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The Essence (1987)

3h 20m

Running Time

The Essence (1987)

Name: The Essence
Genre: Drama
Released: 1987-01-01

3h 20m

Running Time

Plot.

A story about the "Ikat" handloom weavers of Pochampally through the master weaver Ramulu and his family struggle in time of mass-production.

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Cast & Crew.

Om Puri

Shabana Azmi

Kulbhushan Kharbanda

Neena Gupta

Annu Kapoor

Anita Kanwar

Mohan Agashe

K.K. Raina

Harish Patel

Venkatesh, the secretary

Ila Arun

Pankaj Kapur

Shyam Benegal

Producer / Director

Ashok Mehta

Director of Photography

Shama Zaidi

Writer

Bhanudas Divakar

Editor

Vanraj Bhatia

Original Music Composer

Nitish Roy

ProductionDesigner

Details.

Release Date
January 1, 1987

Original Name
सुस्मान

Status
Released

Running Time
3h 20m

Genres
Drama

Last updated: 2025-02-14

Wiki.

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.

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. 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.