Sujatha is a 1980

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 by Vasudevan, starring Vijayan, Shankar

Shankar (actor)

Shankar Panikkar, popularly known as Shankar is an Indian film actor and director. He was one of the prominent lead actors of Malayalam cinema during the 1980s.- As an Actor :...

, Saritha

Saritha

Saritha is a South Indian actress. She has acted in at least 141 feature films, and was cast in the television serial Selvi in 2005. Her mainstream career spanned from 1979 to 1989, when she took a break to marry Indian actor and producer Mukesh and raise their two sons...

, Sukumari

Sukumari

Sukumari is an Indian film actress who has primarily acted in Malayalam and Tamil films. She has been acting since she was 10 years old and has acted in various roles. The total number of her films is presumed to be about two-thousand. In 2003, she was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of...

, Bhagyalakshmi, Vanitha, Major Sundarrajan and Raveendran

Plot summary

Sujatha is the story of a brother and sister, played by Shankar

Shankar (actor)

Shankar Panikkar, popularly known as Shankar is an Indian film actor and director. He was one of the prominent lead actors of Malayalam cinema during the 1980s.- As an Actor :...

 and Saritha

Saritha

Saritha is a South Indian actress. She has acted in at least 141 feature films, and was cast in the television serial Selvi in 2005. Her mainstream career spanned from 1979 to 1989, when she took a break to marry Indian actor and producer Mukesh and raise their two sons...

 respectively. Shankar commits suicide to stop the forced allianze initiated by their father Major Sundarrajan, as she do not want to marry. The film shows light in Saritha's life, when she meets a new college lecturer Vijayan.

Cast

• Vijayan
• Shankar
  Shankar (actor)
  Shankar Panikkar, popularly known as Shankar is an Indian film actor and director. He was one of the prominent lead actors of Malayalam cinema during the 1980s.- As an Actor :...
  
  
• Saritha
  Saritha
  Saritha is a South Indian actress. She has acted in at least 141 feature films, and was cast in the television serial Selvi in 2005. Her mainstream career spanned from 1979 to 1989, when she took a break to marry Indian actor and producer Mukesh and raise their two sons...
  
  
• Sukumari
  Sukumari
  Sukumari is an Indian film actress who has primarily acted in Malayalam and Tamil films. She has been acting since she was 10 years old and has acted in various roles. The total number of her films is presumed to be about two-thousand. In 2003, she was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of...
  
  
• Bhagyalakshmi
• Vanitha
• Major Sundarrajan
• Raveendran