There have been rumors aplenty of Rana Daggubati‘s
Malayalam debut. In fact, a rumours of
the actor having signed a Malayalm film was doing the rounds recently until the
actor himself rubbished it. But the long awaited debut is finally happening! As
per the latest announcement, the actor has been roped in to play the king of
Travancore – Matharanda Varma in the film titled – Anizham Thirunal Marthanda
Varma. According to history, he was the king to have defeated a foreign power
in India as he battled it out with the Dutch at Colachel. This is the first
part of the historical drama followed by another movie on Dharmaraja aka
Karthika Thirunal Marthanda Varma who succeeded Marthanda. Needless to say,
this will be a project made on a grand scale.
“This will be a project on a massive scale. Scriptwriter
Robin Thirumala and I have been researching intensively for the last three years. We have finalised
and signed the crew that includes big names. We plan to go on floors by next
August:” stated K Madhu who has stated it is grand project. As per the same
report, he has confirmed that big names form Malayalm industry will be part of
this film. While the lead for the first part has been finalised, the lead of
Part 2 is yet to be confirmed! Apart from the actors, big names form others
field have also been brough on board. Peter Hein, a renowned stunt
choreographer will be part of this project, Resul Pookutty has also been signed
for this ambitious tale. That’s not all. Keeravani, the maestro who composed
music for baahubali will be part of this big scale project as well!
This period drama will be Rana Daggubati’s third film in the
same genre. We already saw him in Baahubali where he played the cruel, ruthless
king – Bhallaladeva and he also has Madai Thiranthu / 1945 coming up!
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