MUMBAI – The romantic misadventures of Susanna Anna-Marie Johannes, a beautiful lass who over the course of thirty-five odd years, gets married seven times due to the untimely and mysterious deaths of half a dozen of her hapless husbands. The strange circumstances of their deaths, makes Susanna a prime accused. Did the husbands deserve to die? Were the murders out of necessity or pure bloodlust? Does Susanna ever find her one true love?
Character Sketch of Susanna’s 7 Husbands
Edwin Rodriques (Neil Nitin Mukesh): A young and beautiful Susanna falls in love with a Major, who’s oh-so-dashing in his uniform. Yes, he’s a bit too old for her, and he likes giving orders. But love is blind.
Jimmy Stetson (John Abraham): Soon thereafter – very soon – Susanna decides to marry Jimmy, whose good looks and musical talent sweep her off her feet. She invests in him, but she has no idea what lies in store.
Wasiullah Khan (Irrfan Khan): As a romantic soul, Susanna is susceptible to beautiful poetry. Hence it is that she discovers and marries Wasiullah Khan aka Musafir, by day a gentle poet and by night… something else.
Nicolai Vronsky (Aleksandr Dyachenko): Growing older but no wiser. Susanna next marries Mr. Vronsky from Moscow and almost re-enacts her very own Anna Karenina love story.
Keemat Lal (Anu Kapoor): All these dead husbands! The police take an interest, especially Officer Keemat Lal, who is helpful to the extreme. He not only persuades Susanna to marry him, he makes it impossible for her to say no.
Modhusudhon Tarafdar (Naseruddin Shah): By now our Susanna is suffering from melancholy, not to mention indigestion. Along comes her savior, Dr. Modhusudhon Tarafdar with a healthy answer to both problems: a strict mushroom diet.
The 7th Husband: It turns out that Dr. Mushroom isn’t Susanna’s last savior. She marries yet again, and finally it’s for good.
