''Kadhavaseshan'' () is a 2004

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

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and

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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

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

as Gopinathan Menon Gopi *

as Renuka *

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as Kathavarayan *

Vijayaraghavan Narayanapillai Vijayaraghavan, known mononymously as Vijayaraghavan, is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema. He is known for his character roles. He is the son of drama and cinema artist N. N. Pillai. Early life and f ...

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 *

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as Nazeem *

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

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as Police Inspector's wife *

Babu Annur Babu Annur also known as C. K. Babu is an Indian film and theater actor, working predominantly in the Malayalam movie industry. He has actively been involved in theater in Malayalam as an actor since 1974. He has done more than seventy-five pla ...

Manikandan Pattambi Manikandan Pattambi 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 sitcom '' Marimayam'', a social satire in Mazhavil Manorama ...

*Vijayan Peringode *Ashok Vishwanathan *Kalabhavan Prajod

Accolades

Music

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

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. The Malayalam lyrics on the album were penned by Gireesh Puthanchery and the Gujarati lyrics by

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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 Films shot in Palakkad