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''Sakshyam'' is a 1995 successful
Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 2 ...
-language
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n film, directed by Mohan. The movie is actress
Manju Warrier Manju Warrier (; born 10 September 1978) is an Indian actress, producer, classical dancer and playback singer who primarily appears in Malayalam language films. She is the recipient of several awards including one National Film Award, one Kera ...
's debut film. The film was produced by K. R. Balakrishnan and Rajan Manakkalathu.


Plot

Brigadier Rajashekaran Nambiar is an officer in the Indian Army. Neighbor Dr. Sunny is an army doctor. The movie starts with a flashback of Nambiar receiving a call from the hospital, alerting him that his wife Susanna's health is deteriorating. Upon receiving this news, he goes to the convent to find his daughter, Smitha. He takes her on a trip to see her mother. On the journey, he recalls forgotten memories of Susanna. One of these memories is of how he and Susanna met. Rajashekeran was a flirt, an alcoholic and an excessive smoker. When Susanna rejects his attempt at flirting, he becomes determined to get her. He gets his friend, Dr. Sunny, to sway Susanna into liking him. Raj and Susanna eventually get married. Rajashekharan is from a royal family which disapprove of her. As time passes, tensions relax between Raj's family and Susanna. Meanwhile, the relations between the couple are tense. After a year of marriage, the couple do not have a child. This is a source of gossip for Raj's family. Raj drinks and becomes depressed over his childlessness. One day while drunk he tells Susanna he doesn't want to live with her anymore. Susanna leaves. Raj's mother dies suddenly. A family member tells Raj that his mother asked for Susanna before her death. Hearing this, Raj is moved to reunite with Susanna. Raj throws a farewell party for Dr. Sunny, who has been promoted to Hyderabad. During this party, Raj announces that his wife is pregnant. The story skips to years later at a resort where Raj, his daughter, and Susanna are on holiday. They run into Dr. Sunny, who is now rich and married and has a daughter. Raj later receives a phone call saying that Dr. Sunny was the only survivor in an accident with his family. Dr. Sunny becomes an alcoholic and loses his medical license after he gives a patient the wrong medicine. Raj invites Sunny to live with him. One day, Susana calls Raj telling him to send Dr. Sunny away because he is an alcoholic and dangerous. Another day, Raj gets a call from the police who inform him that Dr. Sunny is dead, and Susanna is the killer. Susanna is jailed and refuses to explain. Years pass, and Raj gets a call that Susanna is on her deathbed. When Rajashekeran and his daughter arrive, Susanna gives him her diary to read only when he returns to his house. The diary reveals that Dr. Sunny and Susanna had had a relationship prior to her marriage. Due to Dr. Sunny's financial difficulties, they ended the relationship and Dr. Sunny later encourages Susanna to marry Raj. When Raj wanted a divorce, Susanna tried to commit suicide, but was stopped by Dr. Sunny. The two had an affair. Just when Dr. Sunny was about to call Raj and tell him of his love for Susanna, Raj reunited with her. Her diary also reveals that when Dr. Sunny's wife and daughter died, Dr. Sunny came back mainly to steal away Susanna's child, whom Susanna never liked. Dr. Sunny threatened to leave the child and take Susanna away with him. Susanna pointed a gun at Dr. Sunny, who tells her to kill him. He closes his hand over hers and forces her hand, killing himself. Susanna could have told the true story, but felt she deserved the punishment for her infidelity. After finishing the diary, Rajashekeran rushes back to Susanna who dies in front of him. The film ends with Rajashekeran and Smitha crying.


Cast

* Murali as Col.Rajasekharan Nambiar *
Suresh Gopi Suresh Gopi (born 26 June 1958) is an Indian actor, politician, playback singer and television presenter. He works predominantly in Malayalam cinema and has also appeared in some Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Bollywood films. Suresh made his acti ...
as Military Doctor Sunny *
Gautami Gautami Tadimalla (born 2 July 1969), known mononymously as Gautami, is an Indian actress and politician who has worked mainly in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films in addition to Hindi, and Kannada films. She was one of the leading South India ...
as Susanna *
Manju Warrier Manju Warrier (; born 10 September 1978) is an Indian actress, producer, classical dancer and playback singer who primarily appears in Malayalam language films. She is the recipient of several awards including one National Film Award, one Kera ...
as Smitha (voice-over by Sreeja) * Annie as Daisy Sunny *
Innocent Innocence is a lack of guilt, with respect to any kind of crime, or wrongdoing. In a legal context, innocence is to the lack of legal guilt of an individual, with respect to a crime. In other contexts, it is a lack of experience. In relation ...
as Chittappan *
Venu Nagavalli Venu Nagavally (16 April 1949 – 10 September 2010) was an Indian actor, screenwriter and director best known for his work in Malayalam film industry. He has directed 12 films. Son of writer, commentator, and broadcaster Nagavally R. S. Kurup, ...
as Military Dr. Narendran * Kunchan as Paulose *
Geetha Vijayan Geetha Vijayan (born 22 June 1972) is an Indian actress who appears in Malayalam movies, a few Tamil and Hindi movies. She debuted in the 1990 Malayalam comedy- thriller film ''In Harihar Nagar''. She has since acted in more than 150 Malayalam ...
as Mariamma *
Nedumudi Venu Kesavan Venugopal (22 May 1948 – 11 October 2021), better known by his stage name Nedumudi Venu, was an Indian actor and screenwriter from Kerala, who predominantly worked in Malayalam cinema. He acted in more than 500 films, primarily in Ma ...
as Dominic Fernandes * T. P. Madhavan *
Kundara Johnny Johny Joseph with the stage name Kundara Johny is an Indian actor in Malayalam cinema. He has acted in more than 100 films. He has also done Tamil films like ''Vaazhkai Chakram'' and '' Nadigan''. He surprised everyone with the wide range of p ...
as Major


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* {{IMDb title, 0355984 1995 films 1990s Malayalam-language films Films directed by Mohan