Nishabd
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| Nishabd | |
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 Movie poster for Nishabd |
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| Directed by | Ram Gopal Verma |
| Produced by | Ram Gopal Verma |
| Written by | Kusum Punjabi |
| Starring | Amitabh Bachchan, Jiah Khan, Aaftab Shivdasani, Revathi, Rukhsar |
| Music by | Vishal Bharadwaj |
| Release date(s) | March 2, 2007 |
| Language | Hindi/English |
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Nishabd is a 2007 Bollywood movie directed by Ram Gopal Verma. It is loosely inspired by Vladimir Nabokov's novel Lolita.
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[edit] Synopsis
The film opens with young Ritu ([Shraddha Arya]) inviting her friend Jia (Jiah Khan) to spend the holidays with her at her home in Kerala. Ritu's parents Vijay (Amitabh Bachchan) and Amrita (Revathi) make a beautiful home surrounded by picture-perfect surroundings. Vijay is a photographer and Amrita is a homemaker.
Jia has a dark past. Her mother lives (alone) in Australia and Jia studies in India. She is a free spirited girl with no attachments and no worries. She professes some affinity to Vijay but it doesn't go much further than that. But Vijay's world is turned upside down when he takes pictures of Jia watering herself down with the garden hose. Something innocent grows into something bigger, and something bigger grows into something beyond control.
Jia's world collides with Vijay's world. Around this time, Amrita's brother Shridhar (Nasser) visits them. Through a sequence of events, he uncovers the disturbing truth about Jia and Vijay. The collision of worlds results leaves three casualties. How they deal with the complex web of feelings between them forms the dark and sobering climax.
[edit] Cast
- Amitabh Bachchan ... Vijay
- Jiah Khan ... Jiah
- Revathi ... Amrita
- Shraddha Arya ... Ritu
- Aaftab Shivdasani ... Rishi
[edit] Reviews
The first reviews of the film have been mixed [1], [2]. [[3]]Some have liked the film, some have not. The performances have been praised, Taran Adarsh stating, Amitabh Bachchan is in top form, essaying the role with complete understanding. He emotes through eyes on several occasions, which is the hallmark of an accomplished actor.[4]. Jiah Khan has gained good reviews for her performance.One good thing about this film is that it is something different form bollywood run of the mill stuff. Careful viewers have pointed out that Verma has taken lead from hollywood film starring Kevin Spacy (American Beauty) without acknowledging it.
[edit] Box office
Nishabd had a poor opening according to boxofficeindia.com [5].
[edit] Trivia
- The film was shot in one month.
- Recently Ram Gopal Verma has been served with a High Court notice for infringement of the movie title by Bengali filmmaker Jahanir Kaugo who said his film titled Nishabd won the Cinemaya award in 2004 [6].
- Jiah Khan's debut.
- The movie was shot at Munnar.
