Silence (2013 film)

Silence
Silence
	Theatrical-release poster
Directed by	V. K. Prakash
Written by	Y. V. Rajesh
Produced by	Afseena Saleem
Starring	Mammootty; Anoop Menon; Pallavi Purohit; Joy Mathew; Jayaprakash Kuloor;
Cinematography	Manoj Kumar Khatoi
Edited by	Mahesh Narayanan
Music by	Ratheesh Vegha Rajeev Alunkal (Lyrics)
Production; company	Aysha Films
Distributed by	Aysha Films
Release date	7 December 2013;
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

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.^[1] The climax of the film is based on the 2011 South Korean courtroom thriller film The Client.^[2]

Plot

Arvind Chandrasekhar, a very cunning lawyer 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 DIG Neil George IPS, Bangalore City Police
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."^[3] 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."^[4] 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).".^[5]

References

^ "Mammooty's Silence hits the screen today". Archived from the original on 14 December 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
^ "Mammootty Starrer Silence copied from Korean movie The Client-Copycat Malayalam Movie-Onlookers Media". onlookersmedia. 23 September 2015. Archived from the original on 19 April 2023. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
^ "A silent killer of enthusiasm". Archived from the original on 14 December 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
^ Krishna, Ajin. "Silence Movie Review – Fails To Impress As A Thriller!". One India. Archived from the original on 13 December 2013.
^ "Review: Mammootty's Silence is worth a watch". Archived from the original on 14 December 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2013.

[1] "Mammooty's Silence hits the screen today". Archived from the original on 14 December 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2013.

[2] "Mammootty Starrer Silence copied from Korean movie The Client-Copycat Malayalam Movie-Onlookers Media". onlookersmedia. 23 September 2015. Archived from the original on 19 April 2023. Retrieved 1 June 2021.

[3] "A silent killer of enthusiasm". Archived from the original on 14 December 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2013.

[4] Krishna, Ajin. "Silence Movie Review – Fails To Impress As A Thriller!". One India. Archived from the original on 13 December 2013.

[5] "Review: Mammootty's Silence is worth a watch". Archived from the original on 14 December 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2013.

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