Silence... Can You Hear It?

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Silence... Can You Hear It?
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Promotional poster
Directed byAban Bharucha Deohans
Written byAban Bharucha Deohans
Produced byShariq Patel
Candid Creations
Starring Manoj Bajpayee
Prachi Desai
Arjun Mathur
Barkha Singh
CinematographyArvind Singh
Edited bySandeep Kumar Sethy
Music byGaurav Godkhindi
Production
companies
Zee Studios
Candid Creations
Distributed by ZEE5
Release date
  • 26 March 2021 (2021-03-26)
Running time
136 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Silence... Can You Hear It? is a 2021 Indian Hindi-language thriller film written and directed by Aban Bharucha Deohans. [1] The film produced by Zee Studios, stars Manoj Bajpayee, Prachi Desai and Arjun Mathur. [2] The story of the film revolves around the mysterious disappearance of a woman. [3] [4] It was digitally released on ZEE5 on 26 March 2021. [5] [6] The film marks Desai's comeback after 4 years.

Contents

A sequel titled Silence 2: The Night Owl Bar Shootout was released on April 16, 2024. [7] [8] [9]

Plot

A team of special cops are investigating the murder of a high profile victim, the daughter of a retired justice. The team is led by ACP Avinash Verma from the narcotics division. The higher-ups don't favour Avinash but the retired justice Choudhary insists he is the best man to solve the murder and requests that he be hired. Pooja Choudhary, the victim, was found on a hilltop by four college students. The forensic department had found bits of copper on the wound. This indicates that whatever was used for killing her was a copper weapon. The officers reason that the motive was a personal one and the killer is someone who knew Pooja.

Pooja last visited her best friend, Kavita's house, to show something. But Kavita had gone to Pune and Pooja had spent the night in Kavita's house as it was very late. Kavita's husband Ravi is an MLA. He and Dadu the servant were there when Pooja had arrived.

Verma sets off to investigate and interrogates every relative that knows Pooja: Rishikesh (close friend) and his girlfriend Kia, her family and Ravi’s wife Kavita, who landed in coma after falling down the stairs, his connections and unusual suspects Sunny, Shrikant. Verma deduces that Ravi has a connection to Pooja’s death and Sunny was an aide in it. However, while apprehending Sunny, he gets killed by an opposition gang and Verma gets injured. After recovering, he pushes through to find the truth, despite the constant hurdles created by Ravi, media and the department. [10]

Verma manages to finish the case in time and the plot is revealed to all. Pooja and Rishabh had an affair, which Rishab's fiancée Kia discovered. Enraged, she visited Pooja after learning she was at Kavita's place and demanded that Pooja leave Rishabh alone. Pooja tells her to speak to Rishabh, not her. This angers Kia and results in their altercation, during which she grabs a lamp and hits her hard on the head, killing Pooja on the spot. Realizing what just happened, she flees the spot in terror. Rishabh enters next and flees from the place. Ravi enters and finds Pooja lying dead and hoping to escape from this messy situation, he takes help from his connections, which included Sunny. Kavitha enters and is terrorized, much to Ravi’s shock. However, Kavitha slips from the stairs and lands up in coma. Based on evidences found parallelly from Verma and his team, Kia is arrested and Rishab and Ravi are arrested for tampering with the evidence.

Cast

Release

Initially the digital release date was on 5 March 2021 on ZEE5 platform. [3] Later, it was released on 26 March 2021. [5] [6]

Reception

Response to the film was mixed. The Indian Express called it an "entertaining murder mystery" but gave it 2 stars out of 5. [13] JoginderTuteja of Rediff Movies wrote "Silence... Can You Hear It? is definitely a recommended watch". [14] Gurnaaz Kaur, in a review for The Tribune, wrote, "The movie Silence…can you hear it? is a screaming bore!". [15]

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