Susanna (2000 film)
Susanna is a 2000 Malayalam film written, directed and produced by T. V. Chandran with Vani Viswanath in the title role. The film won two Kerala State Film Awards: Second Best Actress (Vani Viswanath) and Special Jury Mention (T. V. Chandran).[1] It received the Padmarajan Award for Cinema in 2000.
| Susanna | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | T. V. Chandran |
| Produced by | T. V. Chandran |
| Written by | T. V. Chandran |
| Starring | Vani Viswanath Bharath Gopi Nedumudi Venu Narendra Prasad Charu Hassan P. Sreekumar M. R. Gopakumar Urmila Unni Madhupal M. G. Sasi Shivaji Reshmi Soman |
| Music by | Johnson |
| Cinematography | K. G. Jayan |
| Edited by | Venugopal |
| Distributed by | Manoj, Shogun Films, Vinod Movies Release |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Plot
Central character is Susanna, who appears to be a prostitute living with five different people at the same time. These five men and Susanna engage in a strange relationship, easily misunderstood by the society around them. But no one can judge her on grounds of morality. She is a mother, wife, sister, daughter to all her men. They find peace in her presence.
Cast
- Vani Viswanath as Susanna
- Narendra Prasad
- Charuhasan
- Bharath Gopi
- Madhupal
- Mukundan
- M. R. Gopakumar
- M.G. Sasi
- Shivaji
- Nedumudi Venu
- Urmila Unni
- K. B. Ganesh Kumar
- Murali
- MG Sasi
- Mukundan Menon
- Gopalakrishnan
- Prasanna Ravi
- Teena
- KG Chitranjali
- Remya
- Sudhiranjan
- Aliyar
- Reshmi Soman
- Omana Ouseph
- Geetha Nair
Trivia
- Mallika Sarabhai was also approached to play the role of Susanna.[2][3]
- Susanna is widely regarded as the best performance by Vani Viswanath.[4]
- Canadian poet and musician Leonard Cohen's "Suzanne" is played in the film.
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References
- "'Sayahnam' bags seven awards"
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- Unni R. Nair. (7 June 2001). "Dani— Travelling with history". Screen India
- "With guns blazing"
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