Marco (2024 film)

2024 Indian film by Haneef Adeni

This article is about the 2024 Indian film. For disambiguition, see Marco.

Marco

Theatrical release poster

Directed by| Haneef Adeni
Written by| Haneef Adeni
Produced by| Shareef Muhammed
Starring| Unni Mukundan
Cinematography| Chandru Selvaraj
Edited by| Shameer Muhammed
Music by| Ravi Basrur

Production
company

Cubes Entertainments

Distributed by| Cubes Entertainments

Release date

* 20 December 2024 (2024-12-20)

Running time

| 145 minutes[1]
Country| India
Language| Malayalam
Budget| ₹30 crore[2][3]
Box office| est.₹155 crore[4]

Marco is a 2024 Indian Malayalam-language neo-noir action thriller film written and directed by Haneef Adeni and produced by Shareef Muhammed under his Cubes Entertainments banner. It is the standalone spin-off to Mikhael (2019) and also the second installment in a planned Mikhael Extended Universe, featuring Unni Mukundan in the titular role, Siddique, Jagadish, Kabir Duhan Singh, Abhimanyu Shammi Thilakan, Anson Paul, Ishaan Shoukath and Yukti Thareja co-stars.[5][6] The plot follows Marco Jr, a ruthless gangster and the adopted son of the Adattu crime family, who goes on a bloody rampage after the brutal death of his blind foster brother Victor.

The music was composed by Ravi Basrur, while cinematography and editing were handled by Chandru Selvaraj and Shameer Muhammed, respectively. Marco was released worldwide on 20 December 2024, coinciding with Christmas. The film received positive reviews from critics, but was subjected to attention and controversies for its depictions of extreme and graphic violence and brutal content which involves women and children. Nonetheless, it was a commercial success at the box office and emerged as the highest-grossing A-rated Malayalam-language film of all time and the tenth highest-grossing Malayalam film of all-time.[7][8]

## Plot

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Victor, a blind person, witnesses the murder of his close friend Wasim. Despite his blindness, Victor identifies the killer by recognising the distinct scent of the killer's perfume and the killer's vehicle, a Land Rover Defender. Victor's identification leads the cops to suspect that the killer is Russell, who conspired with Wasim's elder brother Tariq, to carry out the murder. Tragically, Victor gets captured by Russell, who throws him into a tub of hydrofluoric acid, resulting in his death. Victor's brother George Peter, the patriarch of the Adattu family, one of the prominent crime families in Kochi, is devastated by the loss. Marco Jr, Peter's adopted brother who had been sent to Italy for safety, returns to India after learning about Victor's death. At Victor's memorial service at their local church, Marco vows to avenge Victor's death, declaring his intent to eliminate everyone involved in the heinous act, including Russell, who is present at the scene. Despite Peter's attempts to dissuade him from taking a path of violence, Marco remains resolute.

Meanwhile, Tony Issac, Russell's father and the leader of the Isaac family, a gold smuggling syndicate, manipulates the situation to his advantage and strikes a deal with Peter involving gold biscuits and a ransom, all while plotting further treachery. During Peter's return from the deal, Isaac's henchman Devraj ambushes him in his car, reveals the conspiracy and fatally stabs him. Peter survives, but is hospitalised, further enraging Marco. Peter informs Marco that Tony and Russell were responsible for Victor's death. As Marco sets out for vengeance, Russell reveals his true nature by severely injuring Marco and using a chainsaw to mutilate the left arm of Marco's right-hand man Anwar. An enraged Marco retaliates, killing Russell's goons and severely injured his goons with the chainsaw. While preparing to kill Russell, Marco learns that Victor's pregnant wife Isha is being held captive by Tony. In exchange for her release, Tony demands the Adattu family's entire gold business operations to be transferred in his name.

Marco captures and tortures Dev using phosgene gas. He confesses that Isha is at Tony's guesthouse before dying in an explosion. Marco storms the guesthouse, slaughtering Tony's henchmen brutally to rescue Isha. However, Tony deceives Marco, revealing that Isha is locked in the trunk of Russell's car. Marco and Anwar track Tony down to his farmhouse, where Tony reveals that he is bisexual and attempts to seduce them but Marco cuts off Tony's right hand using a katana and sends it to Russell, disguised as a suitcase containing company documents. In a final trap, Marco rigs Tony's chair with a detonator, which would explode when Tony is lifted off the chair. When the detonator is just about to explode, Tony is hoisted into the air, which triggers the detonator and leaves him mortally wounded. Russell stands helpless outside the warehouse and is unable to do anything but watch as Tony succumbs to his wounds, leading to his death. Meanwhile, Peter kills Tariq by hanging him.

