#List of malayalam movies 2016 series
Veeram (2016): Another Jararaj movie, the film is an adaptation of Macbeth, and the fifth in a ‘navarasa’ series that the director has been doing. Iyob also has a major Dostoyevsky reference with the three sons named after the three brothers in Brothers Karamazov.Ħ. Both stories deal with sibling love and treachery, and the fight for wealth. Shakespeare's play had a father and three daughters while Amal's film has a father (Lal) and three sons (Chemban Vinod, Jinu Joseph and Fahadh Faasil). Iyobinte Pusthakam (2014): This film by Amal Neerad is reportedly a loose adaptation of King Lear. It doesn't end quite the way Romeo and Juliet does though.ĥ. There are a lot of silent exchanges amid nostalgic music, forbidden love, escapades and the inevitable tragedy. Fahadh Faasil becomes Rasool and Andrea Jeremiah, Anna, in this disquieting love story set in Kochi. Annayum Rasoolum (2013): Rajeev Ravi, when he turned from cinematographer to director, had Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet in mind for his debut, Annayum Rasoolum. Cleopatra, regarded as a complex woman character, gets a Malayali adaptation in Kannaki, strong-willed and stubborn as she is.Ĥ. Manoj K Jayan plays the antagonist Gounder. Choman's sister Kumudam (Geetu Mohandas) is also in love with Manickam. Lal here is Manickam, a cockfighter, who is friends with Choman (Siddique), and in love with Kannaki. Nandita Das plays the titular character, the Cleopatra to Lal's Antony. Kannaki (2001): Another Jayaraj film, Kannaki is a loose adaptation of Shakespeare's Antony & Cleopatra.
Manju Warrier's Desdemona, in that early stage of her career, was much appreciated and Suresh Gopi won both the State and the National Awards for Best Actor for his performance in Kaliyattam.Ģ. Lal, like Iago in Othello, plays the conniving character who puts ideas into Perumalayan's head about poor Thamara and another artist Kanthan (Biju Menon). He is possessive of her and plays the equivalent of Shakespeare's jealous Othello. Suresh Gopi plays Kannan Perumalayan, a Theyyam artiste, who gets married to Thamara (a teenaged Manju Warrier).
The actors play a married couple, in this adaptation of Shakespeare's Othello.
#List of malayalam movies 2016 movie
Kaliyattam (1997): This Jayaraj movie of Suresh Gopi and Manju Warrier is perhaps the first noticed Shakespearean adaptation in Malayalam.