Elektra (2010 film)
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| Directed by | Shyamaprasad |
| Screenplay by | Shyamaprasad Kiran Prabhakar |
| Produced by | N. B. Vindhyan |
| Starring | Nayanthara Manisha Koirala Prakash Raj Biju Menon Skanda Ashok |
| Cinematography | Sanu Varghese |
| Edited by | Vinod Sukumaran |
| Music by | Alphons Joseph |
| Distributed by | Rasika Entertainment |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Elektra is a 2010 Indian Malayalam-language 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 (2007).
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.