Susman (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.

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 & Melbourne Film Festivals 1987.[1] 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 - Gauramma
• Om Puri - Ramulu
• Kulbhushan Kharbanda - Narasimha
• Neena Gupta -Mandira
• Mohan Agashe - President of Handloom Cooperative Society
• K.K. Raina
• Annu Kapoor - Lakshmaya
• Ila Arun
• Anita Kanwar
• Pankaj Kapur
• Jayant Kripalani
• Satish Kaushik

References

External links

• Susman at IMDb

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