Susman (film)

For other uses, see Sussman (disambiguation).

Susman
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	1987 (1987)
Running time	140 min
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Susman (Hindi pronunciation: [sʊsmən]; 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.^{[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

References

1. 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.
2. 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.

External links

• Susman at IMDb