Karmayogi (2012 film)

Karmayogi
Film poster
Directed by	V. K. Prakash
Produced by	Vachan Shetty Sajitha Prakash
Written by	Belram Mattannoor
Based on	Hamlet by Shakespeare
Starring	Indrajith Nithya Menon Padmini Kolhapure Saiju Kurup
Music by	Ousepachan
Cinematography	R. D. Rajasekhar
Edited by	Beena Paul
Production company	Trends Add Films Innostorm Entertainment Group Creative Land Pictures
Release dates	16 March 2012 (2012-03-16)
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Karmayogi is a 2012 Malayalam film directed by V. K. Prakash, starring Indrajith, Nithya Menon, Padmini Kolhapure, Saiju Kurup, Ashokan, Thalaivasal Vijay and Manikuttan. The film is an adaptation of Shakespeare's Hamlet.^[1] Indrajith plays the protagonist in the film.

Plot

The film tells the story of Rudran Gurukkal, the lone male descendant of the Chathothu family. The family represents the Yogi community, in which Lord Shiva is believed to have been born. Rudran is haunted by a strange kind of destiny. This forms the crux of the story.^[2]

Accolades

Karmayogi was screened in the competition section at the 42nd International Film Festival of India (IFFI), in Panaji, Goa in 2011.
Karmayogi was screened in the Malayalam Cinema Today section at the 16th International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK), in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala in 2011.^[3]
Risabava won the 2011 Kerala State Awards for dubbing for his work in the film.

Cast

Indrajith as Rudran Gurukkal
Nithya Menon
Padmini Kolhapure as Mankamma, Rudran's mother^[4]
Saiju Kurup
Ashokan
Thalaivasal Vijay
Manikuttan

References

↑ Saraswathy Nagarajan (11 March 2011). "Mr. Reliable of Mollywood". The Hindu. Retrieved 11 March 2011.
↑ Unni R. Nair. (11 March 2011). "Karmayogi: Hamlet retold". Screen India. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
↑ "A slice of Kerala". The New Indian Express.
↑ "Padmini Kolhapure in V. K. Prakash's Karmayogi". Nowrunning.com. 13 October 2010. Retrieved 11 March 2011.

External links

Karmayogi film stills and posters

V. K. Prakash filmography

Punaradhivasam (2000)
Mullavalliyum Thenmavum (2003)
Freaky Chakra (2003)
Police (2005)
Moonnamathoral (2006)
Positive (2008)
Phir Kabhi (2009)
Kavya's Diary (2009)
Gulumaal: The Escape (2009)
Aidondla Aidu (2010)
Three Kings (2011)
Beautiful (2011)
Karmayogi (2012)
Trivandrum Lodge (2012)
Poppins (2012)
Natholi Oru Cheriya Meenalla (2013)
Thank You (2013)
Silence (2013)
Mazhaneerthullikal (2013)
Shutter (2014)
Nirnaayakam (2015)
Ishqedarriyaan (2015)

William Shakespeare's Hamlet

Characters

Soliloquies

Words and phrases

Terminology

Influence

Performances

Moscow Art Theatre (1911–1912)
Richard Burton (1964)

On screen

Adaptations

Films	The Rest Is Silence (1959) The Bad Sleep Well (1960) Ophelia (1963) Johnny Hamlet (1968) One Hamlet Less (1973) Acting Hamlet in the Village of Mrdusa Donja (1974) The Angel of Vengeance – The Female Hamlet (1977) Strange Brew (1983) Hamlet Goes Business (1987) The Lion King (1994) Let the Devil Wear Black (1999) Dating Hamlet (2002) The Banquet (2006) Karmayogi (2012) Haider (2014) Hamlet A.D.D. (2014)

Novels	Gertrude and Claudius (2000) Ophelia's Revenge (2003) The Dead Fathers Club (2006) Something Rotten (2007) Hamlet's Father (2008) The Story of Edgar Sawtelle (2008)

Plays	Hamletmachine (1977) Dogg's Hamlet (1979) Fortinbras (1991) Hamlet (2005)

Musicals	Rockabye Hamlet (1973) The Lion King (1997)

Television	Hamlet at Elsinore (1964) Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (1980) Hamlet (1992) Sons of Anarchy (2008) Hamlet (2009)

Parody

Songs

"My Robin is to the Greenwood Gone" (16th century)
"Pull Me Under" (1992)
"Song for Athene" (1997)

Opera/Classical

Hamlet (Thomas)
Amleto (Faccio)
Hamlet (Tchaikovsky)
Tristia (Berlioz)
Die Hamletmaschine (Rihm)

Story within a story

Films	To Be or Not to Be (1942) To Be or Not to Be (1983) Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990) Renaissance Man (1994) In the Bleak Midwinter (1995) Hamlet 2 (2008) Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead (2009) Three Days (2012)

Plays	Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (1966) Stage Blood (1974) I Hate Hamlet (1991) To Be or Not to Be (2008)

Novels	Hamlet, Revenge! (1937) Theatre of War (1994) "The Undiscovered" (1997) The Shakespeare Stealer (1998) Interred with Their Bones (2007)

Television	"The Producer" (1966) Slings & Arrows (2003)

Art

Ophelia
Affe mit Schädel

Video game

Last Action Hero (1993)
Hamlet (2010)

Intertextuality

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