Rana Daggubati - who famously played villain Bhallaladeva in Baahubali - is set to star in a Malayalam movie on Marthanda Varma, the Kerala king who halted the Dutch advance in the Indian subcontinent.
Daggubati tweeted on Friday that he will play the titular role in K Madhu's upcoming film Anizham Thirunal Marthanda Varma - The King of Travancore. Marthanda Varma, who ruled the south Kerala kingdom of Travancore from 1729-1758, crushed the Dutch forces under Eustachius De Lannoy in the battle of Colachel and laid the foundation for a modern state.
This will be 32-year old Daggubati's first movie in Mollywood, his earlier ones were in Telugu, Tamil and Hindi.
Madhu, who is more known for his whodunits like Oru CBI Diary Kurippu, is planning the period drama on a big budget with Resul Pookutty as the sound engineer Peter Hein choreographing the fights and Manu Jagath of Baahubali fame erecting the sets. The film will be released in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Hindi.
Check out his tweets below
“Anizham thirunal Marthanda Varma- the king of Travancore” is the character I tell a story as soon. PreProduction in progress.— Rana Daggubati (@RanaDaggubati) November 13, 2017
The film will be directed by K.Madhu written by Robin Thirumala and Seven arts Mohan is the line producer on the film!!— Rana Daggubati (@RanaDaggubati) November 13, 2017
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