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Silence (2013 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Silence', also known as 'The Power of Silence', is a 2013 Malayalam thriller film directed by V. K. Prakash and starring Mammootty, Anoop Menon, Pallavi Purohit, Joy Mathew and Jayaprakash Kuloor.[http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/mammootys-silence-hits-the-screen-today-south/20131206.htm "Mammooty's Silence hits the screen today"] The climax of the film is based on the 2011 South Korean courtroom thriller film 'The Client'.
Plot
Arvind Chandrasekhar, a very successful lawyer with a track record any one would dream about, is appointed judge in the Karnataka High Court. Happily living in Bangalore with his wife Sangeetha and their adorable children Arya and Aditya, the man has little to fret over. Before taking the oath, he visits his parents in Kerala. There he is harassed by threatening phone call from a veiled assailant who says he is not fit to be a judge. Arvind ignores the calls at first but things get serious when his wife and children face dangerous situations. The film narrates how he unveils the mystery with the help of his close friend Neil George, an IPS officer.
Cast
* Mammootty as Advocate Arvind Chandrasekhar, later Justice Aravind Chandrashekar
* Anoop Menon as Neil George IPS
* Pallavi Purohit as Sangeetha
* Joy Mathew as Markos
* Jayaprakash Kuloor as the priest
* Aparna Nair as Liji
* Sudheer Karamana as DYSP Sajan
* Romanch as Convict
* Basil Joseph as John
* Jinu Joy as Roy
* Ravi Vallathol
* Raghavan
* Prakash Bare
* Sreelatha Namboothiri
* Balachandran Chullikad
* Shankar Ramakrishnan
* P. Balachandran
* Sneha Nambiar
Critical reception
Kiran Joseph JKV wrote in his review for 'Deccan Herald': "Started off well, never even half done, this 'Silence' fades into oblivion, silently."[http://www.deccanherald.com/content/374459/a-silent-killer-enthusiasm.html "A silent killer of enthusiasm"] Ajin Krishna of Oneindia.in rated the film 2/5 and said, "'Silence' fails to impress the viewers as a thriller flick, which is the basic purpose of such movies."[http://entertainment.oneindia.in/malayalam/reviews/2013/silence-movie-review-126631.html "Silence Movie Review - Fails To Impress As A Thriller!"]. Paresh C Palicha of Rediff.com rated the film 2.5/5 and said, "Silence is the first attempt at serious film making from the writer-director team of Y V Rajesh and V K Prakash after low-brow comedies such as 'Gulumaal' and 'Three Kings'. It is notches above the previous attempts and highly watchable." However the reviewer felt that the film "borrows heavily from the Richard Gere starrer, 'Primal Fear' (1996).".[http://www.rediff.com/movies/review/review-mammoottys-silence-is-worth-a-watch-south/20131209.htm "Review: Mammootty's Silence is worth a watch"]
References
Category:2013 films
Category:2010s Malayalam-language films
Category:Indian thriller films
Category:2010s thriller films
Category:Legal thriller films
Category:Indian courtroom films
Category:Indian legal films
Category:Films directed by V. K. Prakash
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