The shoot of Priyadarshan's much-anticipated Marakkar: Arabikkadalinte Simham began earlier this month at Hyderabad. The latest update is that Mohanlal has joined the sets. The actor plays the titular character Kunjali Marakkar the fourth in the historical drama, which is jointly produced by Antony Perumbavoor, Santosh T Kuruvilla, and Dr Roy CJ.

Marakkar also stars Suniel Shetty, Arjun Sarja, Keerthy Suresh, Manju Warrier, Kalyani Priyadarshan, and Pranav Mohanlal. Veteran actor Madhu has an important role in the film as well. Recently, it was revealed that director Fazil will be making a special appearance.

The film has production design by Sabu Syril and cinematography by Tirru.