‘Marco 2’ plans dropped, reveals actor Unni Mukundan: ‘An excessive amount of negativity’

On Saturday, Unni shared a video on his Instagram deal with displaying his bodily transformation, underneath which a fan requested, “Marco 2kab ayegi?” (When will Marco 2 launch?). “Bro, apologies however I’ve dropped plans to proceed the Marco collection. An excessive amount of negativity across the undertaking. I’ll strive my finest to carry one thing greater and higher than Marco. Thanks for all of the love and positivity. Cheers,” responded Unni.

A screengrab of the interplay

The actor’s response left many followers disenchanted, particularly those that have been awaiting a sequel after the super success Marco had tasted on the field workplace.

The ‘negativity’ that Unni talked about in his response would possibly denote the controversies the movie attracted for its portrayal of violence. Marco, directed by Haneef Adeni, is extensively thought of to be one of the crucial violent Malayalam movies.

Submit the theatrical launch of the movie, the Central Board of Movie Certification (CBFC) even denied satellite tv for pc rights for the film, citing its portrayal of utmost violence. There have been additionally appeals to ban its OTT launch, and the movie was additionally the highlight of debates in Kerala over the function of movies in fuelling stunning acts of violence by younger individuals in current instances.

Marco was a spin-off of Unni’s character within the director’s 2019 movie, Mikhael, headlined by Nivin Pauly. The solid additionally featured Kabir Duhan Singh, Yukti Thareja, Anson Paul, Siddique, Arjun Nandakumar, Durva Thaker, and Abhimanyu Shammy Thilakan, amongst others.

With music scored by Ravi Basrur of KGF fame, the movie had cinematography by Chandru Selvaraj and modifying by Shameer Muhammed. Shareef Muhammed produced the movie underneath the Cubes Entertainments banner, in affiliation with Unni Mukundan Movies.