Anarkali (2015 film)

Anarkali is a forthcoming Malayalam film that marks the directorial debut of Sachu of the Sachi-Sethu duo. The film stars Prithviraj Sukumaran, Miya George, Priyal Gor, Biju Menon, Kabir Bedi and Samskruthy Shenoy.^[1] Prithviraj plays Shanthanu a daring diving instructor who works in Kavaratti, Lakshadweep.^[2] The film began in February 2015 and was shot mostly in Kavaratti, Bangaram and Agatti in Lakshadweep.

Cast

• Prithviraj Sukumaran as Shanthanu
• Biju Menon
• Miya George as Sherin Mathew
• Priyal Gor as Nadira Imam
• Kabir Bedi as Jaffer Imam
• Samskruthy Shenoy as Deva
• Suresh Krishna
• Rajeev Menon as Madhavan Nair
• Major Ravi
• Renji Panicker
• Madhupal

Production

Priyal Gor and Miya George were signed for the lead female roles. While the former would play Nadira Imam, a non-Malayali girl living in Kerala, who is the daughter of a Rear Admiral in the Indian Navy, the latter's role was that of a doctor named Sherin Mathew, who works in Kavarathi.^[3] Bollywood actor Kabir Bedi was cast as Priya Gor's character's father, Jaffer Imam, who hails from a Nawabi family in Lucknow and Sachi said that both Kabir and Priyal would speak mostly in Hindi and English in the film.^[3] Cinematographer Rajeev Menon was selected for a pivotal role and his character Commodore Madhavan Nair was said to be crucial to the film.^[3] Samskruthy Shenoy was later chosen to portray Deva, a "pucca Muslim woman" from Lakshwadweep, who is an MBBS student.^[4] Other supporting roles were given to directors Major Ravi, Renji Panicker and Madhupal.^[5] Sujith Vassudevv and Vidyasagar were signed as the cinematographer and music director, respectively.^[5]

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