''Sasneham Sumithra'' is a 2004

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by Ambadi Krishnan starring

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. It is an uncredited film adaptation of the 1938 novel "

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" written by

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. The critically acclaimed romantic

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film

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was based on this novel.

Plot

Balan is a Navy officer. He falls in love and later marries Sumitra. Later he resigns and settles down with business, but Sumitra's father, and cousin do not like Balan. Under mysterious situations Sumitra commits suicide. Balan once again marries Warrier's only daughter Seetha. But when the well in Balan's estate gets cleaned, a skeleton is found inside. The forensic reports confirms the skeleton is Sumitra's and that she was murdered by a gun shot to the head. A police officer Inspector Muhammed Kutty investigates the case. He concludes that Sumithra committed suicide as she was suffering from a terminal illness. But Balan and his brother-in-law Shekhar who conducted a parallel investigation on Sumithra's death finds the real murderer of Sumithra and he is arrested by Inspector Muhammed.

Cast

as Balachandran * Siddique as C.I Muhammad Kutty * Renjini Krishnan as Seetha * Urmila Unni as Dr Nirmala Issac *

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as Sekhar * Sai Kumar as Kumar *

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as Meenakshi *

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as Kurup *Gayathri as Devaki

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

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and lyrics were written by Shibu Chakravarthy.

References

External links

* 2000s Malayalam-language films Indian remakes of American films 2004 films Films scored by Ouseppachan {{2000s-Malayalam-film-stub