Desperate for revenge, Russell seeks help from his elder brother Cyrus, who is a ruthless and psychotic butcher. They launch an attack on the Adattu mansion during Isha's labour, and begin slaughtering the family. Despite Peter and Marco's valiant efforts, Cyrus and Russell kill all the members of the family, including the children, Marco's fiancée-turned-wife Maria, and Isha, before leaving with her newborn child. Gravely injured, Marco and Peter are left to mourn their family's deaths. Peter urges Marco to avenge not only Victor, but the entire family. Marco adopts a striking and fearsome appearance and confronts Cyrus and Russell at their factory. Marco fights through their henchmen in a bloody showdown, where he kills Russell by ripping his rib cage using a crowbar and takes out his heart in bare hand. In a climatic encounter with Cyrus, who holds the newborn child over a pool of acid, Marco decapitates him and rescues the child before pushing him into the acid. Marco completes his path of vengeance and leaves the factory with the child, while paying the ultimate price in the suffering and loss of his family.

In the post-credits scene, which takes place some time after the events of the movie, Marco spends time with Victor's child in a beach until a platoon of cars arrive.

## Cast

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* Unni Mukundan as Marco Peter (Marco Jr.)
* Siddique as George Peter
* Jagadish as Tony Isaac
* Kabir Duhan Singh as Cyrus Isaac
* Abhimanyu Shammy Thilakan as Russell Isaac[9]
* Anson Paul as Devaraj a.k.a. Dev
* Ishan Shoukath as Victor Peter
* Yukti Thareja as Maria Anna Paul
* Durva Thaker as Isha Joshy
* Sreejith Ravi as Mathew Devassy
* Lishoy as Adattu Francis
* Mathew Varghese as Peter Marco
* Shaji Shahid Jemshed as Anwar
* Ajit Koshy as Jahangir
* Dinesh Prabhakar as CI Ashok
* Arjun Nandhakumar as Tariq Rasool
* Bashid Basheer as Wasim Rasool
* Bindu Sanjeev as Elizabeth George
* Sajitha Sreejith as Ancy Mathew
* Bitto Davis as Roy Philip
* Sonia Giri as Tony's Wife[10]
* Arun Sunny as Ronymon
* Chithra Prasad as Chithra
* Saneesh Nambiar as SI Shahul Hameed
* Meera Nair as Sophie
* Nassar as DYSP Nambiar
* Raghu Chandran as City Police Commissioner
* Ramesh Menon as James
* Pravada Menon as Doctor
* Dr. Reji as Sebastian
* K. P. A. C. Lalitha as Mariyam Peter, Marco's foster mother and George's mother (photo presence)
* Riyaz Khan as CI Imran Malik (deleted scene)

## Production

[edit]

### Development

[edit]

In October 2023, Cubes Entertainments announced Marco in which Unni Mukundan will play the lead role, with the film written and directed by Haneef Adeni. Mukundan played a similar but antagonistic character of the same name in the 2019 film Mikhael starring Nivin Pauly.[11] The film was expected to commence in February 2024. The film is produced by Shareef Muhammed under his Cubes Entertainments banner.[12][13] In February 2024, it was reported that filming will commence in April 2024.[14] Ravi Basrur joined the project in March 2024 to compose the music for the film. Prior to this, he was earlier announced to be part of Prithviraj Sukumaran's period epic Kaaliyan.[15] On 28 April 2024, the filmmakers confirmed that the film will start shooting in the first week of May 2024.[16] The film has Chandru Selvaraj as the cinematographer, Shameer Muhammed as the editor, and Kalai Kingson as the action choreographer. On the teaser's launch, Shareef Muhammed assured that the film will not compromise its content, even though its teaser was edited for a much wider reach, and to comply with the CBFC's certification process for movie trailers.[17] The makers announced that the film would be released in the Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, and Kannada languages alongside its original Malayalam language.[18]

### Casting and filming

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Grandson of Thilakan and son of actor Shammi Thilakan, Abhimanyu was cast in his maiden Malayalam film.[9] Actors Siddique, Jagadish and Kabir Duhan Singh were signed for major roles.[19] Yukti Thareja, known for her appearance in the T-Series song "Lut Gaye" opposite Emraan Hashmi, made her debut in Malayalam cinema by joining the film on 20 May 2024, which was confirmed by the filmmakers via her Instagram account.[20] Debutante Durva Thaker joined the project earlier.[21] Riyaz Khan joined the cast in July 2024.[22]

