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Directed by | T. V. Chandran |
Written by | T. V. Chandran |
Produced 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 |
Cinematography | K. G. Jayan |
Edited by | Venugopal |
Music by | Johnson |
Distributed by | Manoj, Shogun Films, Vinod Movies Release |
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Country | India |
Language | Malayalam |
Susanna is a 2000 Malayalam film written, directed and produced by T. V. Chandran with Vani Viswanath in the title role.[1] The film won two Kerala State Film Awards: Second Best Actress (Vani Viswanath) and Special Jury Mention (T. V. Chandran).[2] It received the Padmarajan Award for Cinema in 2000. Susanna is widely regarded as the best performance by Vani Viswanath.
Plot
[edit]The 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
[edit]- Vani Viswanath as Susanna
- Narendra Prasad as Prof. Noor Mohammad
- Charuhasan as Ramakrishna Iyer
- Bharath Gopi as Retd. High Commissioner K. P. Govardhanan Pillai
- Madhupal as Ramesan
- Mukundan as Thomachan
- M. R. Gopakumar
- M.G. Sasi
- Shivaji
- Nedumudi Venu as Colonel Ramachandran Nair
- Urmila Unni as Bhargavi
- K. B. Ganesh Kumar
- Murali as Josekutty
- Gopalakrishnan
- Prasanna Ravi
- Teena
- KG Chitranjali
- Remya
- Sudhiranjan
- Aliyar
- Reshmi Soman as Susanna's daughter
- Omana Ouseph
- Geetha Nair as Ramakrishna Iyer's wife
Soundtrack
[edit]The music is composed by Johnson. Canadian poet and musician Leonard Cohen's "Suzanne" is played in the film.
- "English Song" - N/A
- "Himabinduvai Pirannu Ninmel" - Johnson
Production
[edit]Mallika Sarabhai was also approached to play the role of Susanna.[3]
Reception
[edit]D. Jose of Rediff wrote, "Where this film — obviously produced on the thinnest of shoestrings — works is in the fact that, even as it tries to portray a power-packed woman as the central character, it does so without feminist ranting or the usual tears and pathos as Susanna stumbles from misery to misfortune."[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "rediff.com, Movies: The Susanna review". www.rediff.com. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
- ^ "'Sayahnam' bags seven awards"[usurped]
- ^ Unni R. Nair. (7 June 2001). "Dani— Travelling with history". Screen India
- ^ "rediff.com, Movies: The Susanna review". 30 August 2000. Archived from the original on 30 August 2000. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
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