Kathavaseshan

Kathavaseshan (transl. 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.^[1][2] 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.^[3][4] The narratives of all these films begin on the same day, 28 February 2002, the day after the Godhra train burning in Gujarat.^[5] The film was released on November 11 on the Eve of Deepavali.

Kathavaseshan
Directed by	T. V. Chandran
Written by	T. V. Chandran
Produced by	Dileep Anoop
Starring	Dileep Jyothirmayi
Cinematography	K. G. Jayan
Edited by	V. P. Krishnakumar
Music by	Songs: M. Jayachandran Isaac Thomas Kottukapally Score: Isaac Thomas Kottukapally
Production company	Grand Productions
Distributed by	Kalasangham Films KAS Right Release
Release date	11 November 2004 (2004-11-11)
Running time	120 minutes
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

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

• Dileep as Gopinathan Menon a.k.a. Gopi^[6]
• 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^[7]
• 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^[8]
• Ashok Vishwanathan
• Kalabhavan Prajod

Accolades

Award	Category	Recipient(s)	Result
Kerala State Film Awards	Kerala State Film Award for Second Best Film	T. V. Chandran (director) 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

Kathavaseshan
Soundtrack album by M. Jayachandran and Isaac Thomas Kottukapally
Released	2004
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	11:24
Language	Malayalam, Gujarati
Label	Satyam Audios
External audio Audio Jukebox on YouTube

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.

List of songs

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Kannu Nattu"	Girish Puthenchery	P. Jayachandran, Vidyadharan	03:50
2.	"Mere Duniya Main"	Gauhar Raza	Shalini Singh	03:56
3.	"Kannu Nattu"	Girish Puthenchery	P. Jayachandran	03:38
Total length:				11:24