The first schedule was held in May 2024 in Munnar.[23] The second schedule was wrapped by July 2024 in Kochi.[24][25] The principal photography was wrapped by 28 August 2024 after nearly 100 days of shooting.[26][27]

## Music

[edit]

Marco

Soundtrack album by

Ravi Basrur

Released| 21 December 2024
Recorded| 2023–2024
Genre| Feature film soundtrack
Length| 25:57
Language| Malayalam
Label| Sony Music India
Official audio
Marco (Jukebox) on YouTube

The film's music along with the background score was composed by Ravi Basrur.[28] The music rights of the film were acquired by Sony Music.[29] The first single, titled "Blood", was released on 22 November 2024.[30] A second version of the song, sung by Santhosh Venky, was released on 25 November 2024 due to criticism of the first version from the audience.[31] The second single titled "Marpapa" was released on 29 November 2024.[32] The film's original soundtrack was released on 21 December 2024, while a separate album containing the film's background score was released by Sony Music India on 27 December 2024.[33]

### Track listing

[edit]

No.| Title| Lyrics| Music| Singer(s)| Length

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1.| "Blood"| Vinayak Sasikumar| Ravi Basrur| Dabzee, Rohith Siddappa, Santhosh Venky| 3:31
2.| "Marpapa"| Vinayak Sasikumar| Saeed Abbas| Baby Jean| 2:57
3.| "Asuran"| Vinayak Sasikumar| Ravi Basrur| Santhosh Venky| 3:08
4.| "Brother"| Vinayak Sasikumar| Ravi Basrur| Jithin Raj| 3:37
5.| "Family"| Anohnymouss, Fil$| Shaan Rahman| Anohnymouss, Fil$| 4:01
6.| "Blood" (Version 2)| Vinayak Sasikumar| Ravi Basrur| Santhosh Venky, Rohith Siddappa| 3:31
7.| "Marpapa" (Fast Version)| Vinayak Sasikumar| Saeed Abbas| Baby Jean| 2:24
8.| "Marco Theme 1"| Instrumental| Ravi Basrur| Santhosh Venky| 1:43
9.| "Marco Teaser Theme"| Instrumental| Ravi Basrur| Instrumental| 1:12
Total length:| 25:57

### Background score

[edit]

Marco

Film score by

Ravi Basrur

Released| 27 December 2024[34]
Recorded| 2023–2024
Genre| Film score
Length| 1:24:50
Language| Malayalam
Label| Sony Music India
Producer| Ravi Basrur

No.| Title| Length

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1.| "The Blind and The Killer"| 1:08
2.| "Cabral 616"| 2:58
3.| "Tony Chemicals"| 1:41
4.| "Torso"| 1:49
5.| "Tony's Mayhem"| 1:19
6.| "Tony's Evil Way"| 1:30
7.| "Daredevil"| 1:06
8.| "Fighting Yard"| 1:33
9.| "Fight Club"| 0:17
10.| "George D'Peter"| 0:57
11.| "In The Woods"| 8:01
12.| "Russel's Plan"| 0:57
13.| "End of Victor"| 0:37
14.| "Marco in Fight Club"| 2:05
15.| "Wrong Wrong Person"| 1:24
16.| "The Epic Walk"| 2:42
17.| "First Phase of Marco"| 1:53
18.| "Marco's Katana"| 1:50
19.| "Russel at Funeral"| 0:24
20.| "Russel's Rampage"| 0:59
21.| "The Corridor Fight"| 2:15
22.| "The Massacre"| 9:39
23.| "Cyrus The Butcher"| 1:59
24.| "The Church Intro"| 2:41
25.| "Trap for Tony"| 3:11
26.| "The Gold Plan"| 2:01
27.| "This is My Deal"| 3:29
28.| "The Killer"| 3:01
29.| "The End is Here"| 4:41
30.| "The Staircase"| 2:43
31.| "Dev's Blood"| 1:05
32.| "Phosgene"| 0:53
33.| "The Last Ride"| 11:55
Total length:| 1:24:50

## Release

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### Theatrical

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Marco was released on 20 December 2024, coinciding with Christmas weekend.[35][36] Apart from the original Malayalam language, it was released in the Telugu, Hindi, Tamil, and Kannada languages. The film received an A certification from the Central Board of Film Certification due to extreme bloody violence.[37] For the same reason, Marco became the first Indian action film and fifth Indian film in general to receive an R21 rating by the IMDA in Singapore.[38][39] The film premiered at the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival in South Korea on 5 July 2025.[40][41][42]

