Susman (film)
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Category:Articles with short descriptionCategory:Short description is different from Wikidata| Susman | |
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| Directed by | Shyam Benegal |
| Written by | Shama Zaidi |
| Produced by | Shyam Benegal |
| Starring | Shabana Azmi Om Puri Kulbhushan Kharbanda |
| Cinematography | Ashok Mehta |
| Edited by | Bhanudas Divakar |
| Music by | Vanraj Bhatia |
Release date | Category:1987 films
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Running time | 140 min |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Susman (Hindi pronunciation: [sʊsmən]Category:Pages with Hindi IPA; transl. Essence) is a 1987 Hindi film directed by Shyam Benegal. The film highlighted the struggle of rural handloom weavers in the wake of rapid industrialization.[1]
The film was selected for the Indian Panorama at Filmotsav 1987, invited to the London Film Festival, the Chicago Film Festival, the Vancouver International Film Festival, the Sydney and Melbourne Film Festivals 1987.Category:All articles with unsourced statementsCategory:Articles with unsourced statements from December 2023[citation needed] It was remade as Kanchivaram in Tamil by Priyadarshan.
The film features poetry by the Indian mystic saint Kabir, who was born into a family of weavers, sung by Pandit Jasraj.[2]
Cast
- Shabana Azmi as Gauramma
- Om Puri as Ramulu
- Kulbhushan Kharbanda as Narasimha
- Neena Gupta as Mandira
- Mohan Agashe as President of Handloom Cooperative Society
- K.K. Raina
- Annu Kapoor as Lakshmaya
- Ila Arun
- Anita Kanwar
- Pankaj Kapur
- Jayant Kripalani
- Satish Kaushik
- Harish Patel
- Pallavi Joshi as daughter Chinna [3]
References
- ↑ Rahman, M. (31 August 1986). "Shyam Benegal's film 'Susman' focuses on predicament of India's handloom weavers". India Today. New Delhi: Living Media. Archived from the original on 9 December 2023. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
- ↑ Basu, Bubla (14 December 2017). "Like all Shyam Benegal films, 'Susman' engages, informs and educates". Scroll.in. Archived from the original on 31 January 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
- ↑ "Shyam Benegal's film 'Susman' focuses on predicament of India's handloom weavers". India Today. 31 August 1986. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
External links
Category:1978 films Category:1987 Hindi-language films Category:Films with screenplays by Shama Zaidi Category:Films directed by Shyam Benegal
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