the teeth.
This scene is not in the Malayalam version. But it is also included in the Tamil-Hindi versions. Following this, harsh criticism against the film and Priyadarshan is rising on social media.
On December 17, Marakkar released the film Lion of the Arabian Sea on Amazon Prime. The film stars Mohanlal, Nedumudi Venu, Manju Warrier, Pranav Mohanlal, Kalyani Priyadarshan, Mukesh, Sunil Shetty, Innocent and Mamukoya. There was widespread criticism that Kunhalimarakar’s film was made without doing justice to history. The film won the National Film Award.
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