### Home media

[edit]

The film began streaming on SonyLIV from 14 February 2025 in Malayalam along with dubbed versions in the Tamil, Telugu, and Kannada languages.[43][44] The Hindi-dubbed version began streaming on Amazon Prime Video on 27 February 2025.[45] Initially, an extended and uncut version of the film was to be released on both streaming services, but after complaints were sent to the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, the theatrical version got released on the platforms instead.[46]

The film is set for a French Blu-ray release on 25 September 2025.[47][48]

## Controversies

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The film was subjected to attention and criticized by many personalities for its extreme violence and brutal content, saying that it influences real-life violence and involving violence against women and children.[49][50] The film was planned to have a television premiere, but it was blocked by the CBFC due to the film's graphic violence.[51] Alongside the cancellation of the film's planned TV premiere, appeals were also made by the regional censor board of India to remove the film from its OTT streaming services.[52]

## Reception

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### Critical response

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Marco received positive reviews from critics, praising its cast performance (especially Unni Mukundan's), direction, screenplay, dialogues, making style, music, background scores, action sequences and production values. However, the film's plot and depictions of violence received polarizing response.

Sanjith Sridharan of OTTplay gave 3.5/5 stars and wrote "Marco is the closest Malayalam film to a Prashanth Neel movie, not in terms of scale or story, but style. Unni Mukundan's performance gets the lion's share of credit for this too."[53] Janani K of India Today gave 3/5 stars for the Tamil version and wrote, "The film will blow your mind off with its action pieces and its not for the faint-hearted", concluding as "Actor Unni Mukundan's exceptional performance enhanced the feel of Marco".[54] Reviewing the Telugu version, Pratyusha Sista of Telangana Today stated that, "the film is a must-watch for action lovers, if you're looking for a gripping weekend entertainer as the director takes a simple revenge story and crafts it into a top-notch thriller with his unique vision".[55] Arun Antony of Deccan Herald gave 3/5 stars and wrote, "'Marco' has everything it claims to be: bloody, violent, brutal and it holds back little in terms of onscreen violence, however, the action and stunts are fresh and enjoyable".[56] ABP Live gave 3.5/5 stars and wrote, "Technically the film sets a new standard in Indian cinema and it's a must-watch as the film maintains a thrilling pace with powerful action as well as brilliant direction".[57] Aaliya Farzeen Ashraf of The Week gave 3/5 stars and wrote "Marco caters to fans of stylized action and intense violence."[58] Shilpa Nair Anand of The Hindu wrote "The movie scores on the technical aspects such as the stylised stunts, cinematography and background score; the writing, however, flounders."[59]

### Box office

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On its opening day, the film grossed ₹10.8 crore worldwide, being the fourth highest day-one grossing Malayalam film in 2024, and one of the highest opener in Malayalam cinema with ₹4.55 crore from the domestic market.[60][61] Marco became the highest-grossing A certified film of Malayalam cinema, surpassing Kammatipaadam (2016).[7] In its first three day weekend, the film grossed over ₹30 crore worldwide with ₹14.75 crore from Kerala.[62][63] In its first 4-days, it grossed around ₹40 crore worldwide with ₹18.15 crore from Kerala.[64] The film has grossed ₹25 crore in Kerala and around ₹50 crore worldwide in 7 days.[65] It grossed ₹56 crore worldwide in 8 days of its release.[66]

As of 3 January 2025, the Hindi dubbed version became the highest grossing Malayalam dubbed film in the Hindi speaking region netting ₹5 crore surpassing The Goat Life (2024) and 2018 (2023).[67] In 17 days, the total worldwide gross collection stands at ₹91 crore, including ₹40 from Kerala, ₹20 crore from ROI and ₹31 crore from overseas.[68] The film crossed ₹100 crore globally on its 4th Sunday (23 days). As of 20 January 2025, the film grossed ₹104 crore worldwide.[69][70]

## Potential sequel

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The film's post-credits scene teased a sequel, which was confirmed by Adeni a few weeks after the release of the film, and it was expected to have more action and violence than its predecessor.[71] However, it was shelved owing to "too much negativity" around the project, as confirmed by Mukundan himself.[72]

In July 2025, Cubes Entertainments clarified that discussions regarding Marco 2 are still ongoing. The studio stated that they hold full rights to the project and have no plans to transfer or sell them. However, no official announcement has been made regarding the film's production or release.[73][74]

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## External links

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* Marco at IMDb

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