Sesham

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Sesham
Directed by T. K. Rajeev Kumar
Written byT. K. Rajeev Kumar
Produced by Latha Kurien Rajeev
K. Madhavan
Starring Jayaram
Geethu Mohandas
Biju Menon
P. Balachandran
Cinematography Rajeev Ravi
Edited by A. Sreekar Prasad
Music by Sharreth
Production
companies
Blue Mermaid Picture Company
Asianet
Release date
  • 27 September 2002 (2002-09-27)
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam

Sesham is a 2002 Indian Malayalam-language drama film written and directed by T. K. Rajeev Kumar, starring Jayaram, Geethu Mohandas, Biju Menon and P. Balachandran. The film zooms into a lunatic asylum and probes the tenuous realms that separate the sane from the insane. Jayaram's portrayal of the character Lonappan is regarded as the best in his career. [1]

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The film received critical acclaim, it won four Kerala State Film Awards, including Best Film, Best Story, Best Editor, and Best Sound Recordist. [2]

Plot

Lonappan, the protagonist, is a complacent inmate of a lunatic asylum, whose life becomes the subject of the graduation film of a movie-school student. As the social activist in her dominates the film-maker, she, with the help of her sub-collector fiancé, gets Lonappan released from the asylum and tries to find him a normal life. The story takes a serious turn as Lonappan becomes an integral part of Meera's life and she finds whole things upside down because of his presence at home. She gives him a job in a school. But Lonappan turns out to be a misfit in society. In the meantime, Lonappan gets closer to a child in the school. But he finally decides to go back to the mental asylum and live the rest of life with the inmates. He discards all the facilities offered by Meera. The film ends when her movie titled Timepiece bags award for the best film at the Cannes Film Festival.

Cast

Awards

Kerala State Film Awards [3]

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References

  1. "Sesham". The Hindu . 25 January 2002. Archived from the original on 27 May 2002. Retrieved 14 April 2011.
  2. "2002: Malayalam cinema". Yahoo. 31 December 2002. Archived from the original on 18 July 2007. Retrieved 14 April 2011.
  3. Correspondent (26 April 2002). "'Sesham' adjudged best feature film". The Hindu . Archived from the original on 2 February 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2019.{{cite news}}: |author= has generic name (help)