Elektra

Elektra is a 2010 Malayalam psychological drama film co-written and directed by Shyamaprasad, starring Nayanthara, Manisha Koirala, Prakash Raj, Biju Menon, and Skanda Ashok. It was produced by N. B. Vindhyan, who also produced Shyamaprasad's Ore Kadal. The film is based on the story of the Greek mythological character Electra, although it has a contemporary setting in an aristocratic family in Kerala. It draws strongly on four adaptations of the myth: Electra by Sophocles, Electra by Euripides, Oresteia by Aeschylus and Mourning Becomes Electra by Eugene O’Neill (1931). Key to the film is the concept of the Electra complex; a daughter's psychosexual competition with her mother for her father's affection. The film premiered at the International Film Festival of India in November 2010. It made its international premiere at the 7th Dubai International Film Festival. Cast Nayanthara as Elektra Manisha Koirala as Diana Prakash Raj as Abraham and Isaac Skanda Ashok as Edwin Biju Menon as Peter P. Sreekumar as Fr. Ulhannan KPAC Lalitha as Fr. Ulahannan's wife Shruthy Menon as Laura Pradeep Kottayam as Man in Cemetery Amby as Doctor