Khamosh

"Classic whodunit"

1986 1h 42m HI

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7.4

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★7.4TMDB · 7

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Synopsis

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A young actress is found to have committed suicide at the filming location. Things take a different turn when further investigation reveals it to be a cold-blooded murder and the killer is someone within the film crew.

“Classic whodunit”

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Cast

Naseeruddin Shah
Captain Rajeev Bakshi
Amol Palekar
Amol Palekar
Shabana Azmi
Shabana Azmi
Soni Razdan
Soni Razdan
Sushma Seth
Leela Bahal
Ajit Vachani
Dayal Prabhu
Sadashiv Amrapurkar
Chandran
Pankaj Kapur
Kuku

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Vidhu Vinod Chopra
Writers: Vidhu Vinod Chopra
Languages: English, Hindi
Countries: India

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ERA

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40 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Hindi.

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RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Vidhu Vinod Chopra, shot by Binod Pradhan. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Vanraj Bhatia. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Renu Saluja shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Naseeruddin Shah and Amol Palekar and Shabana Azmi carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Classic whodunit".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Vidhu Vinod Chopra directs. Binod Pradhan behind the camera. Vanraj Bhatia scores. Renu Saluja cuts. Produced in India. Dialogue in English, Hindi.

Trivia

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140 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Hindi.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Directed by Vidhu Vinod Chopra, shot by Binod Pradhan. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Vanraj Bhatia. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Renu Saluja shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Naseeruddin Shah and Amol Palekar and Shabana Azmi carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "Classic whodunit".
9IMDB entry: tt0089413 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Only 7 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Binod Pradhan
Original score: Vanraj Bhatia
Editing: Renu Saluja
Runtime: 102 min · 1h 42m
Status: Released
Original language: HI
Certification (US): UA
IMDB: Khamosh (1986)

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anshumanoz2013-04-26
★ 7.5/10
Khamosh (silent) is a murder mystery which tells the story of a film-unit shooting in Pahalgaam (Kashmir). The movie that the film-unit is shooting is titled as Aakhri Khoon (the last murder). The treatment of the murder-based plot is impressive and at place, quite spine-chilling for the viewer. The movie is slow in the beginning but once the first murder takes place, it picks up speed and proves to be thoroughly engrossing for the spectator. Technically, the movie is not superior. The film and the colours used in shooting and developing the shot stuff seem to be of not-so-good quality because the colours have faded in the print available now. Production value is not high. Editing is OK. Performances are good. Almost all the artistes have done well. Seasoned actors like Shabana Aazmi, Amol Palekar, Nasiruddin Shah etc. have rocked the screen with their admirable performances. Supporting ones viz. Soni Raazdaan, Sushma Seth, Ajit Vachchhani, Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Nony Ganguly,Virendra Saxena, Deepak Qazir, Avtar Gill, Sudhir Mishra (who later became film director) etc. are all perfectly fit in their respective roles. I personally liked the performance of Pankaj Kapoor the most.

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