Anarkali (2015 film)

Anarkali
Official poster
Directed by	Sachy
Produced by	Rajeev Nair
Written by	Sachy
Starring	Prithviraj Sukumaran Biju Menon Kabir Bedi Priyal Gor Miya George Assim Jamal Suresh Krishna Sudev Nair
Music by	Vidyasagar
Cinematography	Sujith Vassudev
Edited by	Ranjan Abraham
Production company	Magic Moon Productions
Distributed by	Tricolor Entertainment, Usa Indian Movies
Release date	13 November 2015 (2015-11-13) (Kerala)
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Anarkali is a 2015 Indian Malayalam-language romantic-thriller film written and directed by Sachy. The film was released on 13 November 2015. The film stars Prithviraj Sukumaran, Miya George, Priyal Gor, Biju Menon, Sudev Nair, Kabir Bedi and Samskruthy Shenoy. The film began shooting in February 2015 and was shot mostly in Kavaratti, Bangaram and Agatti in Lakshadweep.

Shanthanu who was a navy officer pines over a girl whom he loved 15 years ago and had to leave the navy because of his affair with her.Since the girl (Nadira) whom he loved was underage (15 years), both of them agree to wait to show their love is true, to the Nawabi father (Jaffer), who is also Shanthanu's Commanding Officer and Flag officer. Shanthanu lost touch with Nadira for 2 years, his search for her lead him to Kavaratti, Lakshadweep. The rest of the story forms from lives around Kavaratti and depressed Shanthanu's attempts to reach to Nadira.

Priyal Gor and Miya George were signed for the lead female roles. While the former would play the main lead as Nadira Imam, teenage daughter of a Rear Admiral in the Indian Navy, the latter's role is that of a supporting character, Dr. Sherin Mathew, who works in Kavarathi. Story of the film is based on two Naval officers, Prithviraj and Biju Menon in the Indian Navy. Bollywood actor Kabir Bedi was cast as Nadira's father, Jaffer Imam, who is a commanding officer of base hailing from Lucknow and Sachi said that both Kabir and Priyal would speak mostly in Hindi and English in the film. Director Shyamaprasad was selected for a pivotal role and his character Commodore Madhavan Nair was said to be crucial to the film.Samskruthy Shenoy was later chosen to portray Duvha, a "Pucca Muslim woman" from Lakshwadweep, who is an medical student who left her studies shy of 1 year, due to a love affair and works as a physician assistant. Other supporting roles were given to directors Major Ravi, Renji Panicker and Madhupal. Sujith Vassudevv and Vidyasagar were signed as the cinematographer and music director, respectively.