Anarkali Marikar


Anarkali Marikar is an Indian film actress who appears predominantly in Malayalam films. She made her debut in 2016 in the film Aanandam.

Early life

Anarkali was born to Niyas Marikar and Laly P. M. Her father is a photographer and mother a homemaker. She has an older sister named Lakshmi Marikar, who was a former child actor in the Malayalam film No. 1 Snehatheeram Bangalore North. Anarkali completed her degree in Mass communication from Mar Ivanios College in Thiruvananthapuram. She was offered the role in her debut film Aanandam through its cinematographer Anend C. Chandran, a friend to her sister.

Career

Anarkali was offered the leading role in the Lal Jose-directed 2015 film Nee-Na when she was in 12th grade, but declined as she was concentrating on her studies. She made her film debut in 2016 with the teenage romantic-comedy Aanandam, in a supporting role. Produced by Vineeth Sreenivasan and directed by debutant Ganesh Raj, it featured a group of youngsters. Her second film Vimaanam featured Prithviraj Sukumaran in the lead role, directed by debutante Pradeep Nair. She played the role, Gauri. After that, she was then cast in a leading role in Amala, directed by debutante Nishad Ebrahim.
In 2018, she played Devika opposite Asif Ali in Mandharam. In 2019, she appeared in Uyare starring Parvathy, Tovino Thomas and Asif Ali, scripted by Bobby–Sanjay and directed by debutante director Manu Ashokan. Manu, who previously worked with Anarkali in Vimaanam as an associate director cast her in the movie seeing her performance. Her role as Sariya D Costa, a friend of Pallavi earned her amazing critical responses from audiences. Then she did a guest role in Marconi Mathai directed by debutante Sanil Kalathil. Starring Jayaram and Vijay Sethupathi.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2016AanandamDarshanaSuper Hit
2017VimaanamGauriReceived positive reviews
2018MandaramDevikaDisaster
2019UyareSariya D CostaSuper Hit, won - Best supporting actress - Ramu Karyat award 2020
2019Marconi MathaiCameo
2020Oru Rathri Oru PakalFilming
2020Amala AmalaPost-production
2020KissaPre-production