''The Silence'' is a 2015 Indian
Marathi
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*Marathi people, an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group of Maharashtra, India
*Marathi language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people
*Palaiosouda, also known as Marathi, a small island in Greece
See also
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drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance: a play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the dramatic mode has been ...
film directed by
Gajendra Ahire
Gajendra Vitthal Ahire is an Indian Marathi film maker and screenwriter. Till now, he has 57 movies on his name in all of which he has contributed as Director, Story, Screenplay, Dialogues and Lyrics. He is noted for his work in Marathi cinem ...
. The film stars ''
Sairat
''Sairat'' () is a 2016 Indian Marathi-language romantic tragedy film directed by Nagraj Manjule and produced by Manjule himself under his banner Aatpat Production along with Nittin Keni and Nikhil Sane under Essel Vision Productions and Zee ...
'' director
Nagraj Manjule
Nagraj Popatrao Manjule (Marathi pronunciation: aɡɾaːd͡ʒ maɲd͡ʒuɭeː born 24 August 1978) is an Indian film director, actor, producer, scriptwriter, poet, screenwriter, filmmaker and he works in the Marathi Cinema, best known for his ...
,
Raghubir Yadav
Raghubir Yadav is an Indian actor, music composer, singer and set designer who works in Hindi films. He made his film debut with ''Massey Sahib'' (1985), in which he played the title role. He has won two International Awards as Best Actor for ...
,
Mugdha Chaphekar
Mugdha Chaphekar is an Indian television and film actress who predominantly works in Hindi-language television shows along with some Marathi-language TV shows and films. Chaphekar made her television debut as an adult artist with ''Kya Mujhse D ...
and
Anjali Patil
Anjali Patil is an Indian actress and film director who works in multiple languages. She has earned rave reviews for her work in ''Delhi in a Day'', '' Chakravyuh'', '' Newton'' and Sri Lankan film '' With You Without You''. She received the ...
.
Plot
''The Silence'' is based on a true story and revolves around a little girl Chini, who stays with her father in Konkan. Life is going great until one fateful day when her loved one turns into the one she despises for the rest of her life.
Cast
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Raghubir Yadav
Raghubir Yadav is an Indian actor, music composer, singer and set designer who works in Hindi films. He made his film debut with ''Massey Sahib'' (1985), in which he played the title role. He has won two International Awards as Best Actor for ...
as Baba
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Nagraj Manjule
Nagraj Popatrao Manjule (Marathi pronunciation: aɡɾaːd͡ʒ maɲd͡ʒuɭeː born 24 August 1978) is an Indian film director, actor, producer, scriptwriter, poet, screenwriter, filmmaker and he works in the Marathi Cinema, best known for his ...
as Uncle
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Anjali Patil
Anjali Patil is an Indian actress and film director who works in multiple languages. She has earned rave reviews for her work in ''Delhi in a Day'', '' Chakravyuh'', '' Newton'' and Sri Lankan film '' With You Without You''. She received the ...
as Maami
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Mugdha Chaphekar
Mugdha Chaphekar is an Indian television and film actress who predominantly works in Hindi-language television shows along with some Marathi-language TV shows and films. Chaphekar made her television debut as an adult artist with ''Kya Mujhse D ...
as 21 years old Chini
* Kadambari Kadam as Manda
* Mihiresh Joshi as Shirya
* Vedashree Mahajan as 12 years old Chini
* Suresh Vishwakarma as Arjunbhai
Release
''The Silence'' had its world premiere at the 12th Indian Film Festival Stuttgart on 18 July 2015. In
Maharashtra
Maharashtra (; , abbr. MH or Maha) is a states and union territories of India, state in the western India, western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. Maharashtra is the List of states and union te ...
, India the film got released on 6 October 2017.
Critical reception
Deborah Young of
The Hollywood Reporter
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said that, "Director Gajendra Ahire creates a resonant drama around the terrible choices facing Indian women involved in sexual violence." Mihir Bhanage of
The Times of India
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complimented the writer and director of the film saying that, "Ashwini Sidwani’s story is as real as it can get and Ahire’s treatment does justice to it. The presentation is so impactful that it is bound to make you think." The critic also praised the acting performances of
Nagraj Manjule
Nagraj Popatrao Manjule (Marathi pronunciation: aɡɾaːd͡ʒ maɲd͡ʒuɭeː born 24 August 1978) is an Indian film director, actor, producer, scriptwriter, poet, screenwriter, filmmaker and he works in the Marathi Cinema, best known for his ...
,
Raghubir Yadav
Raghubir Yadav is an Indian actor, music composer, singer and set designer who works in Hindi films. He made his film debut with ''Massey Sahib'' (1985), in which he played the title role. He has won two International Awards as Best Actor for ...
and
Anjali Patil
Anjali Patil is an Indian actress and film director who works in multiple languages. She has earned rave reviews for her work in ''Delhi in a Day'', '' Chakravyuh'', '' Newton'' and Sri Lankan film '' With You Without You''. She received the ...
saying that, "Gajendra and Ashwini’s work is complemented brilliantly by the actors in the film." and gave the film a rating of 4 out of 5. Johnson Thomas of ''The Free Press Journal'' gave the film a rating of 3.5 out of 5 and said that, "The film is a powerful and heartfelt document of the kind of exploitation that women are subjected to and the trauma and aftermath they undergo in order to regain a healthy sense of self." Pradeep Menon of
First Post
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The ''Network 18'' group was originally owned by Raghav ...
gave the film a rating of 3.5 out of 5 and said that, "The Silence will affect you even though it doesn’t tell you anything you don’t know. You know women aren’t treated equally everywhere, but you don’t know what these women – and women in these situations out in the real world – have to go through."
Business Standard
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appreciated the performances of Nagraj Manjule and Anjali Patil saying that, "Whatever the blemishes in this brave and often powerful film, the central idea is resoundingly well executed by the two central performances." and gave the film a rating of 4 out of 5. Ajay Kulye of ''Marathi Cineyug'' gave the film a rating of 3.5 out of 5 and said that, "If you want to watch meaningful and serious cinema about present day scenarios in our society, you should not miss The Silence."
Soundtrack
The soundtrack of ''The Silence'' consists of just 1 song, ''Dehavara Korlya Janm Khuna'', which was composed by
Indian Ocean
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, written by Gajendra Ahire and sung by
Himanshu Joshi &
Rahul Ram
Rahul Ram is an Indian bass guitarist, social activist and music composer. He plays bass guitar for musical band Indian Ocean, which he joined in 1991. He is also one of the three members of 'Aisi Taisi Democracy,' along with Varun Grover (write ...
.
Awards
''The Silence'' has won honours at several national and international film festivals like the Best Child Actor award (for Vedashree) at the
16th New York Indian Film Festival, The German Star Of India (for Gajendra) at Indian Film Festival of Stuttgart 2015.
References
External links
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2015 films
Films directed by Gajendra Ahire
2010s Marathi-language films