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{{Infobox film
| name = Sesham
| image =
| caption =
| director = [[T. K. Rajeev Kumar]]
| producer = [[Latha Kurien Rajeev]] K. Madhavan
| writer = T. K. Rajeev Kumar
| starring = [[Jayaram]] [[Geethu Mohandas]] [[Biju Menon]] P. Balachandran
| music = [[Sharreth]]
| cinematography = [[Rajeev Ravi]]
| editing = [[A. Sreekar Prasad]]
| studio = Blue Mermaid Picture Company [[Asianet (TV channel)|Asianet]]
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2002|09|27}}
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = Malayalam
| budget =
| gross =
}}
'''''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.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2002/01/25/stories/2002012501050202.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020527175414/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2002/01/25/stories/2002012501050202.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 May 2002|title=Sesham|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=25 January 2002|accessdate=14 April 2011}}</ref>

The film received critical acclaim, it won four [[Kerala State Film Awards]], including [[Kerala State Film Award for Best Film|Best Film]], [[Kerala State Film Award for Best Story|Best Story]], [[Kerala State Film Award for Best Editor|Best Editor]], and [[Kerala State Film Award for Best Sound Recordist|Best Sound Recordist]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://in.movies.yahoo.com/021231/113/1zlvu.html|title=2002: Malayalam cinema|publisher=[[Yahoo]]|date=31 December 2002|accessdate=14 April 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070718081052/http://in.movies.yahoo.com/021231/113/1zlvu.html|archivedate=18 July 2007|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

==Plot==
Lonappan ([[Jayaram]]), the protagonist, is a complacent inmate of a lunatic asylum, whose life becomes the subject of the graduation film of a movie-school student ([[Geethu Mohandas]]). As the social activist in her dominates the film-maker, she, with the help of her sub-collector fiancé ([[Biju Menon]]), 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==
* [[Jayaram]] as Lonappan
* [[Geethu Mohandas]] as Meera
* [[Biju Menon]]
* [[P. Balachandran]]
* Mithun Ramesh as Nithin
* [[P. Sreekumar]]

==Awards==
;[[Kerala State Film Awards]]<ref>{{cite news|author=Correspondent|title='Sesham' adjudged best feature film|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/sesham-adjudged-best-feature-film/article27843800.ece|accessdate=17 July 2019|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=26 April 2002}}</ref>
*[[Kerala State Film Award for Best Film|Best Film]] – Latha Kurien Rajeev, K. Madhavan, T. K. Rajeev Kumar
*[[Kerala State Film Award for Best Story|Best Story]] - T. K. Rajeev Kumar
*[[Kerala State Film Award for Best Editor|Best Editor]] – A. Sreekar Prasad
*[[Kerala State Film Award for Best Sound Recordist|Best Sound Recordist]] – Simon Selvaraj

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0357154}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20020527175414/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2002/01/25/stories/2002012501050202.htm Film Review] at ''[[The Hindu]]''

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{{T. K. Rajeev Kumar}}

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[[Category:Mental illness in films]]
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