Kannaki

Kannaki (2002)

കണ്ണകി

Villagers Manickan and Choman are very close friends. Manickan is in love with Kannaki and wants to marry her but Choman wants him to marry his sister. It is loosely based on Shakespeare's story of Antony & Cleopatra

Date of release
2002-08-01
TMDB
8.5 / 10 (2)
Runtime
2h 7m
Director
Jayaraj

Casting

Interesting facts

Kannaki (English: The Eye) is a 2001 Indian Malayalam-language tragedy film directed by Jayaraj and written by Sanjeev Kilikulam. It stars Nandita Das, Lal, Siddique, Kalpana, Geetu Mohandas and Manoj K. Jayan. It is an adaptation of William Shakespeare's play Antony and Cleopatra. This is Jayaraj's second film adaptation of a Shakespeare play, the first being Kaliyattam (1997). Lal plays Manickam, the equivalent to Antony. Nandita Das plays Kannaki, the equivalent to Cleopatra and Manoj K. Jayan plays Gounder, Octavius Caesar's role. Nandita Das' role as Kannaki was critically acclaimed.

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