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Kaliyattam is an adaptation of Shakespeare's 'Othello' seen through the local traditional theatrical dance form of Theyyam, in which the actor takes on a divine dimension - as soon as he wears his mask and his headgear.
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Audiences 78GoodWatch 78
IMDb7.8
Running time
2 h 10 min
Longer than most dramas, +21 min on the typical 109
typical 109130Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 4 countries
Released
1997
August 29, 1997
29 years ago
Genre
DramaLanguage
Malayalam
Original language
Made in
- India
and 3 moreDirecting · 1
- Jayaraj Director
Writing · 1
- Balram Mattanoor Writer
Camera · 1
- M. J. Radhakrishnan Director of Photography
Editing · 2
- B. Lenin Editor
- V. T. Vijayan Editor
Sound · 2
- Kaithapram Damodaran Original Music Composer
- C. Rajamani Original Music Composer
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