Anarkali Marikar is an Indian actress who appears predominantly in

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Early life

Anarkali was born to Nias Marikar and Lali P. M. Her father is a photographer and mother is an actress. She has an elder sister named Lakshmi Marikar, who was a former child actor in the Malayalam film '' No. 1 Snehatheeram Bangalore North''. Anarkali completed her degree in

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from

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. She was offered the role in her debut film '' Aanandam'' through its cinematographer Anend C. Chandran, a friend to her sister.

Career

Anarkali made her film debut in 2016 with the teenage romantic-comedy '' Aanandam'', in a supporting role. Her second film ''

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'' (2017) featured

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in the lead role, and was directed by debutante Pradeep Nair. After that, she was cast in a leading role in '' Amala'', directed by debutante Nishad Ebrahim. In 2018, she played Devika opposite Asif Ali in ''

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''. In 2019, she appeared in debutante director Manu Ashokan's ''

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'', along with

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and Asif Ali. Manu, who had previously worked with Anarkali in ''

'' as an associate director, cast her in the movie seeing her performance. Her role as Sariya D'Costa, a friend of protagonist Pallavi (Parvathy), was critically acclaimed. She has also done a guest role in '' Marconi Mathai'' directed by debutante Sanil Kalathil starring

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and

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Filmography

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language unless otherwise noted.''

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Marikar, Anarkali Actresses from Kochi Indian film actresses Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Actresses in Malayalam cinema 21st-century Indian actresses