Silence... Can You Hear It? | |
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Directed by | Aban Bharucha Deohans |
Written by | Aban Bharucha Deohans |
Produced by | Shariq Patel Candid Creations |
Starring | Manoj Bajpayee Prachi Desai Arjun Mathur Barkha Singh |
Cinematography | Arvind Singh |
Edited by | Sandeep Kumar Sethy |
Music by | Gaurav Godkhindi |
Production companies | Zee Studios Candid Creations |
Distributed by | ZEE5 |
Release date |
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Running time | 136 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
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.
A sequel titled Silence 2: The Night Owl Bar Shootout was released on April 16, 2024. [7] [8] [9]
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. [10]
ACP Verma solves the case and the plot is revealed. 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 she hits her hard on the head and not knowing what just happened, she flees the spot. Kia is arrested and Rishab and MLA Ravi Khanna are arrested for tampering with the evidence.
Initially the digital release date was on 5 March 2021 on ZEE5 platform. [3] Later, it was released on 26 March 2021. [5] [6]
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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