''Susanna'' is a 2000
Malayalam
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film written, directed and produced by
T. V. Chandran with
Vani Viswanath in the title role. The film won two
Kerala State Film Awards
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: Second Best Actress (
Vani Viswanath) and Special Jury Mention (
T. V. Chandran). It received the
Padmarajan Award for Cinema in 2000. ''Susanna'' is widely regarded as the best performance by Vani Viswanath.
Cast
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Vani Viswanath as Susanna
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Narendra Prasad
Raghava Kurup Narendra Prasad (26 December 1946 3 November 2003) was an Indian actor, playwright, director, teacher and literary critic. He was born at Mavelikkara in the erstwhile Kingdom of Travancore. Appreciated for his body language a ...
as Prof. Noor Mohammad
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Charuhasan
Charuhasan Srinivasan (born 5 January 1931) is an Indian actor, director and retired lawyer who has acted in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films. He won the National Film Award for Best ActorSubha J Rao,Entertainment for a cause, Th ...
as Ramakrishna Iyer
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Bharath Gopi
Gopynathan Velayudhan Nair (2 November 1937 – 29 January 2008), popularly known by the stage name Bharat Gopy, was an Indian actor, producer, and director. Considered one of the greatest actors in the history of Indian cinema, Gopy was one of ...
as Retd. High Commissioner K. P. Govardhanan Pillai
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Madhupal as Ramesan
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Mukundan as Thomachan
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M. R. Gopakumar
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M.G. Sasi
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Shivaji
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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 M ...
as Colonel Ramachandran Nair
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Urmila Unni as Bhargavi
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K. B. Ganesh Kumar
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Murali
Murali may refer to:
People Mononyms
*Murali (Malayalam actor) (1954–2009), name of Malayalam film actor Muraleedharan Pillai, who appeared in ''Neythukaran'' and ''Aadhaaram''
*Murali (Tamil actor) (1964–2010), Tamil actor who appeared ...
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
The music is composed by
Johnson
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* Johnson (given name), a list of people
* List of people with surname Johnson, including fictional characters
*Johnson (composer) (1953–2011) ...
. Canadian poet and musician
Leonard Cohen
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's "
Suzanne" is played in the film.
*"English Song" - N/A
*"Himabinduvai Pirannu Ninmel" - Johnson
Production
Mallika Sarabhai was also approached to play the role of Susanna.
Reception
D. Jose of ''
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'' 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."
References
External links
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2000s Malayalam-language films
Films directed by T. V. Chandran
Films scored by Johnson
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