Kathabeejam (The Germ of a Story) is a one-act play written by Malayalam language author Vaikom Muhammad Basheer.
[1] The play was written by Basheer in a period of few weeks and was conceived for the 16th anniversary of Samastha Kerala Sahitya Parishath.
[2] It was published as a book in May 1945 and was Basheer's only play.
The protagonist of the play is a writer named Sadasivan.
This article on a play from the 1940s is a stub.