{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2015}} {{Use Indian English|date=October 2015}} {{Infobox film | name = Kathavaseshan | image = Kathavasheshan.jpg | writer = T. V. Chandran | starring = Dileep<br />Jyothirmayi | director = T. V. Chandran | producer = Dileep<br>Anoop | music = '''Songs:'''<br />M. Jayachandran<br />Isaac Thomas Kottukapally<br />'''Score:'''<br />Isaac Thomas Kottukapally | cinematography = K. G. Jayan | editing = V. P. Krishnakumar | distributor = {{ubl|Kalasangham Films|KAS|Right Release}} | released = {{Film date|df=y|2004|11|11}} | studio = Grand Productions | country = India | runtime = 120 minutes | language = Malayalam }}
'''''Kathavaseshan''''' ({{Translation|The Deceased}})''''': Epilogue to a life lived''''' is a 2004 Indian Malayalam-language mystery drama film written and directed by T. V. Chandran. It stars Dileep and Jyothirmayi in the lead roles.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nowrunning.com/movie/1842/malayalam/kathavasheshan/review.htm|title=Kathavasheshan Malayalam movie Review|date=11 November 2014|accessdate=12 September 2011|first=KT|last=Thomas|work=nowrunning|archive-date=22 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122113104/https://www.nowrunning.com/movie/1842/malayalam/kathavasheshan/review.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sify.com/movies/kathavaseshan-review-malayalam-pclvDJcbhigjh.html|title = Kathavaseshan| website=Sify }}{{dead link|date=September 2022|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Veteran Bengali actress Gita Dey made a special appearance. It was the first movie in the 2002 Gujarat Riots trilogy by the director, the second one being Vilapangalkkappuram and the third and final one being Bhoomiyude Avakashikal.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/arts/cinema/all-things-bright-and-beautiful/article3965306.ece |title=All things bright and beautiful ... |date=4 October 2012 |access-date=28 October 2012 |author=C. S. Venkiteswaran |newspaper=The Hindu |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121008043654/http://www.thehindu.com/arts/cinema/all-things-bright-and-beautiful/article3965306.ece |archive-date=8 October 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=TOIarticle>{{cite news|author=Ammu Zachariah|date=9 August 2012|title=A movie for the real inheritors of earth|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-08-09/news-and-interviews/33101927_1_gujarat-riots-malayalam-film-t-v-chandran|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131215032108/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-08-09/news-and-interviews/33101927_1_gujarat-riots-malayalam-film-t-v-chandran|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 December 2013|newspaper=The Times of India|publisher=Indiatimes.com|accessdate=28 October 2012}}</ref> The narratives of all these films begin on the same day, 28 February 2002, the day after the Godhra train burning in Gujarat.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mathrubhumi.com/movies/interview/283309/#storycontent|title=ഇവിടെ എന്ത് മാറ്റം?|language=ml|newspaper=Mathrubhumi|date=30 June 2012|accessdate=30 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120630120040/http://www.mathrubhumi.com/movies/interview/283309/#storycontent|archive-date=30 June 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> The film was released on November 11 on the Eve of Deepavali.
==Plot== Gopinathan Menon, an engineer, is found dead in his flat. Renuka, his fiancée, wants to know the cause of his death. Hence, she decides to investigate the case, unraveling his last days through the perspective of the people he interacted with. Finally, she understands that Gopi committed suicide out of the shame of being alive in such a merciless society.
==Cast== {{Cast listing| *Dileep as Gopinathan Menon {{a.k.a.}} Gopi<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/20-best-malayalam-film-performances-of-the-past-two-decades/articleshow/80131679.cms|title=20 Best Malayalam film performances of the past two decades|date=6 January 2021|access-date=21 April 2021|language=en|website=Times of India}}</ref> *Jyothirmayi as Renuka *Pandiarajan as Kathavarayan *Vijayaraghavan as Janardhanan *Cochin Haneefa as S.I. Shaji *Janardanan as Veerabhadran Nair/Kuttammavan *Salim Kumar as Renuka's brother-in-law *Indrans as Thief Thorappan Vasu<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/movies-music/interview/-i-have-lamented-over-my-figure-indrans-indrans-aalorukkam-state-award-for-the-best-actor-in-2018-ottanthullal-malayalam-cinema-1.2665553|title="I have lamented over my figure" - Indrans|date=12 March 2018 }}</ref> *Bindu Panikkar as Lathika, Gopi's sister *Gita Dey as old Bengali lady *Ambika Mohan as Renuka's mother *Nithya Das as Sreedevi *Stephy Leon as Nazeem *Shivaji *Lekshmi Krishnamoorthy as Gopi's mother *Irshad as Bhadran, Gopi's colleague *Nisha Sarang as Police Inspector's wife *Babu Annur *Manikandan Pattambi *Vijayan Peringode<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/actor-vijayan-peringode-passes-away-kerala-1.2831834|title=Actor Vijayan Peringode passes away|date=23 May 2018 }}</ref> *Ashok Vishwanathan *Kalabhavan Prajod }}
==Accolades== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" |- ! scope="col"| Award ! scope="col"| Category ! scope="col"| Recipient(s) ! scope="col"| Result |- | rowspan=3|Kerala State Film Awards | Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Film |''T. V. Chandran (director)<br>Dileep (producer)'' | {{won}} |- | Kerala State Film Award for Best Screenplay | ''T. V. Chandran'' | {{won}} |- | Kerala State Film Award for Best Music Director | ''M. Jayachandran'' | {{won}} |}
==Music== {{Infobox album | name= Kathavaseshan |type = soundtrack |artist = M. Jayachandran and Isaac Thomas Kottukapally |cover = |alt = | released = 2004 | recorded = | venue = | studio = |genre = Feature film soundtrack | length = 11:24 | language = Malayalam, Gujarati | label = Satyam Audios | producer = | prev_title = | prev_year = | year = | next_title = | next_year = | misc = {{External media |audio1 ={{YouTube|hlAusL7bZ1g|Audio Jukebox}}}} }}
The film's soundtrack album was composed by M. Jayachandran and Isaac Thomas Kottukapally. Isaac composed the film's background score. The Malayalam lyrics on the album was penned by Girish Puthenchery and the Gujarati lyrics by Gauhar Raza.
{{Track listing | headline = List of songs | extra_column = Singer(s) | total_length = 11:24 | all_music = | title1 = Kannu Nattu | extra1 = P. Jayachandran, Vidyadharan | lyrics1 = Girish Puthenchery | length1 = 03:50 | title2 = Mere Duniya Main | extra2 = Shalini Singh | length2 = 03:56 | lyrics2 = Gauhar Raza | title3 = Kannu Nattu | extra3 = P. Jayachandran | lyrics3 = Girish Puthenchery | length3 = 03:38 |}}
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== External links == * {{IMDb title|0425165|Kathavaseshan}} {{T. V. Chandran}} {{authority control}} Category:2004 films Category:2004 Malayalam-language films Category:Films scored by Isaac Thomas Category:Films directed by T. V. Chandran Category:2004 drama films Category:Indian nonlinear narrative films Category:Films shot in Palakkad Category:Films distributed by Kalasangham Films