Kaliyattam is a 1997 Malayalam film directed by Jayaraaj, and starring Suresh Gopi, Lal, and Manju Warrier. The film is an adapted version of William Shakespeare's play Othello against the backdrop of the Hindu Theyyam performance. In 1998, Suresh Gopi received the National Film Award for Best Actor, and Jayaraaj the award for Best Director for their work on the film. This is an adaptation of Shakespeare's Othello, revolving around Kannan Perumalayan , a Theyyam artist who corresponds to Othello, and Thamara , the beautiful daughter of the village head. While Unni Thampuran hates Kannan... because he had a crush on Thamara, and Paniyan, who plays a Koomali, covets the role of Theechamundi which Perumalayan holds. Paniyan plants the seeds of doubt about Thamara's fidelity in Kannan's mind, making him suspect that Thamara and his assistant Kanthan are having an affair. Kannan spots a silk robe which he had presented to Thamara in Kanthan's hands. Kannan, out of grief and anger, takes Thamara's life by suffocating her with a pillow.
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| Release date: | 1997 |
| Directed by: | Jayaraj |
| Runtime: | 130 Minutes |
| Adapted from: | Othello |