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). It received the Padmarajan Award for Cinema in 2000. Susanna is widely regarded as the best performance by Vani Viswanath.
Cast
Vani Viswanath as Susanna P. Sreekumar as Planter Varkey 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 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 Mallika Sarabhai was also approached to play the role of Susanna.Unni R. Nair. (7 June 2001). "Dani— Travelling with history". Screen India
Reception 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."
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