Kathapurushan

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Kathapurushan
A screenshot from the film
Directed by	Adoor Gopalakrishnan
Written by	Adoor Gopalakrishnan
Produced by	Adoor Gopalakrishnan NHK (co-producer)
Starring	Vishwanathan Mini Nair Aranmula Ponnamma Narendra Prasad Urmila Unni Babu Namboothiri
Cinematography	Mankada Ravi Varma
Edited by	M. Mani
Music by	Vijaya Bhaskar
Production companies	Adoor Gopalakrishnan Productions NHK
Release date	1995 (1995)
Running time	107 minutes
Countries	India Japan
Language	Malayalam

Kathapurushan (English: The Man of the Story) is a 1995 Indo-Japanese Malayalam-language period drama film written and directed by Adoor Gopalakrishnan. It was produced by Gopalakrishnan himself and co-produced by NHK. The film stars Vishwanathan, Mini Nair, Aranmula Ponnamma, Narendra Prasad and Urmila Unni.

Kathapurushan is a journey exploring the history of that time in the state of Kerala in India.

The film won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film at the National Film Awards in 1996.