The Silent Heroes movie is a 2015 open captioned adventure family drama film, directer is Mahesh Bhatt, based on a screenplay by Dr. Piyoosh Rautela and Rituraj Bhatt and Producer are Mahesh Bhatt,Kamal Birani under banner of Hans Productions,Reality Films.
This film leading star cast are Maanuv Bharadwaj,Priyanka Panchal,Mann Bagga,Simran Deep,Nirmal Kumar Pant.
The film was released on 11 December 2015 at the Dehradun Film Festival, to coincide with World Deaf Day, and has been billed as the “first commercial movie based on deaf children and enacted by real life deaf kids”. It follows the adventures of thirteen deaf children and their perilous journey across the mountainous terrains of Uttarakhand.
The film is supported by National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and Disaster Management and Mitigation Centre (DMMC).
- Directer : Mahesh Bhatt
- Producer : Mahesh Bhatt,Kamal Birani
- Screenplay : Dr.Piyoosh Rautela,Rituraj Bhatt
- Starring : Maanuv Bharadwaj,Priyanka Panchal,Mann Bagga,Simran Deep,Nirmal Kumar Pant
- Music : Rahul Mishra,Ashish Jha (background score)
- Cinematography : Roopang Acharya
- Editor : Alok Singh
- Casting Director : Shahid Hasan
- Production Design : Rituraj Bhatt
- Art Direction : Manish Kolte, Rugved Ranade
- Costume Design : Neha Didwania
- Assistant Director : Abhishek Chauhan
- Action Director : Vipin Sharma, Chain Singh, Rajvindra Singh
- Production company : Hans Productions,Reality Films
- Genres : Adventure, Drama, Family
- Release date : 11 December 2015
- Running time : 117 minutes
- Country : India
- Language : Hindi
The Silent Heroes movie trailer :
The Silent Heroes movie star cast :
- Tarun Bhargawa as a Tarun
- Gurfareen Bano as a Gurfareen
- Khwaish Gupta as a Khwaish
- Aashish Chauhan as a Aashish
- Jaideep Rawat as a Jaideep
- Mann Bagga as a Dipankar
- Simran Kaur as a Hima
- Maanuv Bharadwaj as a Kapil
- Priyanka Panchal as a Gauri
- Nirmal Pant as a Col. Thapa
- Sushil Yadav as a Ashish’s Father
Story of the film :
The 13 real deaf children planning to conquer the Himalayan mountains with their teacher help. The children believe that through mountaineering, they can overcome not just their fears, but their disabilities as well.
This children are determined to prove that they may be different, but not disabled. However their trek leader doesn’t believe this, as she believes them to be as capable or equal as hearing children, and actively tries to discourage them from continuing on throughout the course of the trek.
When the leader is Badly injured and unable to proceed any further help, This might be an end to Children dreams of scaling Himalayan peaks and proving their worth in front of the outside world.
Now it is for these deaf children to show their skills, presence of mind and courage to save their Leader and prove their worth. The children show tremendous spirit and skills in spite of the challenges they face.
Pre-Production :
Film shooting done in extreme surroundings and harsh conditions, and temperatures dropped as low as −12 °C..
Despite safety precautions, the roads leading to the film shooting locations were blocked and the children’s commute sequences were filmed in challenging conditions.
The rafting sequence over the river Ganga was one of the most difficult tasks, as the water was at freezing temperature.
Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui has appreciated the child actors, particularly Khwaish Gupta, stating that “her determination has offered all of us a ray of learning to be inspired by”
Review of the film :
This film reviews are mostly average.
Critics reviews :
- Mohar Basu from Times of India stated that “The film’s story shows promise but its tawdry execution is a problem.The technical drawbacks and logic lapses further weakens in the narrative. Additionally, the film’s tone is too flat and though enough drama unfolds on screen, it never really touches you.”
- Tanul Thakur from Firstpost stated that “This real-life story of differently-abled kids makes little impact.”
- Namrata Joshi from The Hindu stated that “Good intentions are not enough for good cinema.”
Box office collection :
- Screens : 175
- First Day Friday : 3.25 lakh rs.
- First Weekend : 12 lakh rs.
- First Week : 17 lakh rs.
- Total nett gross : 18 lakh rs.
- Worldwide collection : 26 lakh rs.
- Budget : Disaster