Nishabd

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Nishabd

Movie poster for Nishabd
Directed by Ram Gopal Verma
Produced by Ram Gopal Verma
Written by Kusum Punjabi
Starring Amitabh Bachchan
Jiah Khan
Aftab Shivdasani
Revathi
Rukhsar
Music by Vishal Bharadwaj
Release date(s) March 2, 2007
Country Flag of India India
Language Hindi
English
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Nishabd (Devnagari: निशब्द, meaning silent) is a 2007 Bollywood movie directed by Ram Gopal Varma, starring Amitabh Bachchan and Jiah Khan.

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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 (Nassar) visits them. Through a sequence of events, he uncovers the disturbing truth about Jia and Vijay. The collision of worlds, result leaves three casualties.

[edit] Cast

[edit] Reception

Vijay (Amitabh Bachchan) and Jia (Jiah Khan)
Vijay (Amitabh Bachchan) and Jia (Jiah Khan)

The film was universally praised for being extremely realistic and portraying the subtle romance between an older man and a young girl. Ram Gopal Varma was hailed by critics as being back to form after producing a series of duds. Amitabh Bachchan's role received a lot of acclaim with many critics stating in their reviews that only he could pull off a role as complex as this. Jiah Khan in her debut role was also lavishly praised.

The film however did not become the box office hit it was expected to be mostly due to the pre World Cup dull phase as well as the mature and controversial storyline.

[edit] Production

The film was shot in 20 days.[1] The movie was shot at Munnar in Kerala.[2] The claim that it was inspired by Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita was denied by Amitabh Bachchan in the CNN IBN TV show Unspoken relationships - Nishabd special (3 March 2007).


Recently Ram Gopal Verma has been served with a High Court notice for infringement of the movie title by award winning Bengali filmmaker Jahar Kanungo whose film titled Nisshabd won the Cinemaya Best Film and Best Actress award in 2004.[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ A blog post by the film's A.D. PassionForCinema.com (2006-05-20). Retrieved on 2007-12-07.
  2. ^ Star-struck in Munnar. The Hindu : Metro Plus Kochi (2006-05-20). Retrieved on 2007-05-20.
  3. ^ http://www.ndtvmovies.com/newstory.asp?slug=Verma+in+legal+tangle&id=6086]

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