Susanna (2000 film)

Susanna
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
Release date	2000 (2000)
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. 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.

Plot[]

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[]

• 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
• MG Sasi
• Mukundan Menon
• Gopalakrishnan
• Prasanna Ravi
• Teena
• KG Chitranjali
• Remya
• Sudhiranjan
• Aliyar
• Reshmi Soman as Daughter of Susanna
• Omana Ouseph
• Geetha Nair as Wife of Ramakrishna Iyer

Trivia[]

• Mallika Sarabhai was also approached to play the role of Susanna.^[2]
• Susanna is widely regarded as the best performance by Vani Viswanath.
• Canadian poet and musician Leonard Cohen's "Suzanne" is played in the film.

References[]

External links[]

• Susanna at IMDb

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