Kaliyattam
Kaliyattam English The Play of God is a 1997 Malayalam film directed by Jayaraaj, and starring Suresh Gopi, Lal, Manju Warrier, and Biju Menon. The film is an adaptation of William Shakespeares play Othello against the backdrop of the Hindu Theyyam performance. Suresh Gopi played Kannan Perumalayan, the equivalent to Othello. Lal played Paniyan, the equivalent to Iago. Manju Warrier played Thamara, the Desdemona version. And Biju Menon played Kanthan, Cassios role.
This is an adaptation of Shakespeares Othello, revolving around Kannan Perumalayan Suresh Gopi, a Theyyam artist who corresponds to Othello, and Thamara Manju Warrier, the beautiful daughter of the village head. While Unni Thampuran hates Kannan because he had a crush on Thamara, and Paniyan, Lal who plays a Koomali, covets the role of Theechamundi which Perumalayan holds. Paniyan plants the seeds of doubt about Thamaras fidelity in Kannans mind, making him suspect that Thamara and his assistant Kanthan Biju Menon are having an affair. Kannan spots a silk robe which he had presented to Thamara in Kanthans hands.Kannan, out of grief and anger, takes Thamaras life by suffocating her with a pillow. On the same night, Paniyan plans to get Kanthan killed by Unni Thampuran, but the plan goes awry and Thamburan is killed. Amidst these events, Kannan is told of his mistake by Paniyans wife Cheerma, before Paniyan murders her. Kannan overpowers Paniyan, crushing his legs with a stone, and allows him to live the rest of his life crippled. Kannan Perumalayan gives the Theechamundi role to Kanthan and commits suicide in the Theyyam ritual fire. ........
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