''Kadhavaseshan'' ( en, The Deceased) is a 2004

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 22 scheduled languages of India. Malayalam was des ...

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drama Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance: a play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the dramatic mode has been ...

film written and directed by T. V. Chandran, starring

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and

Jyothirmayi Jyothirmayi is an Indian actress, television presenter, and former model, who works in Malayalam cinema. Starting her career as a model, she ventured into television, working as an anchor and later starring numerous Television show. Career Jy ...

in the lead roles. Veteran

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actress

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made a special appearance. It was the first movie in the

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trilogy by the director, the second one being

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and the third and final one being

Bhoomiyude Avakashikal ''Bhoomiyude Avakashikal'' () is a 2012 Indian Malayalam-language film written and directed by T. V. Chandran based on the novel of the same name by Vaikom Muhammad Basheer. The film stars Kailash in the lead role along with Sreenivasan and My ...

. The narratives of all these films begin on the same day, 28 February 2002, that is, on the day after the

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. The film was released on November 11 on the Eve of

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Plot

Gopinathan Menon (

), an engineer, is found dead in his flat. Renuka (

), his fiancee, wants to know the cause of his death. Hence, she decides to investigate the case, unravelling his last days through the perspective of people he interacted with. Finally she understands that Gopi committed suicide out of the shame of being alive in such a merciless society.

Cast

as Gopinathan Menon Gopi *

as Renuka *

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as Kathavarayan *

Vijayaraghavan Vijayaraghavan (born 20 December 1951) is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema. He is popular for his character roles. He is the son of popular drama and cinema artist N. N. Pillai. He got his break by playing the icon ...

as Janardhanan *

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as S.I. Shaji *

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as Veerabhadran Nair/Kuttammavan *

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as Renuka's brother-in-law *

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as Thief Thorappan Vasu *

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as Lathika, Gopi's sister *

as old Bengali lady *

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as Renuka's mother *

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as Sreedevi * Stephy Leon as Nazeem *

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Lekshmi Krishnamoorthy Lakshmi krishnamurthy (1927/28 – 10 November 2018) was a character actress in Malayalam films. She is known for her role in 1996 Manju warrier starrer film Ee puzhayum kadannu. Life Her first film was Hariharans Panchagni, in 1986. Later she ...

as Gopi's mother * Irshad as Bhadran, Gopi's colleague *

Nisha Sarang Nisha Sarang (born 2 July 1970) is an Indian actress who appears in Malayalam films and television serials. She is best known for playing the character of Neelima in the TV sitcom ''Uppum Mulakum'', broadcast on Flowers. She won the Kerala State ...

as Police Inspector's wife * Babu Annur *

Manikandan Pattambi Manikandan Pattambi ( ml, മണികണ്ഠൻ പട്ടാമ്പി) is an Indian television, stage, and film actor. He's best known for his roles in Malayalam television. He became famous for his character ''Sathyasheelan'' in the si ...

*Vijayan Peringode *Ashok Vishwanathan *Kalabhavan Prajod

Accolades

Music

The film's soundtrack album and score was composed by music director

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. The Malayalam lyrics on the album were penned by writers

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and the Gujarati lyrics by Gauhar Raza.

References

External links

* {{T. V. Chandran 2004 films 2000s Malayalam-language films Films scored by M. Jayachandran Films directed by T. V. Chandran 2004 drama films Indian nonlinear narrative films