Manisha
Koirala,
one
of
the
leading
actress
of
Bollywood,
has
done
quite
a
number
of
Tamil
movies.
The
bubbly
actress
is
now
venturing
into
the
Malayalam
movies
with
director
Shyamaprasad"s
upcoming
project
titled
Electra.
The
director
is
renowned
for
his
representation
of
complex
human
emotions.
This
time
too,
his
film
Electra
deals
with
turbulent
relationships
within
a
family.
The
movie
is
based
on
a
classic
Greek
play.
Manisha
is
paired
opposite
the
national
award
winning
actor
Prakash
Raj.
Director
Shyamaprasad
says,
“This
film
is
based
on
one
of
the
plays
I
studied
during
my
days
in
the
School
of
Drama,
Thrissur.
I
always
wished
to
adapt
it
on
screen"
The
Southern
beauty
Nayantara
is
essaying
the
title
role
of
Electra
and
she
plays
the
daughter
of
Prakash
and
Manisha
in
the
film.
Nayantara
is
very
excited
about
her
role
of
Electra
Alexander,
who
has
a
troubled
family
background.
Manisha
Koirala
has
earlier
acted
in
a
few
Tamil
films
like
Bombay,
Mudhalvan,
Indian
and
Baba,
but
Electra
is
going
to
be
her
first
Malayalam
film.
Actors
Skanda,
Biju
Menon,
P
Sreekumar
and
KPAC
Lalitha
are
playing
other
important
roles
in
the
film.
Sanu
J
Verghese,
the
man
behind
the
camera
of
the
Hindi
film
Karthik
Calling
Karthik,
is
looking
after
the
cinematography.
Alphons
Joseph
(of
the
song
Aaromale
from
Vinnaithandi
Varuvaya)
is
composing
music
for
the
film.
Under
the
banner
of
Rasika
Entertainment,
Vindhyan,
a
close
buddy
of
Shymaprasad,
is
producing
Electra.
The
film
is
likely
to
hit
theatres
during
the
festival
of
Onam.